Edinburgh to London bus

Buses from Edinburgh to London start at €29.33 and take 7h 42m at their fastest.

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The City of London skyline as viewed toward the north-west from the top floor viewing platform of London City Hall on the southern side of the Thames. In the foreground: Dixie Queen and Millennium Time at Tower Millennium Pier. This is a 5 segment panoramic image taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L IS lens.

The Buses from Edinburgh to London starts at €29.33 and takes 7h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 534 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 42mDoor to door
  • 6h 58mMoving
  • €29.33From
  • 14.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€24.38
  1. FlixBus FB577710:427h 21m18:03Edinburgh Bus StationLondon Victoria Coach Station

Door to door 8h 5mCO2 14.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€24.387h 42m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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Booking window

When to book Edinburgh to London

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €29.8890 days
  2. €19.9860 days
  3. €21.6345 days
  4. €20.5330 days
  5. €28.7821 days
  6. €36.4814 days
  7. €43.637 days
  8. €41.983 days
  9. €57.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 187 percent. The dearest point is €57.38, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €33.18Sun
  2. €29.33Mon
  3. €29.33Tue
  4. €31.53Wed
  5. €38.13Thu
  6. €34.83Fri
  7. €36.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Edinburgh

Coach
  • Edinburgh Bus Station
  • Halbeath Park & Ride

London

Coach
  • London Victoria Coach Station
  • London Bridge Bus Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 534 km against 534 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Edinburgh at 06:26 and the last at 21:08, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 16m1h 6m3h 10m€58.55135.3 kg96
Train4h 23m3h 39m44m€66.8917.6 kg36
Coach7h 42m6h 58m44m€29.3314.4 kg12

Questions about Edinburgh to London

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Edinburgh to London take?

The Coach from Edinburgh to London takes 7h 42m door to door, of which 6h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 534 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Edinburgh to London cost?

The Coach from Edinburgh to London starts at €29.33 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €29.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Edinburgh to London?

1 operators run the Coach from Edinburgh to London: FlixBus. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Edinburgh to London use?

The Coach from Edinburgh to London leaves from Edinburgh Bus Station and arrives at London Victoria Coach Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Edinburgh to London?

Travelling from Edinburgh to London by Flight costs €58.55 and takes 4h 16m door to door, against 7h 42m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Edinburgh to London?

Fares for the Coach from Edinburgh to London bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 187 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Edinburgh to London produce?

The Coach from Edinburgh to London produces about 14.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 534 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Edinburgh to London?

Operators on the Coach from Edinburgh to London publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 42m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Edinburgh to London on 12 September 2026: 534 km of route against 534 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.33, and 7h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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