There are 12 ways to get from Derby to Nice by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BHX - NCE
5h 52m€89–236Train
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Villetrain Tgv
12h 22m€345–699Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Derby Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nicebus
27h 20m€111–202Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Derby to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Nicecar
16h 36mTrain, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane MAN - NCE
6h 55m€97–258Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LHR - NCE
7h 24m€165–419Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to Leicestertrain
- Take the train from Leicester to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LTN - NCE
7h 9m€112–287Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane STN - NCE
7h 34m€135–300Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Tamworth to Runcorntrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LPL - NCE
7h 55m€112–275Train via Lille
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Nice Villetrain Tgv
12h 37m€310–631Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 440 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus
28h 37m€120–245Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Derby to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Nicecar
18h 8m€236–381
Derby to Nice by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Derby to Nice is to bus via Dover which costs €110 - €210 and takes 27h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Derby to Nice is to train and fly which takes 5h 52m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Derby station to Nice. However, there are services departing from Derby Bus Station and arriving at Nice via London Victoria, Dover and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Derby to Nice. However, there are services departing from Derby and arriving at Nice Ville via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe and Marne La Vallee Chessy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 37m.
The distance between Derby and Nice is 1269 km.
The best way to get from Derby to Nice without a car is to train which takes 12h 22m and costs €340 - €700.
It takes approximately 5h 52m to get from Derby to Nice, including transfers.
Derby to Nice bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Derby Bus Station.
Derby to Nice train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, depart from Derby station.
The best way to get from Derby to Nice is to train which takes 12h 22m and costs €340 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus via Dover, which costs €110 - €210 and takes 27h 20m.
What companies run services between Derby, England and Nice, France?
You can take a train from Derby to Nice Ville via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 12h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Derby Bus Station to Nice via London Victoria, Dover, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 27h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Liverpool to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Liverpool to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Liverpool to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Liverpool to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Leicester to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–360
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Tamworth to Runcorn
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Derby Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–35
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Derby to Nice bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Nice is 1h ahead of Derby. It is currently 7:43 AM in Derby and 8:43 AM in Nice.
Derby to Nice train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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