Trains from Birmingham to Darlington

Birmingham to Darlington train information

Which train company can I use?

The trip between Birmingham, located in England and Darlington, situated in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.

How far is it by train?

There are 142 miles between Birmingham to Darlington. Train travel is most of the time the fastest way to travel to Darlington from Birmingham, and it’s also a greener option than driving or taking the plane.

How much does it costs?

Depending how much time in advance you book your ticket as well as when you travel, the cost of the train will change.

Best prices for Birmingham to Darlington train tickets

Birmingham - Darlington prices calendar

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

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Price of the ticket when booking in advance or at the last minute

Getting your ticket beforehand is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. However, as you may see in the graph above, the price of train tickets Birmingham to Darlington do not tend to change a lot and cost £36.

Best prices for Birmingham to Darlington trains

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

Discount Birmingham - Darlington train tickets

The best way to spend less on your Birmingham Darlington train ticket must be to have a railcard. While regional railcards exist in some areas, National railcards enable you to make savings on most rail fares across the United Kingdom. Everyone is eligible to at least one of the railcard, even non-UK citizens. National railcards available: 16-25 railcard, Senior discount card, Two together railcard, Family and Friends discount card and Disabled persons railcard.

• The main benefit of purchasing a railcard is that you only need a few trips to break even.

  You will need to buy at least £88 of train tickets in a year for the railcard to be worth the investment. It corresponds to the price of the card, thirty pounds, divided by the saving, thirty four percent. On every train that you purchase after that, you will spare money.

  For instance, train tickets from Birmingham to Darlington cost on average £50.00 (1). When dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), you can see that after only 2 one way trips from Darlington to Birmingham, the card 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