London to Edinburgh train
Trains from London to Edinburgh start at €56.99 and take 4h 24m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Edinburgh on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from London to Edinburgh starts at €56.99 and takes 4h 24m door to door, run by 3 operators over 534 km, with around 36 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 24mDoor to door
- 3h 40mMoving
- €56.99 to €111.44From
- 06:06 to 21:06First and last departure
- 36Per day
- 17.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€56.99 to €111.44 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 €102.09Tue15
- about €109.24Wed16
- about €111.44Thu17
- about €105.39Fri18
- about €107.04Sat19
- about €97.69Sun20
- about €67.99Mon21
- about €66.89Tue22
- about €72.94Wed23
- about €89.99Thu24
- about €84.49Fri25
- about €85.59Sat26
- about €80.09Sun27
- about €56.99Mon28
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 29 September 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Train operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €53.69 |
 London North Eastern Railway | €54.24 |
 Lumo | €52.59 |
The train gets you into Edinburgh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Edinburgh for the night the train gets in
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When to book London to Edinburgh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.1390 days
- €23.2860 days
- €26.0345 days
- €22.7330 days
- €24.3821 days
- €25.4814 days
- €29.337 days
- €46.383 days
- €41.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 104 percent. The dearest point is €46.38, 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.
- €33.18Sun
- €25.48Mon
- €29.33Tue
- €31.53Wed
- €38.13Thu
- €34.83Fri
- €36.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Waverley
- Edinburgh Gateway station
- Edinburgh Park railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 534 km against 534 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves London at 06:06 and the last at 21:06, across 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 16m | 1h 6m | 3h 10m | €51.47 | 135.3 kg | 96 |
| Train | 4h 24m | 3h 40m | 44m | €56.99 | 17.6 kg | 36 |
| Coach | 7h 53m | 7h 9m | 44m | €25.48 | 14.4 kg | 12 |
Questions about London to Edinburgh
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 London to Edinburgh take?
The Train from London to Edinburgh takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 3h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 534 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 London to Edinburgh cost?
The Train from London to Edinburgh starts at €56.99 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €72.39. 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 London to Edinburgh?
3 operators run the Train from London to Edinburgh: Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, Lumo. Between them they file around 36 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 London to Edinburgh use?
The Train from London to Edinburgh leaves from London St Pancras International and arrives at Edinburgh Waverley. 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 London to Edinburgh?
Travelling from London to Edinburgh by Flight costs €51.47 and takes 4h 16m door to door, against 4h 24m 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 London to Edinburgh?
Fares for the Train from London to Edinburgh bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 104 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from London to Edinburgh produce?
The Train from London to Edinburgh produces about 17.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 534 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 London to Edinburgh?
Operators on the Train from London to Edinburgh publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 24m 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for London to Edinburgh on 14 September 2026: 534 km of route against 534 km in a straight line, 36 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €56.99, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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