(04 Feb 2016, 10:29 am)MrFozz wrote So like Sunderland or Durham-Morpeth, Morpeth-Berwick, Berwick-Waverley
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Exactly like that.
Not guaranteeing it will be any cheaper, but it can be.
No need to change trains if you set off from Durham.
Mine is Durham - York (singles). York - Sheff. Sheff - Derby. Derby - Brum. £35 ew.