The region is well served by the British rail network and direct train travel is available to London and most major UK destinations from all main train stations in Durham and Teesside.
The East Coast mainline intercity train services stop at Darlington and Durham on route from London to Scotland.
Transpennine Express direct trains link the main rail stations at Durham, Middlesbrough and Darlington to Manchester Airport in the north-west.
Darlington is famed as the birthplace of the railways. Stephenson's Stockton and Darlington Railway was the world's first public railway, opened in 1825.
Durham to London King's Cross 3 hours approx, Darlington to London King's Cross 2 hours 40 mins approx, Middlesbrough to London King's Cross 3 hours 20 mins approx.
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