I'm travelling from Birmingham New St to Alfreton for the Indietracks Festival nr Alfreton. It's at the Butterly Railway Museum on Sat 25th July.
Travelling to arrive at about 3-00 pm
Leaving after 6-00pm
No railcard.
No flexibility cos I'm singing at 4-30! Ta.
I think you should use a Derbyshire Wayfarer. This is a day rover ticket allowing virtually unlimited bus and train travel throughout Derbyshire. An Adult Derbyshire Wayfarer costs £8.30 and is a scratch-off card available by post from the Public Transport Unit, Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Matlock DE4 3AG.
For your journey, this ticket is valid by train between Burton-on-Trent and Alfreton via Chesterfield. If you prefer to travel via Nottingham, there is a more expensive Wayfarer at £10.70 sold at Nottingham station and valid
from there, but it is not clear from the wording on
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transp...rover_tickets/derbyshire_wayfarer/default.asp whether that ticket can be bought by post in advance. I would recommend the cheaper ticket via Chesterfield for you.
From Alfreton, the Wayfarer ticket is also valid on buses 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 140 which run between Alfreton railway station and the Midland Railway Centre near Butterly.
You also need an Off Peak Day Return between Birmingham and Burton-on-Trent which costs £8.70. That gives a total cost of £17.
For this combination of tickets, you must choose trains which stop at Burton-on-Trent. If this restriction is inconvenient, you could buy an Off Peak Day Return between Birmingham and Derby at £11.70 instead. All relevant trains stop at Derby, so this combination lets you travel on any train via Chesterfield at an additional cost of £3, total £20.
John