Transportation
There are four bus routes which serve Borrowash.
X17 Which provides direct services via the A52 between Derby and Borrowash and is operated by Notts & Derby
9/9A Which provides services between Derby, Chaddesden, Spondon, Ockbrook and Borrowash and is operated by Notts & Derby
Indigo which is a long distance route operated by Trent Barton serving Derby, Spondon, Borrowash Long Eaton, Chilwell and Nottingham. On Friday and Saturday evenings Indigo offers late night services between Derby and Nottingham via Borrowash.
i4 (formerly Rainbow 4), also operated by Trent Barton. provides connections between Derby, Spondon, Borrowash, Risley, Sandiacre, Stapleford and Nottingham. From Borrowash this is a substantially shorter journey time to Nottingham at around 45 minutes compared to 1 hour and 5 minutes on Indigo. Tickets are interchangeable between the two services.
Several School services also serve Borrowash, transporting students to schools in Derby, Ockbrook, Long Eaton and Nottingham, as well as Notts & Derby route 2, which serves the Moy Park chicken processing factory in Ashbourne.
Whilst there is a plethora of bus routes in Borrowash there are no direct bus services to nearby Pride Park which plays host to a number of amenities including big name retailers, Numerous restaurants, public houses and fast food establishments, Derby County Football Club and a large number of employers throughout the development.
To the south of the village there was once a railway station (Borrowash railway station opened by the Midland Railway) and the Derby Canal with two locks. The station was built in 1839 and closed to passengers in 1966. The canal is currently being restored, with the work on one of the locks nearing completion. The area which the canal used to run through is currently a public footpath linking Borrowash and Spondon.
Route 6 on the National Cycle network also connects Borrowash to Derby via a riverside path, which runs along the route of the canal to Elvaston then parallel to this for the duration of the journey.
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