There are 11 ways to get from Grays to Darlington by train, bus, car or plane
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Train via Sheffield
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Take the train from Swanscombe to London St Pancras International LL
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Take the train from London St Pancras International to Sheffield
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Take the train from Sheffield to Darlington
Bus
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Take the bus from Golders Green to Dolphin Centre
Drive
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Drive from Grays to Darlington
Fly London City to Durham
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Fly from London City (LCY) to Durham (MME)
Train to London Heathrow, fly to Newcastle, train
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Take the train from Grays to West Ham
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Fly from London Heathrow (LHR) to Newcastle (NCL)
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Take the train from Newcastle to Darlington
Fly London City to Edinburgh, train
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Fly from London City (LCY) to Edinburgh (EDI)
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Take the train from Edinburgh to Darlington
Fly London Heathrow to Manchester, train
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Fly from London Heathrow (LHR) to Manchester (MAN)
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Take the train from Manchester Airport to York
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Take the train from York to Darlington
Train to Southampton, fly to Newcastle, train
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Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Airport Parkway
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Fly from Southampton (SOU) to Newcastle (NCL)
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Take the train from Newcastle to Darlington
Train to London Stansted, fly to Edinburgh, train
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Take the train from Grays to London Fenchurch Street
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Fly from London Stansted (STN) to Edinburgh (EDI)
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Take the train from Edinburgh to Darlington
Fly London City to Glasgow, train
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Fly from London City (LCY) to Glasgow (GLA)
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Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
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Take the train from Edinburgh to Darlington
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The cheapest way to get from Grays to Darlington is to bus which costs £40 - £75 and takes 7h 21m.
The quickest way to get from Grays to Darlington is to train which costs £40 - £280 and takes 3h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Grays to Darlington. However, there are services departing from Ebbsfleet International and arriving at Darlington via London Kings Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3h 12m.
The distance between Grays and Darlington is 226 miles. The road distance is 258.1 miles.
The best way to get from Grays to Darlington without a car is to train which takes 3h 12m and costs £40 - £280.
It takes approximately 3h 12m to get from Grays to Darlington, including transfers.
Grays to Darlington train services, operated by LNER, depart from London Kings Cross station.
The best way to get from Grays to Darlington is to train which takes 3h 12m and costs £40 - £280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £75 and takes 7h 21m, you could also fly, which costs £110 - £290 and takes 6h 58m.
There is no direct flight from London City Airport to Durham Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 55m and has one stopover.
Grays to Darlington train services, operated by LNER, arrive at Darlington station.
- Distance: 225.9 miles
- Duration: 3h 12m
What companies run services between Grays, England and Darlington, England?
LNER operates a train from London Kings Cross to Darlington hourly. Tickets cost £30 - £250 and the journey takes 2h 22m. Alternatively, National Express operates a bus from Golders Green to Dolphin Centre 3 times a day. Tickets cost £30 - £45 and the journey takes 5h 30m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £280
Flights from London City to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65 - £300
Flights from London Heathrow to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £190
Flights from Southampton to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90 - £340
Flights from London City to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60 - £260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25 - £110
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25 - £110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21 - £250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City to Durham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £480
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Southampton to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90 - £340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London City to Glasgow via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60 - £260
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from London Kings Cross to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £250
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £30 - £45
- Anytime Day Single
- £100 - £160
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £170 - £250
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4 - £70
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £4 - £7
- Anytime Day Single
- £30 - £45
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £45 - £70
Train from Edinburgh to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21 - £180
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £21 - £29
- Anytime Day Single
- £80 - £120
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £120 - £180
Train from York to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5 - £80
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £5 - £8
- Anytime Day Single
- £30 - £50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £50 - £80
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Swanscombe to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11 - £14
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £11 - £14
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras International to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70 - £180
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £70 - £100
- 1st Class
- £120 - £180
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras International to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40 - £60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40 - £60
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12 - £17
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12 - £17
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50 - £150
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £50 - £80
- 1st Class
- £100 - £150
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27 - £50
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £27 - £40
- 1st Class
- £30 - £50
Train from Edinburgh to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70 - £220
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £70 - £110
- 1st Class
- £150 - £220
Train from York to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £60
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £30 - £45
- 1st Class
- £40 - £60
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- Phone
- +44 345 744 4422
- contact@c2crail.co.uk
- Website
- c2c-online.co.uk
Train from Grays to West Ham
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6 - £9
- Website
- https://www.merseyrail.org/
Train from Grays to London Fenchurch Street
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7 - £11
- Website
- https://www.merseyrail.org/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@firstgroup.com
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17 - £35
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Anytime Single
- £17 - £25
- Anytime 1st Class
- £22 - £35
Train from Edinburgh to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65 - £140
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Anytime Single
- £65 - £95
- Anytime 1st Class
- £100 - £140
Train from Manchester Airport to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £70
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Anytime Single
- £30 - £50
- Anytime 1st Class
- £50 - £70
Train from York to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20 - £40
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Anytime Single
- £20 - £30
- Anytime 1st Class
- £28 - £40
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14 - £24
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £14 - £18
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £17 - £24
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £65
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
- Anytime Day
- £30 - £45
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £55 - £65
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £38 - £42
- Website
- sleeper.scot
- Sleeper Seat
- £38 - £42
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £170 - £200
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £55 - £75
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Golders Green to Dolphin Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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Yes, the driving distance between Grays to Darlington is 258 miles. It takes approximately 4h 13m to drive from Grays to Darlington.
British Airways and KLM offer flights from London City Airport to Durham Airport.
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There are 113+ hotels available in Darlington. Prices start at £75 per night.