There are 12 ways to get from Nice to Derby by plane, train, train (TGV, Eurostar), 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.
Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NCE - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Derbytrain
6h 3m£82–216Train via Paris
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Derbytrain
10h 57m£337–556Bus
- Take the bus from Nice to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Derby Bus Stationbus
26h 58m£114–192Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nice to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Derbycar
16h 30m£317–416Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NCE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Derbytrain
6h 48m£88–219Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NCE - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Derbytrain
7h 15m£140–364Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London City Airport (LCY)plane NCE - LCY
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Derbytrain
7h 12m£162–456Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NCE - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Derbytrain
7h 22m£128–287Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane NCE - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicestertrain
- Take the train from Leicester to Derbytrain
7h 19m£96–212Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Liverpool (LPL)plane NCE - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Derbytrain
8h 4m£88–234Train
- Take the train from Nice-Saint-Augustin to Marseille-Saint-Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille Saint Ch to Lille Europetrain Trn
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Derbytrain
15h 1m£265–421Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nice to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Derbycar
17h 52m£229–372
Nice to Derby by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Derby is to fly and train which costs £80 - £220 and takes 6h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Derby is to fly and train which takes 6h 3m and costs £80 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Derby station. However, there are services departing from Nice and arriving at Derby Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Nice to Derby. However, there are services departing from Nice Ville and arriving at Derby via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 57m.
The distance between Nice and Derby is 793 miles.
The best way to get from Nice to Derby without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 57m and costs £330 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Nice to Derby, including transfers.
Nice to Derby bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice station.
Nice to Derby train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nice Ville station.
The best way to get from Nice to Derby is to train via Paris which takes 10h 57m and costs £330 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £200 and takes 26h 58m.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Derby, England?
You can take a train from Nice Ville to Derby via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and London St Pancras Intl in around 10h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nice to Derby Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and London Victoria in around 26h 58m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
Train from Birmingham New Street to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–27
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Sheffield to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Sheffield to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Leicester to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Crewe to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nice-Saint-Augustin to Marseille-Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Marseille Saint Ch to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Lille Europe to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nice to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Derby Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Derby Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Nice to Derby bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Derby is 1h behind Nice. It is currently 8:43 AM in Nice and 7:43 AM in Derby.
Nice to Derby train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
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