Cheapest€12.83
- FlixBus FB337006:503h 7m09:57Haymarket Bus StationNational Express Southampton Coach Station
Door to door 3h 51mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Leicester to Southampton bus
Buses from Leicester to Southampton start at €12.83 and take 3h 51m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Leicester to Southampton on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Leicester to Southampton starts at €12.83 and takes 3h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 223 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 51mDoor to door
- 3h 7mMoving
- €12.83 to €28.23From
- 06:50 to 06:50First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 6.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€12.83 to €28.23 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €21.08Tue15
- about €28.23Wed16
- about €24.38Thu17
- about €27.68Fri18
- about €23.83Sat19
- about €26.58Sun20
- about €14.48Mon21
- about €16.68Tue22
- about €18.33Wed23
- about €18.33Thu24
- about €21.08Fri25
- about €23.28Sat26
- about €19.98Sun27
- about €12.83Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €12.83 | 3h 44m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Leicester to Southampton
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €12.8360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €13.9321 days
- €12.8314 days
- €14.487 days
- €24.383 days
- €21.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 108 percent. The dearest point is €24.38, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €19.98Sun
- €13.93Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €18.33Thu
- €21.08Fri
- €23.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Leicester
Coach
- Haymarket Bus Station
- St. Margaret's Bus Station
Southampton
Coach
- National Express Southampton Coach Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 223 km against 194 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Slough, Swindon, Reading, High Wycombe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Leicester at 06:50 and the last at 06:50, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 29m | 1h 45m | 44m | €27.83 | 7.4 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 3h 51m | 3h 7m | 44m | €12.83 | 6.0 kg | 1 |
Questions about Leicester to Southampton
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 Leicester to Southampton take?
The Coach from Leicester to Southampton takes 3h 51m door to door, of which 3h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 223 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 Leicester to Southampton cost?
The Coach from Leicester to Southampton starts at €12.83 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.83. 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 Leicester to Southampton?
1 operators run the Coach from Leicester to Southampton: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Leicester to Southampton use?
The Coach from Leicester to Southampton leaves from Haymarket Bus Station and arrives at National Express Southampton 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 Leicester to Southampton?
Travelling from Leicester to Southampton by Train costs €27.83 and takes 2h 29m door to door, against 3h 51m 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 Leicester to Southampton?
Fares for the Coach from Leicester to Southampton bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 108 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Leicester to Southampton produce?
The Coach from Leicester to Southampton produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 223 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 Leicester to Southampton?
Operators on the Coach from Leicester to Southampton publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 51m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Leicester to Southampton on 14 September 2026: 223 km of route against 194 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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