Fastest€76.24
- London North Eastern Railway LN545114:213h 23m17:44Leicester railway stationGlasgow Central
Door to door 4h 7mCO2 15.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Leicester to Glasgow train
Trains from Leicester to Glasgow start at €62.49 and take 4h 7m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Leicester to Glasgow on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Leicester to Glasgow starts at €62.49 and takes 4h 7m door to door, run by 3 operators over 474 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 7mDoor to door
- 3h 23mMoving
- €62.49 to €132.89From
- 06:33 to 14:46First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 15.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 30 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€62.49 to €132.89 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 €114.19Tue15
- about €102.64Wed16
- about €132.89Thu17
- about €92.74Fri18
- about €91.09Sat19
- about €105.39Sun20
- about €77.34Mon21
- about €62.49Tue22
- about €63.59Wed23
- about €81.19Thu24
- about €75.69Fri25
- about €84.49Sat26
- about €68.54Sun27
- about €63.59Mon28
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 30 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €47.09 | 3h 59m |
 London North Eastern Railway | €54.24 | 3h 58m |
 Lumo | €53.69 | 3h 58m |
The train gets you into Glasgow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Glasgow for the night the train gets in
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When to book Leicester to Glasgow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.9390 days
- €21.0860 days
- €28.7845 days
- €19.9830 days
- €26.0321 days
- €28.2314 days
- €35.387 days
- €54.083 days
- €44.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €54.08, 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.
- €39.23Sun
- €28.23Mon
- €29.88Tue
- €27.68Wed
- €42.53Thu
- €30.98Fri
- €35.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Leicester
Rail
- Leicester railway station
- Leicester Central railway station
- Leicester West Bridge railway station
Glasgow
Rail
- Glasgow Central
- Paisley Gilmour Street
- Pollokshaws East
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 474 km against 412 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 Sheffield, Preston, Manchester, Bradford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:33 and the last at 14:46, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 7m | 3h 23m | 44m | €62.49 | 15.6 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 7h 51m | 7h 7m | 44m | €27.68 | 12.8 kg | 2 |
Questions about Leicester 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 the Train from Leicester to Glasgow take?
The Train from Leicester to Glasgow takes 4h 7m door to door, of which 3h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 474 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 Leicester to Glasgow cost?
The Train from Leicester to Glasgow starts at €62.49 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €72.94. 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 Leicester to Glasgow?
3 operators run the Train from Leicester to Glasgow: Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, Lumo. Between them they file around 10 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 Leicester to Glasgow use?
The Train from Leicester to Glasgow leaves from Leicester railway station and arrives at Glasgow Central. 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 Train the best way from Leicester to Glasgow?
Travelling from Leicester to Glasgow by Coach costs €27.68 and takes 7h 51m door to door, against 4h 7m by Train. 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 Train from Leicester to Glasgow?
Fares for the Train from Leicester to Glasgow bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Leicester to Glasgow produce?
The Train from Leicester to Glasgow produces about 15.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 474 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 Leicester to Glasgow?
Operators on the Train from Leicester to Glasgow publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 7m 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 Glasgow on 14 September 2026: 474 km of route against 412 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €62.49, and 4h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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