Cheapest I can currently find is £150.60 on XC.
The appropriate walk-up fares between Tiverton Parkway and Darlington are £150.60 Off-Peak Return (SVR) Route: Not London (appropriate for travel with XC) - outbound on day of travel, return within one month, subject to
restrictions.
£184.60 Super Off-Peak Return (SSR) Route: Any Permitted (valid for travel with FGW and EC via London as well as with XC) - outbound on day of travel, return within one month, subject to
restrictions (not valid into Paddington on Friday evening before 1900).
Alternatively, you could buy:
Tiverton Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads Off-Peak Return £23.30
Bristol Temple Meads - Cheltenham Spa Off-Peak Return £16.40
Cheltenham Spa - Derby Off-Peak Return £39.60
Derby - Sheffield Off-Peak Return £18.80
Sheffield - York Anytime Return £21.10
York - Darlington Super Off-Peak Return £22.20
Total £141.40 (though these tickets do of course limit you to trains travelling via and stopping at all of the points mentioned). This is not necessarily the best combination - try
www.trainscanbecheaper.info if you want to research splits. Edit:
www.trainscanbecheaper.info has not offered me anything better than the splits given above. I imagine you could save money by looking for Advances for some of the individual sections.
10th September:
16:39 Tiverton Parkway – 19:39 Derby
20:11 Derby – 22:15 Darlington
20:11 Derby – 20:48 Sheffield £8 XC Advance
20:53 Sheffield – 21:45 York £8.50 XC Advance
21:49 York – 22:15 Darlington £7 XC Advance
18:05 – 18:31 Darlington - York £4.50 XC Advance
Either continue on this train to Birmingham (arr. 20:27), change for Bristol (dep. 20:42, arr. 22:13) and then again for Taunton (dep Bristol Temple Meads 23:06, arr. 00:30):
18:34 – 19:20 YRK – SHF £8.50 XC Advance
19:23 – 19:52 SHF – DBY £8.00 XC Advance
Alternatively, change at York for Bristol (arr. 22:44 and then change there for Taunton - same Bristol - Taunton train as above).
18:45 – 19:51 York - Sheffield £8.50 XC Advance
19:54 – 20:26 Sheffield - Derby £8.00 XC Advance
Using these XC Advances (prices correct at time of posting) and walk-up tickets between Tiverton Parkway and Derby as above, cost is £123.80.
