Scarborough Transportation

This ticket allows visitors to explore the Yorkshire coast at a reduced price. Available on the Arriva bus service to Whitby and the whole of the Scarborough to Hull line the cost is for one days unlimited travel £16, reduction with a railcard £10.55, child £8.00, family £32. (2011 prices)

A different way to travel to Scarborough is by vintage steam train and through the summer of 2011 old steam trains will run to the town from Normanton, Castleford, Wakefield and York.
The trains do not operate every day of the week and the cost is higher than the standard service train but of course this is a unique way to travel.
The website has all the details you need for the 2011 season.

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The Weaponess Valley Road park and ride facility closed in early 2009 and has been replaced with two new park and ride facilities - one on Filey Road (A165) and one on Seamer Road (A64)- both to the south of the town. These are a good idea and should ease the traffic congestion but have unfortunately added to it because traffic from the north east and north has to cross the town centre to get to the park and ride outlets.
Service 64 from Seamer Road starts at 07.00 and runs every 12 minutes until the last journey back from the town centre at 19.08.
Service 165 starts at 07.06 and runs every 12 minutes with the last journey back from the town centre at 19.02.
The buses used are low floor easy access and the departure point buildings have clean toilets and baby changing facilities.
Town centre stops are all in the shopping centre and for the South Bay you have to get off at Aquarium Top and walk down the hill. For the North Bay the stop in St Thomas Street is the nearest and then a long walk or change to a service bus.
Single fare 90p / return £1.80 and this includes the cost of parking your car.

I am someone who "as yet" has never had a major drama with trains,so I find Midland Mainline useful(personal opinion).

My tip is subjective as it focuses on one route,ie "my own".

Midland mainline has 3 or 4 routes to Scarborough,mostly via Derby,Peterborough,or Sheffield,and through York.
The journey time from Leicester is around 3hrs 20 mins alltogether including stops.

My fare for this journey was a wallet busting £58 return (as of sept 06)

Useful info on train times and fares,can be obtained via
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Midland mainline have timetable info
http://www.midlandmainline.com/mainpage.aspx?id=263

Plus contact info
http://www.midlandmainline.com/mainpage.aspx?id=414

and a very useful ROUTE MAP
http://www.midlandmainline.com/stationsholder.aspx?id=228

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There are three cliff lifts in the town and these will take you from the promenade up to the town centre ( or down if you do not wish to negotiate the steep steps and paths).
The ride is comfortable and the trams go every few minutes when full. The fare is 90p ( as at May 2010)

My 3rd and final tip to get you to/from Scarborough via a mode of Public Transport known as a "Bus" is the availability of the Arriva #93 & X93 Bus Service from Middlesbrough to Scarborough via my Home town of Whitby.

This goes over the following route (from Middlesbrough):
Middlesbrough Bus Station > Ormesby Crossroads > Guisborough (Market Place) > Birk Brow (top of VERY steep, winding hill along the A171... great view though) > Scaling Dam (large Trout reservoir owned by Northumbrian water on the Teeside/North Yorkshire border) > Aislaby (War Memorial) > Whitby Bus Station > Hawsker Village > Robin Hood's Bay (#93 only) > Fylingthorpe > Flask Inn > Cloughton > Scarborough Hospital > Scarborough Railway Station.

Another of the main Bus providers for getting to/from Scarborough is the excellent YORKSHIRE COASTLINER, with buses to/from Leeds via Malton & York.

The service number to get to/from Scarborough is the #843 which goes over the following route from Scarborough:
Scarborough (Peasholme Park) > Scarborough (Railway Station, Stop R) > Seamer Roundabout > Staxton (Hare & Hounds pub) > Ganton (The Ganton Greyhound public house) > Sherburn (crossroads) > West Heslerton (crossroads) > Rillington (Fleece Hotel) > Scagglethorpe (Ham & Cheese Public House) > Norton (Library) > Malton Bus station (10minute stop off for a driver change, etc) > Barton Hill > Stockton on the Forest > City of York (Stonebow, Stop C) > City of York (Railway Station, Stop J) > Dringhouses (York college) > Copmanthorpe > Tadcaster > Seacroft > Leeds City Bus Station.

My other Trains tip to get to/from Scarborough is this:

The other trains service to/from Scarborough is operated by NORTHERN RAIL, along the Yorkshire Coast Wolds Line from Scarborough to Hull, over the following route:
Scarborough > Seamer > Filey > Hunmanby > Bempton > Bridlington > Driffield > Beverly > Cottingham > Hull.
According to the National Rail Enquiries website, this service then goes onwards to Sheffield.