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In February 2020, Trent Barton withdrew from the route, leaving Stagecoach East Midlands as the sole operator. [5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mansfield-Nottingham section of the route was temporarily reduced from every 10 minutes to every 15 minutes in 2021, though the change has since been reversed in September 2024. [citation needed]
Comet from Chesterfield to Derby via Clay Cross, Alfreton and Ripley; X38, a non-stop route between Derby and Burton on Trent, was operated jointly with Arriva Derby, but became an independent route on 31 August 2024 after a dispute between the two. [17]
From 29 March 2020 Hulleys operated a new summer weekend service linking Sheffield, Chesterfield and Bakewell to such attractions as Alton Towers and Carsington Water. [5] In October 2022, the firm took over operation of routes 48 and 49 from TM Travel. [6] The company formerly operated the X57 Snake route.
Alfreton railway station serves the town of Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Erewash Valley Line 18 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (29.4 km) north of Nottingham and 9 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (15.7 km) south of Chesterfield. Alfreton is a penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Railway services.
Bus Services As at February 2015, there are commercial bus services during the daytime on weekdays to Alfreton (2-per-hour), Chesterfield (hourly) and Mansfield (hourly). There are evening and Sunday services to Alfreton and Mansfield but these run less frequently and are subsidised by Derbyshire County Council .
Notts+Derby operate a number of contracted bus services around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.One of their largest contracts is with the University of Derby for services linking students with campuses and other key locations in Derby.
Intermediate stations on the main line were later closed and local passenger trains ceased to operate from 2 January 1967. Mansfield was by this time a very large population centre without a railway station, and on 7 May 1973 a new station on the Erewash Valley main line was opened at Alfreton, named Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway. [21] [22]
It was closed to passenger traffic on 2 January 1967 as a result of the Beeching Axe (along with Ilkeston Junction and Cossall, Alfreton and all the other remaining local stations on the same route), [4] but was subsequently reopened by British Rail in May 1986. [5]