(02 May 2016, 11:01 pm)BusLoverMum wrote you'd be surprised - we investigated the trains and they'd have been barely quicker for us, from Durham or Sunderland, than bus all the way.

I may be wrong as this is from the top of my head, but say Newcastle to Scarborough. 60 minutes Newcastle - York then, say, a 15 minute connection onto a 50 minute trip to Scarbs?
Admittedly Sunderland and the coast could be a bit messier and therefore take longer but anywhere on the ECML seems a fair bit quicker?

Plus you'd get all valuable RailMiles which, for me personally, is much better :p