NCL → DHM · past route records

Newcastle to Durham: train delays and possible money back

5,010 recorded journeys in the last 12 months with CrossCountry and LNER and TransPennine. Delay is measured when the train reached Durham.

83%

arrive on time (±5 min)

at least 30 minutes late

<1%

at least 60 minutes late

never arrived

If your train arrives 30 to 59 minutes late, you may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation worth half of a one-way ticket price. At 60 minutes late or more, it may be worth the full one-way ticket price. The train company checks your ticket, journey and claim before deciding whether to pay.

Most punctual departure

Fri 14:26 LNER

On time 100% of 21 journeys

Most often 30 minutes late or more

Fri 20:58 LNER

At least 30 minutes late on 22% of 27 journeys that reached Durham

How this journey has changed

Monthly performance measured when trains reached Durham. The latest incomplete month is marked “to date”.

Recent direction: average delay rose from 1.3 minutes to 4.2 minutes between the two latest complete months.

Month	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	Cancelled	Average delay
Dec 2025	212	85%	<1%	1%	1.7 min
Jan 2026	115	76%	5%	2%	4.9 min
Feb 2026	84	77%	4%	1%	4.8 min
Mar 2026	97	78%	5%	3%	4.7 min
Apr 2026	140	71%	5%	3%	5.4 min
May 2026	117	67%	13%	2%	9 min
Jun 2026	427	79%	4%	3%	3.5 min
Jul 2026	616	85%	2%	1%	2.4 min
Aug 2026	635	80%	3%	4%	3.6 min
Sept 2026	488	90%	<1%	<1%	1.3 min
Oct 2026	471	77%	4%	2%	4.2 min
Nov 2026 to date	19	68%	0%	0%	2.7 min

Every departure, ranked

Same booked train and weekday, checked over a year. Sorted by on-time record.

Train	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	60 minutes late or more	Cancelled
Fri 14:26 LNER	21	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 07:30 LNER	21	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 08:29 LNER	21	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 09:34 LNER	21	100%	0%	0%	0
Mon 07:30 LNER	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Mon 11:40 CrossCountry	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 07:40 CrossCountry	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 08:40 CrossCountry	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 12:40 CrossCountry	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 13:40 CrossCountry	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 15:40 CrossCountry	20	100%	0%	0%	0
Fri 06:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Mon 06:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Sat 15:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 06:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Tue 17:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 13:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 15:40 CrossCountry	19	100%	0%	0%	0
Tue 06:40 CrossCountry	18	100%	0%	0%	0
Wed 06:40 CrossCountry	18	100%	0%	0%	0
Fri 09:34 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Fri 16:29 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Fri 18:29 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 07:30 LNER	21	95%	5%	0%	0
Tue 08:29 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 10:27 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Wed 10:27 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Mon 08:40 CrossCountry	20	95%	5%	0%	0
Mon 09:40 CrossCountry	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Mon 10:27 LNER	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Mon 17:40 CrossCountry	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 09:40 CrossCountry	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 11:40 CrossCountry	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 17:40 CrossCountry	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 15:34 LNER	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 18:29 LNER	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Wed 12:27 LNER	20	95%	0%	0%	0
Sun 20:28 LNER	32	91%	3%	0%	0
Fri 11:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	5%	0%	0
Mon 09:34 LNER	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Sat 10:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Sat 13:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Sat 14:41 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Sat 18:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 12:27 LNER	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 21:15 LNER	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 07:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Tue 14:41 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Wed 07:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	5%	5%	0
Wed 17:40 CrossCountry	19	95%	0%	0%	0
Fri 07:27 LNER	44	86%	0%	0%	1
Sun 16:40 CrossCountry	17	94%	0%	0%	1
Sun 17:39 CrossCountry	17	94%	0%	0%	1
Tue 07:27 LNER	43	86%	0%	0%	1
Mon 07:27 LNER	45	84%	2%	0%	0
Sat 07:27 LNER	31	87%	0%	0%	0
Fri 07:30 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	0
Fri 15:34 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	0
Fri 20:17 LNER	21	90%	5%	0%	1
Thu 07:30 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	0
Tue 09:34 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	1
Tue 14:26 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	0
Tue 17:27 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	0
Wed 11:31 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	0
Wed 14:26 LNER	21	90%	5%	0%	0
Sun 12:40 CrossCountry	15	93%	0%	0%	1
Fri 11:31 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Mon 07:40 CrossCountry	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Mon 08:29 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Mon 11:31 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Thu 20:17 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Tue 12:27 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Wed 15:34 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	0
Sun 20:58 LNER	29	86%	3%	0%	0
Sun 10:27 LNER	42	83%	5%	0%	1
Mon 20:04 LNER	45	82%	4%	0%	0
Thu 07:27 LNER	45	82%	0%	0%	0
Wed 07:27 LNER	45	82%	2%	2%	0
Mon 17:27 LNER	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Sat 07:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	5%	0%	0
Sat 12:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 08:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 09:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 10:39 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 11:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 12:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 15:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Tue 21:15 LNER	19	89%	5%	5%	0
Wed 11:40 CrossCountry	19	89%	0%	0%	0
Sun 20:04 LNER	30	83%	7%	0%	0
Fri 08:29 LNER	21	86%	0%	0%	0
Fri 10:27 LNER	21	86%	0%	0%	0
Fri 17:27 LNER	21	86%	5%	5%	0
Thu 08:29 LNER	21	86%	0%	0%	0
Thu 09:34 LNER	21	86%	0%	0%	0
Thu 10:27 LNER	21	86%	0%	0%	0
Tue 11:31 LNER	21	86%	5%	5%	0
Wed 17:27 LNER	21	86%	0%	0%	1
Sun 18:40 CrossCountry	16	88%	0%	0%	2
Fri 07:40 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	1
Fri 10:39 CrossCountry	20	85%	5%	5%	0
Fri 13:40 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Mon 10:39 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Mon 14:26 LNER	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Mon 14:41 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Mon 16:38 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Mon 20:17 LNER	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Thu 10:39 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Thu 13:30 LNER	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Thu 14:26 LNER	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Thu 14:41 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	1
Thu 16:38 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Thu 18:40 CrossCountry	20	85%	0%	0%	0
Mon 20:30 LNER	45	78%	5%	2%	2
Fri 17:40 CrossCountry	19	84%	0%	0%	0
Mon 21:15 LNER	19	84%	0%	0%	0
Sat 11:40 CrossCountry	19	84%	0%	0%	1
Sat 17:39 CrossCountry	19	84%	0%	0%	0
Sat 19:38 CrossCountry	19	84%	0%	0%	0
Wed 14:41 CrossCountry	19	84%	6%	0%	1
Tue 20:04 LNER	46	76%	9%	0%	0
Wed 08:40 CrossCountry	18	83%	12%	0%	1
Sat 20:30 LNER	34	76%	0%	0%	0
Fri 21:15 LNER	21	81%	10%	0%	0
Tue 13:30 LNER	21	81%	5%	0%	0
Tue 16:29 LNER	21	81%	0%	0%	0
Wed 13:30 LNER	21	81%	0%	0%	0
Mon 21:58 LNER	43	74%	9%	0%	0
Fri 20:04 LNER	42	74%	10%	0%	0
Fri 08:40 CrossCountry	20	80%	0%	0%	0
Fri 15:40 CrossCountry	20	80%	0%	0%	0
Mon 12:40 CrossCountry	20	80%	5%	0%	1
Mon 13:30 LNER	20	80%	5%	0%	0
Mon 13:40 CrossCountry	20	80%	0%	0%	1
Mon 15:34 LNER	20	80%	0%	0%	1
Mon 15:40 CrossCountry	20	80%	10%	0%	0
Tue 20:17 LNER	20	80%	10%	0%	0
Wed 20:17 LNER	20	80%	5%	5%	1
Wed 21:15 LNER	20	80%	10%	5%	0
Thu 20:04 LNER	44	73%	5%	2%	1
Thu 20:30 LNER	44	73%	5%	0%	2
Tue 20:30 LNER	46	72%	2%	0%	3
Fri 16:38 CrossCountry	19	79%	11%	5%	0
Mon 12:27 LNER	19	79%	5%	0%	0
Sat 09:40 CrossCountry	19	79%	11%	0%	0
Thu 17:27 LNER	19	79%	0%	0%	0
Tue 13:40 CrossCountry	19	79%	0%	0%	0
Wed 12:40 CrossCountry	19	79%	0%	0%	0
Wed 16:38 CrossCountry	19	79%	0%	0%	0
Thu 18:29 LNER	21	76%	5%	0%	1
Wed 09:40 CrossCountry	18	78%	0%	0%	1
Wed 10:39 CrossCountry	18	78%	12%	0%	1
Fri 12:40 CrossCountry	20	75%	5%	0%	0
Fri 13:30 LNER	20	75%	5%	0%	0
Fri 14:41 CrossCountry	20	75%	5%	0%	0
Mon 16:29 LNER	20	75%	5%	5%	0
Mon 18:29 LNER	20	75%	5%	0%	0
Mon 18:40 CrossCountry	20	75%	0%	0%	0
Mon 19:38 CrossCountry	20	75%	0%	0%	0
Thu 15:34 LNER	20	75%	0%	0%	0
Thu 16:29 LNER	20	75%	0%	0%	0
Fri 20:30 LNER	41	68%	5%	0%	1
Sun 11:39 CrossCountry	17	76%	0%	0%	2
Sun 13:40 CrossCountry	17	76%	0%	0%	4
Sun 14:39 CrossCountry	17	76%	0%	0%	2
Tue 20:58 LNER	30	70%	14%	3%	1
Wed 21:58 LNER	42	67%	10%	2%	0
Fri 12:27 LNER	19	74%	5%	0%	0
Sat 08:41 CrossCountry	19	74%	0%	0%	1
Wed 18:40 CrossCountry	19	74%	5%	0%	0
Mon 20:58 LNER	29	69%	4%	0%	1
Thu 21:58 LNER	43	65%	10%	2%	1
Thu 11:31 LNER	21	71%	0%	0%	0
Wed 16:29 LNER	21	71%	0%	0%	0
Wed 18:29 LNER	21	71%	5%	0%	0
Sat 16:37 CrossCountry	18	72%	6%	0%	0
Wed 20:58 LNER	30	67%	17%	0%	1
Fri 09:40 CrossCountry	20	70%	5%	5%	1
Fri 19:38 CrossCountry	20	70%	11%	0%	1
Sun 10:40 CrossCountry	15	73%	0%	0%	2
Tue 21:58 LNER	43	63%	9%	2%	0
Tue 16:38 CrossCountry	19	68%	5%	0%	0
Tue 18:40 CrossCountry	19	68%	5%	0%	0
Tue 19:38 CrossCountry	19	68%	5%	0%	0
Fri 21:58 LNER	41	61%	20%	5%	0
Wed 20:30 LNER	41	61%	0%	0%	2
Wed 20:04 LNER	43	58%	0%	0%	1
Thu 19:38 CrossCountry	20	65%	0%	0%	0
Sun 19:38 CrossCountry	17	65%	0%	0%	1
Thu 20:58 LNER	29	59%	10%	7%	0
Fri 20:58 LNER	27	59%	22%	4%	0
Fri 18:40 CrossCountry	20	60%	5%	5%	0
Wed 19:38 CrossCountry	19	58%	0%	0%	0
Sun 15:40 CrossCountry	16	56%	8%	0%	3

Explore this journey interactively →Durham to Newcastle ↩

Frequently asked

How often is the Newcastle to Durham train delayed?

Over the last 12 months, 83% of the 5,010 recorded Newcastle to Durham journeys arrived within 5 minutes of schedule. 3% arrived at least 30 minutes late. A delay this long may let a passenger claim Delay Repay compensation. 1% did not complete the journey. The train company checks each claim.

Which Newcastle to Durham train has the strongest on-time record?

The Fri 14:26 (LNER) has the best record after allowing for the number of past journeys. It was on time for 100% of its 21 recorded journeys.

Which Newcastle to Durham train was at least 30 minutes late most often?

The Fri 20:58 (LNER) was at least 30 minutes late most often after allowing for the number of past journeys. This happened on 22% of journeys that reached Durham. This shows train delays, not whether passengers made claims or received money.

Can I get money back if my Newcastle to Durham train is late?

You may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation. Arriving 30 to 59 minutes late at Durham may mean compensation worth half of a one-way ticket price. Arriving 60 minutes late or more may mean compensation worth the full one-way ticket price. The train company checks your ticket, journey and claim before deciding.