From Hull, go via Scarborough. Northern runs from Hull Paragon to Scarborough in about 80 minutes with nine stops, and Arriva’s X93 or X94 bus takes about an hour from there to Whitby bus station. The whole trip came to about 2h 35m on a weekday. Hull Paragon to Scarborough is a single train, so the only change on this route is onto the bus. Trains left Hull Paragon about hourly from 05:30 to 19:21, most of them at 21 minutes past the hour.
Staying on trains the whole way is possible, but slow. It takes TransPennine Express from Hull Paragon to Leeds (55 minutes), another TransPennine train from Leeds to Middlesbrough (83 minutes) and Northern from Middlesbrough to Whitby (93 minutes). With two changes and close to an hour of waiting between them, the journey took about 4h 49m, more than two hours longer than going via Scarborough.
It also ran only five times on a weekday, at 06:00, 11:03, 15:03, 16:03 and 17:03. The one thing it offers is a finish by train into Whitby station, rather than an hour and 48 stops on the bus from Scarborough.
The connection at Scarborough between the Northern train from Hull and the bus to Whitby took about 9 to 15 minutes on the weekday timetable. That keeps the trip moving, but it also means a late-running train out of Hull Paragon could leave you watching the bus go.
Whitby bus station is 406 metres from the swing bridge, about six minutes on foot. If you take the all-rail route via Leeds instead, Whitby station is a seven-minute, 525-metre walk.
Driving the 64 miles via the A171 takes about 1h 53m, some 40 minutes quicker than the Scarborough route and far quicker than the all-rail one.
Journey times and changes below come from the rail and bus timetables for Tuesday 1 December 2026. Weekend and holiday timetables differ, so check the day you travel.
From Hull Paragon on the weekday we checked: 06:00, 11:03, 15:03, 16:03 and 17:03.
From Hull Paragon on the weekday we checked: about hourly between 05:30 and 19:21.
By road it is about 64 miles from Hull to Whitby, mostly via the A171 — roughly 1h 53m with clear roads. Car parks in Whitby are listed on the Getting Here page.