Trains from York to Durham

York to Durham train information

The route connecting York, which is in England and Durham, located in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.

Using the train is a quick and convenient way to cover the 60 miles from York to Durham.

Depending how long in advance you buy your ticket or the day and hour of travel, the cost of the train may change.

Best prices for York to Durham train tickets

York - Durham prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from York to Durham by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

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Cost of the train when booking in advance or at the last minute

Buying your ticket in advance is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. Yet, as you can notice in the graph above, the cost of train tickets York to Durham do not tend to change a lot and cost £7.

Best prices for York to Durham trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between York and Durham by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Durham to York and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

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National Railcards can save you a lot if you're using the train. Depending on your age and your situation, you are able to get one of the five existing railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can help you pay less for your York Durham train ticket.

The main benefit of getting a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to earn as much money as you spent.

You will need to pay at least £88 of train tickets across the whole year for the card to break-even. This number corresponds to the cost of the railcard, £30, divided by the discount, 34%. On every ticket that you book afterwards, you will make savings.

As an example, train tickets from York to Durham cost on average £50.00 (1). By dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), it appears that after only 2 one way journeys from Durham to York, the railcard will have paid for itself.

The cost to get a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to buy a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most rail fares for a complete year.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey