Darlington's Road, Rail and Air Travel Connections

Motorways and Trunk Roads

  
The town of Darlington is situated next to the A1(M), off junctions 57, 58 and 59.  This road runs north-south between London and Edinburgh.

Darlington is also on the east-west A66 route between Tees Valley and The Lake District (via Scotch Corner).

Other Main Roads

  
Radial roads running from Darlington town centre include:  A167 (north) to Newton Aycliffe and Durham;  B6269 (north-east) joining the A66 to Stockton and Middlesbrough;  A67 (east) to "Durham Tees Valley" Airport;  A167 (south) to Northallerton;  A67 (west) to Barnard Castle;  A68 (north-west) to Bishop Auckland and Corbridge.
  

Rail

  
Darlington is a key station on the East Coast mainline railway, the London-Edinburgh route, with frequent services to York, Durham and Newcastle.  There are also some direct connections to Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Glasgow.

Darlington is also on a branch line connecting Bishop Auckland and Teesside.  A service between Darlington and Middlesbrough runs on this line at a frequency of 2 trains per hour.

The journey time between Darlington and London Kings Cross can be as little as under 2½ hours.

The main railway station, "Bank Top", is only a few minutes walk from the town centre.
  

Air

  
Durham Tees Valley Airport (formerly Teesside Airport) is approximately 9km (6 miles) from Darlington town centre.  A free shuttle service runs every 30 minutes between the airport, the town centre and the main railway station.  Direct flight connections include London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Dublin and Aberdeen.

The airport complex includes a business park.  The airport itself has undergone some recent upgrades and further development is planned.