island. There are public toilets on all platforms, with male, female, disabled, and baby change facilities. Derby does not currently have a changing places toilet. There are no toilets accessible without passing the barriers. In the main ticket hall there is a Costa Pronto outlet, a WHSmiths, and a Gregg's. There are ticket machines along the outside wall, and ticket collection machines located between the ticket office and the barriers. There are free cash points next to WHSmiths. On the platform 4/5 island there is a Pumpkin Cafe outlet, and there is a Costa outlet on the platform 6/7 island. Outside of the main entrance there is a bus stop served by Arriva Derby and Kinchbus. There is also a taxi rank and a pick up/drop off area in the car park of the Midland Hotel. The rear entrance has a pick up/drop off area, turning circle, and a short stay car park limited to 20 minutes. History Early East Midlands railway schemes After the building of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, a number of ambitious projects for long-distance lines between cities had been mooted. Among these was a line between London and Edinburgh, for both goods and passengers, via Bedford and Leeds, passing in between Carlisle and Newcastle. Meanwhile, a number of short lines were built for specific purposes. Among these were the Mansfield and Pinxton and the Leicester and Swannington. The Mansfield and Pinxton was a feeder for a canal and was a wagonway, but these short lines were pivotal in later events. Possibly the longest was the Cromford and High Peak Railway, opened in 1833, to connect the Cromford Canal with the Peak Forest Canal. It attracted interest because it provided access to Manchester through the Peak District of Derbyshire, even today an obstacle to transport. In the 1830s, lines were already in progress between Bristol and London and from each to Birmingham and thence to Liverpool and Manchester, and their promoters were looking ahead. Three schemes came to the fore for the East Midlands. The Midland Grand Junction Railway would connect Birmingham with Sheffield and Derby, with a branch to Nottingham and another branch from Sheffield to Manchester. There would also be a line to the East Coast at Goole. In 1824 the London Northern Railway Company was formed to link Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Hull and Manchester with London. Two options were proposed. One