Belper is a stop on the Midland Main Line in Derbyshire near Derby and in between Duffield and Ambergate.
Information
Type:
National Rail
(Midland Main Line)
Station code:
BLP
Opened:
1840
Platforms:
2
The original Belper station was opened in 1840, in a different location to the current station [1]. The original station was just over a kilometre to the South of the town centre but this proved unpopular with townsfolk.
In 1878 the Midland Railway built the current station in it's current location in a cutting in the town centre. The old station site remained in use for goods traffic until 1979.
Belper station became unmanned and the original station buildings demolished in 1973 replaced by the usual modern shelters. The station was refurbished in 2005 with new shelters and passenger information screens [2].
Most trains to Belper are on the Matlock-Nottingham or Newark Castle Derwent Valley route operated by East Midlands Trains. There are also a couple of peak time trains to Sheffield and London St Pancras.
EMT 156 413 departs for Matlock
An EMT Meridian passes through
General platform view
Station sign
View from the footbridge
EMT 153 326 arrives heading for Derby
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Derby to Chesterfield (Middleton Press, 2017) Fig. 36 [2] Ibid. Fig. 43
