Public transport

Most of Derbyshire's key towns and villages are served by buses and some by train.

Folding bikes can usually be carried on buses and trains which makes great door-to-door journeys.

Travelineprovides door to door travel planning information.

Bus travel

The government's bus fare cap scheme has set the maximum single ticket at £3 until December 2025. You can also take advantage of discounted tickets from several operators:

• if you use an Arriva bus to travel to and from work, you can now get ticket discounts giving you unlimited bus travel 7 days a week
• discounted Stagecoach Megarider weekly tickets for our employees and for travel in the Chesterfield area as well as across the region are available
• Mango cards, which automatically provide discounts, are a great way to save money on Trent Barton buses
• Littles Travel offer a discount for 6-day unlimited bus travel - this ticket is interchangeable between Clay Cross, Alfreton, Ripley, Belper, Nether Heage, Crich and Matlock

Train travel

All rail tickets should now be booked within your department.

You can either book online and then call one of your department's debit/charge cardholders to make the payment, or you can buy tickets for yourself and claim back via expenses.

A manager should authorise your travel for audit purposes and we recommend keeping an email chain stating that you have approval and what the trip is for. If you're booking with a departmental card, send copies of any receipts to the card holder for their reconciliation. 

Business Services will have details of any card holders for your department.

If a team or department needs a new card holder, email: sap.finance@derbyshire.gov.uk for further details and an application form.