Cheapest€20.14
- TransPennine Express TP927606:051h 19m07:24Edinburgh WaverleyGateshead station
Door to door 2h 3mCO2 5.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Edinburgh to Gateshead train
Trains from Edinburgh to Gateshead start at €23.99 and take 2h 1m at their fastest.
The Trains from Edinburgh to Gateshead starts at €23.99 and takes 2h 1m door to door, run by 3 operators over 171 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 1mDoor to door
- 1h 17mMoving
- €23.99From
- 5.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€27.29
- London North Eastern Railway LN851814:431h 17m16:00Edinburgh WaverleyGateshead station
Door to door 2h 1mCO2 5.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 London North Eastern Railway | €21.24 |
 Lumo | €21.79 |
| TransPennine Express | €20.14 |
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A room in Gateshead for the night the train gets in
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When to book Edinburgh to Gateshead
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7990 days
- €15.1960 days
- €19.0445 days
- €20.6930 days
- €25.0921 days
- €30.0414 days
- €39.947 days
- €45.443 days
- €49.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €49.29, 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.
- €26.74Sun
- €23.99Mon
- €24.54Tue
- €25.64Wed
- €30.04Thu
- €34.44Fri
- €32.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Edinburgh
Rail
- Edinburgh Waverley
- Edinburgh Gateway station
- Edinburgh Park railway station
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
- 86% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 14% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 171 km against 149 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 Middlesbrough. The gap between arriving and leaving is 101 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 06:05 and the last at 14:47, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Edinburgh to Gateshead
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 Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead take?
The Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead takes 2h 1m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 171 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 Edinburgh to Gateshead cost?
The Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead starts at €23.99 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €24.54. 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 Edinburgh to Gateshead?
3 operators run the Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead: London North Eastern Railway, Lumo, TransPennine Express. Between them they file around 7 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 Edinburgh to Gateshead use?
The Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead leaves from Edinburgh Waverley and arrives at Gateshead 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.
When should I book the Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead?
Fares for the Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 224 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead produce?
The Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead produces about 5.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 171 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead?
Operators on the Train from Edinburgh to Gateshead publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 1m 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 Gateshead on September 10, 2026: 171 km of route against 149 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 2h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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