Trains from Southampton to Durham

Southampton to Durham train information

Which train company can I use?

The route connecting Southampton, 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.

How long is the train?

There are 268 miles from Southampton to Durham. Taking the train is often the quickest option to get to Durham from Southampton, and it’s also more environmentally friendly than driving your car or flying.

What is the price of a train ticket for this journey?

Fares can change depending on when you travel or how long in advance you buy your ticket.

Best prices for Southampton to Durham train tickets

Southampton - Durham prices calendar

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

Best prices for Southampton to Durham trains

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

Discount Southampton - Durham train tickets

The best way to spend less on your Southampton Durham 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.

If you want to understand how much you can save with a railcard, you have to evaluate how many trips you need to save money. You will see that most of the time, only a few trips are needed.

For your evaluation, you need to include the railcard cost, for instance £30, how much you're saving on each trip (i.e.: 34%) and the cost of your ticket. The average fare of a Southampton Durham ticket is £50.00 (1).

Divide the railcard cost by the saving: £30/34%= £88. Now divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. It will take you approximately 2 trips from Durham to Southampton (one way journey) with your railcard to be profitable.

The price to buy a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to have the 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to save 34% off most adult fares for one year.

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