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East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Nottingham, Derby and Leicester

A skylink single into Nottingham is 3.00 GBP, an anytime return 6.00 GBP and a family anytime return 12.00 GBP, on a bus that runs every 20 minutes around the clock.

  • A single into Nottingham is 3.00 GBP, an anytime return 6.00 GBP, and a family anytime return covering up to two adults and three children is 12.00 GBP.
  • With trentbarton's MANGO stored value card the same trip is 2.25 GBP.
  • skylink Nottingham runs every 20 minutes and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • A 24 hour airport bus is rare in Britain, and it is the reason East Midlands is usable at any hour.
  • skylink also serves Derby, Leicester and Loughborough, on separate branded routes.
  • The airport sits at Castle Donington, between the three cities, so no city is the obvious default.
  • There is no railway station at the airport. East Midlands Parkway is the nearest and needs a bus.
  • Buses use the coach station next to the terminal, and you check which skylink you want before boarding.

What the bus costs

East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Nottingham, Derby and Leicester
TicketPrice
Single, airport to Nottingham3.00 GBP
Same trip paid with MANGO2.25 GBP
Anytime return6.00 GBP
Family anytime return, up to 2 adults and 3 children12.00 GBP
  • Two adults are better off with two singles than one family return unless children are travelling too.
  • MANGO is trentbarton's stored value card. It is worth the trouble only if you are staying a while and will use the buses again.

The 24 hour service

  • skylink Nottingham runs every 20 minutes in the day and hourly at night, seven days a week, all year.
  • A skylink Express runs to Trent Bridge and central Nottingham every half hour, roughly 04:00 to 23:00.
  • Derby, Leicester and Loughborough have their own skylink branches, running about every 15 minutes in the day and hourly at night.

Where the bus goes from

  • The coach station next to the terminal building. All the buses arrive and leave there.
  • Read the destination before boarding. The skylinks are different routes to different cities and share the same stand.

No station

  • The airport has no railway station. East Midlands Parkway is the closest and still needs a bus, so the skylink is the connection to everything.

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