Quiet -ish trains on Saturday and Sunday Derby to Burton?

[Comstock]

Hi. I want to travel from Derby to Burton on the 19th of Jan (a Saturday morning) and return home on the Sunday evening.

A very simple journey, but the catch is I'll have a bicycle in tow. So as not to be a total pain in the ass to fellow passengers I'd like to choose a quieter train (ie not full and standing). How early would I need to travel on the Saturday, and at what time on a Sunday would the route start to fall quiet?

Obviously I can't foresee any possible disruption on the day, but avoiding any really busy times might help, and I've not always been very good at this in the past.

 

[Mugby]

You'll be lucky on a Saturday morning! The local services from Nottingham get very busy with shoppers going to Brum and football fans going to away matches etc. The NE/SW services operated by Voyagers, well the less said about them, the better!

Your best bet would probably be one of the HST operated services, 1V52 or 1V44, put you bike in the luggage van.

 

[Comstock]

They have HSTs between Derby and Burton?

 

[Mugby]

They have HSTs between Derby and Burton?

Yes, just enter the reporting numbers which I've given on Realtime Trains and you'll get the times.