Cheapest€29.33
- FlixBus FB907414:189h 8m23:26Edinburgh Bus StationIslington bus station
Door to door 9h 52mCO2 16.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Edinburgh to Islington bus
Buses from Edinburgh to Islington start at €34.83 and take 9h 40m at their fastest.
The Buses from Edinburgh to Islington starts at €34.83 and takes 9h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 611 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 9h 40mDoor to door
- 8h 56mMoving
- €34.83From
- 16.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €29.33 | 8h 41m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Islington. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Islington for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Edinburgh to Islington
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €25.4860 days
- €31.5345 days
- €30.4330 days
- €39.7821 days
- €54.0814 days
- €56.287 days
- €61.783 days
- €96.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 278 percent. The most expensive point is €96.43, 1 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.
- €41.98Sun
- €36.48Mon
- €37.58Tue
- €34.83Wed
- €54.08Thu
- €43.08Fri
- €54.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Edinburgh
Bus
- Edinburgh Bus Station
- Halbeath Park & Ride
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
- 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 611 km against 531 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 Bradford, Leeds, Nottingham, Sheffield. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Edinburgh at 06:31 and the last at 14:18, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 58m | 4h 14m | 44m | €79.54 | 20.2 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 9h 40m | 8h 56m | 44m | €34.83 | 16.5 kg | 2 |
Questions about Edinburgh to Islington
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Edinburgh to Islington take?
The Coach from Edinburgh to Islington takes 9h 40m door to door, of which 8h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 611 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 Coach from Edinburgh to Islington cost?
The Coach from Edinburgh to Islington starts at €34.83 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €35.38. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Edinburgh to Islington?
1 operators run the Coach from Edinburgh to Islington: FlixBus. Between them they file around 2 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 Coach from Edinburgh to Islington use?
The Coach from Edinburgh to Islington leaves from Edinburgh Bus Station and arrives at Islington bus station. 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 Coach the best way from Edinburgh to Islington?
Traveling from Edinburgh to Islington by Train costs €79.54 and takes 4h 58m door to door, against 9h 40m by Coach. 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 Coach from Edinburgh to Islington?
Fares for the Coach from Edinburgh to Islington bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 278 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Edinburgh to Islington produce?
The Coach from Edinburgh to Islington produces about 16.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 611 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Edinburgh to Islington?
Operators on the Coach from Edinburgh to Islington publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 40m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Edinburgh to Islington on September 10, 2026: 611 km of route against 531 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.83, and 9h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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