Ambergate
Station

Passenger Facilities

The station is unstaffed and tickets can be purchased from the ticket machine in the waiting shelter. There is a customer help point at the entrance onto the platform.

There are no toilets at the station.

There is step free access onto the platform from the car park.

Covered cycle parking is located in the station car park.

Getting to and from Ambergate Station

The station is situated at the northern end of Ambergate village, at the junction of the A6 and A610, approximately a 10 minute’ walk from the village centre. A pavement alongside the Station Approach Road provides step free access to the platform, avoiding the short flight of steps, but does not meet disabled access regulations.

Parking at the station

East Midlands Railway operate the 40 space station car park, which includes disabled parking.

There are Off Peak, Weekend and Standard Parking rates available.

Parking is £2.50 for 24 hours, (multiple tickets may be purchased for more than one day), £8 weekly and £25 monthly. Annual tickets costing £250 are also available from Derby Station.

Off Peak is £1.50 Monday to Friday after 10am and anytime Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holidays.

At Weekends parking is £2.50 from 10am on Friday to Midnight on Sunday.

Further information is available on the East Midlands Railway Station Car Parking page

Local Bus Services from Ambergate

From the bus stops on Ripley Road (A610) adjacent to Station Approach, there are Monday to Saturday bus services – 142 to Crich and Crich Tramway Village and 147 to Ripley.

From the bus stops on Derby Road (A6) adjacent to The Hurt Arms, the Transpeak bus service links the towns and villages along the Derwent Valley and onward to Bakewell and Buxton.

Bus stop locations are displayed on the Onward Travel Map and bus timetables are available here. When trains are replaced by buses, road replacement services pick up/drop off points at the bus stops on Derby Road (A6) adjacent to The Hurt Arms.

Taxis

Local taxi firms include:

Terry’s Ripley Taxis 01773 742 929

A6 Cabs 01773 880 880

Belper Cars 01773 828 384

The centre of Ambergate village is a ten minute walk from the station.  To reach the village centre turn left under the railway bridge and left again opposite the Hurt Arms and continue along the main road, past the filling station and under another railway bridge.

• The Hurt Arms pub and restaurant is well situated across the road from the station. Just a short walk towards the village, there is the Bridge House cafe, a small supermarket at the filling station and Ambergate Chip Shop is located in the centre of the village.