I'm in need of some help from previous Coasters regarding how to get out of Robin Hood's Bay. We're flying from the States into Manchester and hopping a train to St Bee's but it doesn't seem to be that easy on the back end.

What's the easiest/quickest way to get from RHB to Manchester Airport? I thought there was a train station in Whitby but the Rail Europe website won't allow me to make a connection from Whitby to Manchester.

Would appreciate your guidance. Thanks!

A previous enquiry shows:-

"Robin Hoods Bay is best exited by a bus to Scarborough,then Trans-Pennine trains back to Manchester.
If you have to abort somewhere after half way across,then bus it to Northallerton,get singles to York,then pick up your Trans-Pennine booking."

There are probably other ways, try using the search box near the top left-hand side of the page to find other responses to previous enquiries. Good luck, I hope that you enjoy it.

There are buses between Bay and Scarborough every half hour during the day, but roughly hourly early in the morning and later at night.

The bus drops you outside the railway station where there are direct trains to Manchester airport, again roughly hourly.

Don't bother with the Whitby line .... far too slow and tortuous a journey.

Cheap rail tickets are offered 12 weeks before your date of travel. They can save you a fortune.

I almost made the mistake of going to Whitby, but thanks to advice I got here I did as Slowcoach said. I believe Scarborough is farther from RHB than Whitby which is why we tend to look there, but Scarborough to Manchester airport is a cinch.

Actually I did once take that line from whitby to darlington in the early evening and they were having some sort of event on board. They had some sort of small band with an acordian and were serving beer in plastic glasses. It was a little surreal but far from torturous

Just for a note I got the train from whitby to darlington them from there to manchester airport.

These are "Real Ale" trains which usually run once a week during summer.

http://www.eskvalleyrailway.co.uk/events/index.html

I always try and avoid the 4pm train during term time as it's full of screeching schoolkids on their way home.

This is very helpful. Thanks to all for your advice. A bus to Scarborough it is!

Last question (maybe) - how long is the bus ride from the Bay to Scarborough? I'm buying our rail tickets this wkend and want to be sure I leave us sufficient time to get to the train station.

We leave in 7 weeks!!!

Bay to Scarborough takes about 50 minutes. The timetable is available at

http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/serviceinformation.aspx?id=2244

The bus stops directly outside the station. As the bus service runs from Middlesbrough allow yourself for a delay when booking the train .... ie don't rely on a five minute connection!

Train times

http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/media/127448/tt_north_01apr-14sep2012.pdf

Train times

http://www.tpexpress.co.uk/media/127448/tt_north_01apr-14sep2012.pdf