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Don't get caught out over the Christmas holidays with our guide to buses, trains and taxis running in Belper during the break. Belper's two major public transport providers have released details of their Christmas services. Trent Barton buses are running a normal Saturday service on Christmas Eve you can click here to find out a list of their last buses. On Christmas Day there are no services from Trent Barton, On Boxing day they...

East Midlands trains have released details of their price rises in the New Year and have confirmed that rail prices on their network are to rise in the new year by an average of 5.7% Starting from January 2012, this comes in lower than the average national rise in rail prices of 5.9%. Tickets from Belper-Derby come in slightly lower than the average increase and have increased by a flat rate of 20p. Checking the new prices on the EMT...

HOP aboard the North Pole Express to travel along the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway this Christmas. Trains travel from Duffield and Wirksworth to a special North Pole winter wonderland where Santa Claus awaits to greet children. There will be entertainment on the four-mile train journey with a magician, and refreshments and attractions at the North Pole venue. Trains leave Duffield station on Saturday, December 10, at 11.15am and...

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway have announced a special two part special train to London on Saturday 26th November in cooperation with East Midlands Trains. Departing Wirksworth at 07:15 and Idridgehay at 07:33, they are running to Duffield where passengers can cross over to the main line platform where East Midlands Trains will make a special stop on one of their London express services, departing 08:07 and arriving at London St....

A train line that serves Belper has seen a  large surge in usage according to the Association of Train Operating Companies. Passenger journeys on The Derwent Valley Line from Derby to Matlock branch line rose by 86% from April 2007 to April 2011 with only two other branch lines showing a higher percentage increase. Edward Welsh, Director of Corporate Affairs at ATOC, said: "The staycation trend that has seen more people...

There are a number of mobile speed enforcement cameras this week placed by the Derbyshire Casualty Reduction Enforcement Support Team, The Cameras will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Monday the 27th of June and Sunday the 3rd of July 2011. A6 Milford to Belper   A6005 Draycott to Breaston   A6 Duffield Road, Derby   A6 London Road, Derby   A515 Parsley Hay, Bakewell...

There are a number of mobile speed enforcement cameras this week placed by the Derbyshire Casualty Reduction Enforcement Support Team, They will be located at various times between Monday the 13th of June and Sunday the 19th of June 2011 at     * A6 Allestree     * A6 London Road, Derby     * A6 Belper     * A6 Duffield

The Duke of Gloucester will be in Derbyshire today to meet volunteers who restored a disused rail line. He will meet the helpers, who are from Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, at Wirksworth Station as part of celebrations to mark the reopening of the line to paying customers. Over the past ten years, they have given more than 400,000 hours of their time to restore the rail link between Wirksworth and Duffield. Last year, they finished...

Plans to increase the speed limit on part of a Belper road from 30mph to 40mph will go ahead despite concerns from a local farmer. Derbyshire County Council will cut the limit to 40mph from 60mph on parts of Crich Lane, Belper, and Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, but on Newbridge Road, Ambergate, it is to increase the limit to 40mph from 30mph to ensure the crossroad works. The council plans to review part of the Ambergate section...

Car parking charges are to be introduced at nine stations on the railway line which goes through Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Prices at Ambergate, Duffield, Uttoxeter, Whatstandwell, Blythe Bridge, Alsager, Kidsgrove, Longton, and Stamford, will be £2 daily. East Midlands Trains said it was introducing the charges from spring to help fund a multi-million-pound station and fleet improvement programme. David Horne, the firm's...