(02 May 2016, 11:12 pm)northern156 wrote 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

Getting on at Durham narrows down the trains to York quite a lot. And we're talking 2 hours each way on the X93 from Boro to Scabby vs almost the same on the train from Durham, costing a lot more. Admittedly, the toilets are a little better, on the trains!

Edit - almost £90 return for the two of us - sod that! Admittedly it would pay for a railcard, instantly, but we're talking £12.80 for arriva day tickets or £18.20 for explorers, here!