London to Glasgow runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 20:55. One passenger pays between €26.58 and €69.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 18m over 563 km, on services run by 9 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 9 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€26.58 to €69.64
- 153%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving London
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:09First departure
- 20:55Last departure
- 40Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Avanti West Coast runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for London to Glasgow on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for London to Glasgow on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €51.88Mon14
- about €44.18Tue15
- about €49.68Wed16
- about €46.93Thu17
- about €44.18Fri18
- about €46.38Sat19
- about €46.38Sun20
- about €29.88Mon21
- about €32.08Tue22
- about €30.98Wed23
- about €42.53Thu24
- about €37.58Fri25
- about €38.68Sat26
- about €36.48Sun27
- about €27.68Mon28
- about €26.58Tue29
- about €28.78Wed30
- about €30.98Thu1
- about €29.33Fri2
- about €30.43Sat3
- about €27.68Sun4
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 flight gets you into Glasgow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Glasgow for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Glasgow Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book London to Glasgow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.8890 days
- €26.0360 days
- €21.6345 days
- €20.5330 days
- €27.6821 days
- €36.4814 days
- €46.387 days
- €49.683 days
- €51.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €51.88, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to London to Glasgow and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
563 km
555 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
8,961,989 → 626,410
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/6
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 563 km against 555 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from GLA into Glasgow is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Glasgow
Settled in advance, so the ride into Glasgow costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Glasgow Central
Most of the points near Glasgow Central open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about London to Glasgow
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 it take to get from London to Glasgow?
The fastest journey from London to Glasgow takes 4h 18m door to door, of which 1h 8m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 6m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from London to Glasgow?
The cheapest fare from London to Glasgow is €26.58, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €86.28. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from London to Glasgow?
The cheapest way from London to Glasgow is by coach, at €29.88 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 8h 4m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from London to Glasgow?
The fastest way from London to Glasgow is by flight, at 4h 18m door to door. Only 1h 8m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €60.32.
When should I book London to Glasgow?
Fares from London to Glasgow bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €20.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 153 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for London to Glasgow?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from London to Glasgow, at €29.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for London to Glasgow?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from London to Glasgow, at €20.53 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from London to Glasgow?
9 operators sell services from London to Glasgow across 3 modes: Avanti West Coast, BA CityFlyer, British Airways, easyJet, FlixBus, London North Eastern Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from London to Glasgow?
Every service we sell from London to Glasgow is direct, with around 88 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 18m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from London to Glasgow produce?
Travelling from London to Glasgow by coach produces about 15.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 140.7 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from London to Glasgow use?
Services from London to Glasgow by flight leave from London STN and arrive at Glasgow GLA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from London to Glasgow?
4 of the 9 operators we sell from London to Glasgow allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for London to Glasgow on 13 September 2026: 563 km of route against 555 km in a straight line, 88 services a day, 9 operators a cheapest fare of €26.58, and 4h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Glasgow a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Glasgow and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Glasgow in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
London reaches 520 places in 109 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 11,718 km. Glasgow reaches 141 places in 36 countries, from 46 to 7,617 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving London
- 520Places you can leave for
- 109Countries
- 196Operators
Arriving in Glasgow
Leaving Glasgow
- 141Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 47Operators