page_title: Derby railway station
section_title: Post-privatisation
hierarchical_section_title: Derby railway station / History / Post-privatisation
caption_attribution_description: English: The departures board at Derby Midland Station
context_page_description: Derby railway station is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in Derbyshire, England. Owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, the station is also used by CrossCountry services and two daily Northern services.
  It lies 127 miles 68 chains north of London St Pancras. It is situated to the south-east of Derby city centre, and is close to the west bank of the River Derwent.
context_section_description: Upon the privatisation of British Rail, the station became owned by Railtrack and later Network Rail. Day-to-day operation was initially with Midland Mainline who refurbished it with the installation of a large electronic departure board in the station entrance hall and smaller boards on all platforms. The station is now managed by East Midlands Railway. 
  In 2005, the footbridge connecting the platforms, which had been temporarily supported for at least 30 years, was replaced. Whilst doing this, engineers discovered that there were stresses in the concrete of the 1950s canopy. Work to demolish the canopies and erect new ones began in mid-2007 and was completed in October 2009.
  A £15m signalling centre, the Derby Rail Operating Centre, (formerly known as East Midlands Control Centre), was opened immediately south of the station on 3 April 2008.  This replaced the 1960s era panel boxes here and at Trent Junction (near Nottingham), plus the 1986 one at Leicester and various small manual & panel boxes elsewhere in the area.  When fully complete, it will be one of 12 and supervise over 350 route miles of railway.
caption: The station's departures board
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