Rochdale to Darlington train

Trains from Rochdale to Darlington start at €19.04 and take 1h 47m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Rochdale to Darlington starts at €19.04 and takes 1h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 124 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 47mDoor to door
  • 1h 3mMoving
  • €19.04 to €42.69From
  • 06:35 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 4.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.04 to €42.69 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €42.69Mon14
  2. about €32.79Tue15
  3. about €34.99Wed16
  4. about €36.09Thu17
  5. about €30.59Fri18
  6. about €32.79Sat19
  7. about €34.44Sun20
  8. about €21.24Mon21
  9. about €19.04Tue22
  10. about €23.99Wed23
  11. about €24.54Thu24
  12. about €21.79Fri25
  13. about €21.79Sat26
  14. about €21.24Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€14.64
  1. TransPennine Express TP355206:351h 3m07:38Facit railway stationDarlington railway station

Door to door 1h 47mCO2 4.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
TransPennine Express€14.641h 40m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Darlington. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Darlington for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Rochdale to Darlington

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €21.7890 days
  2. €16.2960 days
  3. €16.2945 days
  4. €13.5430 days
  5. €18.4921 days
  6. €21.2414 days
  7. €34.447 days
  8. €34.993 days
  9. €42.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €42.69, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €21.24Sun
  2. €21.24Mon
  3. €19.04Tue
  4. €23.99Wed
  5. €24.54Thu
  6. €21.79Fri
  7. €21.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rochdale

Rail
  • Facit railway station
  • Milnrow railway station
  • Walsden railway station

Darlington

Rail
  • Darlington railway station
  • Lands railway station
  • Cowton railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 124 km against 108 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Wakefield, York, Leeds, Harrogate. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rochdale at 06:35 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Rochdale to Darlington

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Rochdale to Darlington take?

The Train from Rochdale to Darlington takes 1h 47m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 124 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Rochdale to Darlington cost?

The Train from Rochdale to Darlington starts at €19.04 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €23.43. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Rochdale to Darlington?

1 operators run the Train from Rochdale to Darlington: TransPennine Express. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Rochdale to Darlington use?

The Train from Rochdale to Darlington leaves from Facit railway station and arrives at Darlington railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Rochdale to Darlington?

Fares for the Train from Rochdale to Darlington bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 215 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Rochdale to Darlington produce?

The Train from Rochdale to Darlington produces about 4.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 124 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Rochdale to Darlington?

Operators on the Train from Rochdale to Darlington publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 47m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rochdale to Darlington on September 13, 2026: 124 km of route against 108 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 1h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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