Cheapest€13.54
- Northern N798206:5055m07:45Lancaster railway stationPort Carlisle Junction
Door to door 1h 39mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lancaster to Carlisle train
Trains from Lancaster to Carlisle start at €13.54 and take 1h 39m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Lancaster to Carlisle on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Lancaster to Carlisle starts at €13.54 and takes 1h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 109 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 39mDoor to door
- 55mMoving
- €17.94 to €34.99From
- 06:50 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 3.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€17.94 to €34.99 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.
Northern runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Lancaster to Carlisle 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 €34.99Fri18
- about €33.89Sat19
- about €34.99Sun20
- about €21.24Mon21
- about €23.99Tue22
- about €24.54Wed23
- about €33.89Thu24
- about €25.64Fri25
- about €24.54Sat26
- about €21.79Sun27
- about €21.24Mon28
- about €17.94Tue29
- about €21.24Wed30
- about €21.79Thu1
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 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Northern | €13.54 | 1h 33m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Carlisle. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Carlisle for the night the train gets in
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When to book Lancaster to Carlisle
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.8490 days
- €11.8960 days
- €12.4445 days
- €14.0930 days
- €16.8421 days
- €21.7914 days
- €33.897 days
- €34.993 days
- €34.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €34.99, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €21.79Sun
- €21.24Mon
- €17.94Tue
- €21.24Wed
- €21.79Thu
- €25.64Fri
- €24.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Lancaster
Rail
- Lancaster railway station
- Lancaster (Greaves) railway station
- Lancaster Green Ayre railway station
Carlisle
Rail
- Port Carlisle Junction
- Carlisle railway station
- Port Carlisle railway station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 109 km against 95 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 Burnley, Keighley, Durham, Darlington. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lancaster at 06:50 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Lancaster to Carlisle
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 Train from Lancaster to Carlisle take?
The Train from Lancaster to Carlisle takes 1h 39m door to door, of which 55m is spent moving. The route runs 109 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 Train from Lancaster to Carlisle cost?
The Train from Lancaster to Carlisle starts at €13.54 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €27.28. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Lancaster to Carlisle?
1 operators run the Train from Lancaster to Carlisle: Northern. Between them they file around 5 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 Train from Lancaster to Carlisle use?
The Train from Lancaster to Carlisle leaves from Lancaster railway station and arrives at Port Carlisle Junction. 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.
When should I book the Train from Lancaster to Carlisle?
Fares for the Train from Lancaster to Carlisle bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lancaster to Carlisle produce?
The Train from Lancaster to Carlisle produces about 3.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 109 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Lancaster to Carlisle?
Operators on the Train from Lancaster to Carlisle publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 39m 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 Lancaster to Carlisle on 17 September 2026: 109 km of route against 95 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €13.54, and 1h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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