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Location notes
Belper is a small town approximately 9 miles outside of Derby. It is in the heart of Derbyshire and has a beautiful landscape. The station is a small two-platform country station situated on the Midland Mainline and the Virgin Cross Country route between Chesterfield and Derby. There is a Branchline just north of the station at Ambergate that goes to Matlock. This line used to be extended to Manchester Via Buxton.
Railway type and traffic
You would usually see Midland Mainline HSTs, Virgin Voyagers and Super Voyagers on the mainline passing through the station at 110mph as well as a lot of Meridians on Sundays. The Matlock stopping service is usually formed with a Central Trains 156, 158 or 170, with the occasional Double 153. The 156s come in a variety of liveries with the most common being the Central Trains livery.
There always a fair bit of freight mainly DB Schenker and Freightliner with 66s and 60s.
There always a fair bit of freight mainly DB Schenker and Freightliner with 66s and 60s.
Environment
The station is situated in the town centre. It is a very small town with a warm feel to it. Most of the people in the surrounding area are friendly.
Road directions
The station is well signposted from the A6 through Belper
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Belper map co-ordinates
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Belper map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a public car park for Sommerfield surrounding the station so there is no shortage of parking.
Public transport
There is an hourly service from Derby to Belper operated by Central Trains. There is also the Morning service from Barnsley and Sheffield.
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Amenities
There is no shortage of chip shops and bars in the immediate area. It’s right next to the high street. There is plenty of things to do other than stay at the station.
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Photographic notes
The railway runs under the town as apposed to straight through or round it, this means the station is in a cutting. The rail is on a natural cant, which also helps with the effect on you photos. Because of the blind corner some trains do sound their horns when approaching the platform.
General views - All photographs © Sam Clements unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
The footbridge affords a good overhead view of passing trains
Fig 2 - Looking north - Pic © John Jarman
Fig 3 - Looking north - Pic © John Jarman
Taken here from the Long Row bridge, just north of the station. This is the most northerly of the four consecutive, closely spaced bridges over the cutting. These can all be reached via footpaths which run alongside the line from the Down platform.
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
