Derby to Alton Towers?

salt_and_pepper · 5 October 2009 at 11:29AM

Hi hopefully i will be going to Alton Towers this Sunday. I will probably going via car but i have been looking at public transport options. Now i can easily and quite cheaply get a train to Derby. My question is how far away is the bus station from the train station and how much are adult/childrens prices on the bus Derby to Alton Towers?
thanks in advance

BenL · 5 October 2009 at 12:01PM

http://www.altontowers.com/plan-your-visit/how-to-find-us/public-transport/

p00hsticks · 5 October 2009 at 12:16PM

If you check the full timetables on BenLs link (note that it's an excel-type spreadsheet with a different 'tab' for each timetable - I think you want the Nottingham X53 one) you;ll see that the bus actualyl stops at Derby railway station

Alikay · 5 October 2009 at 12:30PM

The spreadsheet says the bus which stops at Derby railway station doesn't operate on Sundays which is when the OP is going. Full Street in Derby (we don't have a bus station :rolleyes:) is about a 15-20 minute walk from the railway station. Normally when we go by public transport we get the train to Uttoxeter and then the connecting bus to Alton Towers.