
Derbyshire Wayfarer: New unlimited bus ticket
Use the Derbyshire Wayfarer bus ticket to explore from as little as £8 per day or £33 per week!
The Derbyshire Wayfarer Bus ticket
The Derbyshire Bus and Train Wayfarer is a day rover ticket allowing almost unlimited bus and train travel throughout Derbyshire for a whole day.
From 24 April 2023, there is now a new Derbyshire Wayfarer Bus ticket to complement the existing Wayfarer Bus and Train ticket.
You can use the Wayfarer ticket to travel around Derbyshire and also for travel between Derbyshire and Sheffield city centre, Burton-on-Trent town centre, Macclesfield town centre, Leek town centre and Uttoxeter town centre on direct journeys to and from Derbyshire. Check where you can use your Wayfarer ticket here.
Derbyshire Wayfarer bus ticket prices
- Wayfarer bus 1 day adult £8 (introductory price)
- Wayfarer bus 1 day concession - young person £6 (introductory price)
- Wayfarer bus 1 day group £15.50 (introductory price)
- Wayfarer bus 7 day adult £33 (introductory price)
- Wayfarer bus 7 day concession - young person £24.60 (introductory price)
Don't miss: Single bus fares are capped at just £2!

Where to buy Derbyshire Wayfarer tickets
Derbyshire Wayfarer Bus tickets are available from TravelMaster.
You can buy day versions of all Derbyshire Wayfarer tickets on the day of travel from the drivers of these local buses:
- Arriva Midlands
- D&G
- Derbyshire Community Transport
- High Peak
- Hulleys
- Kinch
- Littles
- Midland Classic
- Notts & Derby
- Stagecoach in Chesterfield
- Stagecoach Mansfield
- TM Travel
- Trent Barton
Tickets are also valid on First South Yorkshire service 272 but cannot be purchased on First Buses. The tickets are valid for travel on Skylink and My15 services operated by Trent Barton and Kinch in Derbyshire as far as Shardlow on skylink Derby, and Sawley square on skylink Nottingham and My15, but not to East Midlands Airport.

Great local bus routes:
- Stagecoach Gold X17 extended to Matlock Bath and Wirksworth
The Stagecoach Gold X17 from Sheffield and Chesterfield has been extended to Matlock Bath, Cromford and Wirksworth.
- Sheffield and Chesterfield to Matlock Bath – up to every 30 mins.
- Stopping at Matlock Bath, Cromford and Wirksworth – hourly, 7 days a week.
- Now Stops at Matlock Farm Park four times a day, 7 days a week.
- View the new X17 timetable. - Trentbarton 6.1 route
The Trentbarton Sixes bus covers some of Derbyshire's most popular and picturesque towns and villages. The services runs every 15 minutes from Derby to Belper, with the 6.1 service continuing onwards to Wirksworth, Matlock Bath, Matlock and Bakewell. View the Sixes timetable. - High Peak Transpeak service
The Transpeak bus service runs from Derby to Buxton via Matlock and Bakewell travelling through some of the most picturesque landscapes in England. Taking in attractions such as Heights of Abraham, Peak Rail, Peak Shopping Village, Haddon Hall and Poole’s Cavern. - High Peak 441/442 service
Operates a regular service between Buxton and Ashbourne. Great for access to the pretty villages of Tissington and Hartington as well as the Tissington Trail.
For the most up to date bus information across Derbyshire visit travelderbyshire.co.uk
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