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Transpeak: Buxton - Derby

*UPDATED 4th June 2022*

The Transpeak, often known as the TP2 and TP3, provides the main bus link into and through the Peak District. Its runs every hour each daytime between Buxton and Derby. It's operated by High Peak and is possibly the only bus route that has a better logo than the company that runs it:


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Places served


Buxton

Buses start from the Sylvan Park stop on Bridge Street at the end of the pedestrian precinct:


Taddington

Monsal Dale

Ashford-In-The-Water


Bakewell


Buses towards Derby use stand E on Matlock Street:

Buses towards Buxton use stand A on Buxton Road:

Visit Bakewell
Haddon Hall, use the Haddon Hall stops
Bakewell Old House Museum
Aldi supermarket Bakewell, use the Lumford Mill stops
Thornbridge Taproom and Brewery Experience, use the Lumford Mill stops
Co-op supermarket Bakewell


Rowsley

Buses towards Derby stop near the Peak Shopping Village on Dale Road North:

Buses towards Buxton stop opposite the Shopping Village, also on Dale Road North:

Peak Village Shopping Centre
The Peacock Hotel Restaurant, use the Peacock Hotel stops
Caudwell's Historic Mill and Shop, use the Peacock Hotel stops


Darley Dale

Forest Garden Centre, use the Whitworth Institute stops


Matlock


Buses towards Derby use stand B on Bakewell Road:

Buses towards Buxton use stand 1 outside Matlock Railway Station:

Visit Matlock



Here are your links for live scheduled bus times from major stops towards Derby:

...and back towards Buxton:


Fares



For single and return fares, see High Peak's website. At the time of writing an adult single from Buxton to Derby is £6.60 and a return is £10.60. 

The cheapest day ticket valid throughout the route is the Peak Plus Extra day ticket at £12.50 for an adult. It's valid on all High Peak services, plus on selected routes operated by TM Travel and D&G as far afield as Sheffield, Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent.

The Peak Plus day ticket is valid on Transpeak between Buxton and Matlock Bath only and costs £7.50 for an adult. Also valid on all High Peak buses within this zone.


Derbyshire Wayfarer is valid throughout the full route and costs £13.40 for an adult. Also valid on most buses and trains within Derbyshire and selected routes to neighbouring counties.



TfGM Wayfarer - valid from Buxton to Whatstandwell on the Transpeak. £15.20 for an adult. Also valid on all buses, trams and trains in this zone including all of Greater Manchester and most of the Peak District stretching to Northwich, Warrington, Wigan, Chorley, Darwen, Burnley and Rochdale. Cannot be bought from the bus driver, only from staffed railway stations and Paypoint outlets.


Buxton & Matlock Plusbus tickets are valid for travel on the TP between Buxton and Cromford, Highpeak Junction. They can be bought with your rail ticket.



Connections


See maps of all bus services in Derbyshire here. 

From Buxton connect with the following major routes:

Connections from Bakewell:

Change at Rowsley for Stagecoach 217 to Chatsworth House

At Matlock, change for:

At Ambergate, connect with:
  • Littles 142 to Crich (for the tramway museum) and Alfreton

Change at Belper for:

Major bus connections from Derby:


Transpeak passes near to the following railway stations:


Alternatives

From Bakewell to Derby, Trent Barton 6.1 also runs and between Belper and Derby, their Sixes provide a more frequent service.

East Midlands Railway runs from Matlock to Derby. Check fares easily here.



Long Distance Footpaths











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All of the information in this post is correct at the time of writing, but please check the relevant links before travelling.
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1 comment:

  1. BigDocFan16 May 2014 at 19:06

    Hey

    Found this a couple of days ago, great to read about other bus routes

    I am a bus enthusiast living in Hampshire (did the London 96 route before) looking forward to reading more, hope i could help in someway.

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