(06 Mar 2021, 11:12 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I actually looked at tickets for getting from Durham to Scarborough for the bus festival and (OK, it was Sunday) the bus was no slower than the train and a fraction of the cost with an explorer.
Ah really? Surprised at that, I looked at Newcastle to Scarborough and was getting just over 2 hours via train like and like nearly 5 hours by bus. Even for Whitby it was doing X93 to Scarborough then train and that was neck and neck. Fares were a joke paying full price tho mind on the train.
Just checked Durham and getting the same now but things might've changed since then, possibly some engineering or something that weekend somewhere.
Bus: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.77049...e0!3e3!5i3 - 4 Hours, 30 Mins
Train: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.77049...e0!5e2!3e3 - 2 Hours, 30 Mins