Southampton to Leeds runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 17:16. One passenger pays between €15.58 and €36.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h over 326 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.58 to €36.72
- 124%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Southampton
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.
- 06:07First departure
- 17:16Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Southampton to Leeds 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 €34.28Wed16
- about €35.93Thu17
- about €34.83Fri18
- about €28.23Sat19
- about €26.58Sun20
- about €23.28Mon21
- about €18.88Tue22
- about €23.28Wed23
- about €27.13Thu24
- about €23.83Fri25
- about €23.28Sat26
- about €24.38Sun27
- about €18.88Mon28
- about €16.13Tue29
- about €17.78Wed30
- about €19.98Thu1
- about €21.08Fri2
- about €18.88Sat3
- about €21.63Sun4
- about €15.58Mon5
- about €15.58Tue6
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 Leeds. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Leeds for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Southampton to Leeds
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €17.2345 days
- €19.9830 days
- €15.5821 days
- €16.1314 days
- €18.887 days
- €34.833 days
- €34.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 124 percent. The dearest point is €34.83, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Southampton to Leeds 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
326 km
322 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
269,781 → 536,280
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 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.
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 326 km against 322 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Leicester, Sheffield, Derby, Coventry. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 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.
The fare from LBA into Leeds is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Leeds
Settled in advance, so the ride into Leeds 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 Leeds
Most of the points near Leeds open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Southampton to Leeds
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 Southampton to Leeds?
The fastest journey from Southampton to Leeds takes 4h door to door, of which 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 47m, 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 Southampton to Leeds?
The cheapest fare from Southampton to Leeds is €15.58, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.28. 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 Southampton to Leeds?
The cheapest way from Southampton to Leeds is by coach, at €16.13 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 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 Southampton to Leeds?
The fastest way from Southampton to Leeds is by flight, at 4h door to door. Only 50m 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 €36.72.
When should I book Southampton to Leeds?
Fares from Southampton to Leeds bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €15.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 124 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Southampton to Leeds?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Southampton to Leeds, at €16.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Southampton to Leeds?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Southampton to Leeds, at €13.38 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 Southampton to Leeds?
2 operators sell services from Southampton to Leeds across 2 modes: Eastern Airways, FlixBus. 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 Southampton to Leeds?
56 percent of the services we sell from Southampton to Leeds are direct. The rest connect at Leicester, Sheffield, Derby, Coventry, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Southampton to Leeds produce?
Travelling from Southampton to Leeds by coach produces about 8.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 81.4 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Southampton to Leeds use?
Services from Southampton to Leeds by flight leave from Southampton SOU and arrive at Leeds LBA. 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 Southampton to Leeds?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Southampton to Leeds 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 Southampton to Leeds on 15 September 2026: 326 km of route against 322 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 4h 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 Leeds a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Leeds and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Leeds in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Southampton reaches 96 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 1,628 km. Leeds reaches 144 places in 31 countries, from 41 to 6,088 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Southampton
- 96Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 21Operators
Arriving in Leeds
Leaving Leeds
- 144Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 34Operators