Fastest€39.94
- Avanti West Coast AW744017:281h 55m19:23London St Pancras InternationalLeeds
Door to door 2h 39mCO2 9.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
London to Leeds train
Trains from London to Leeds start at €34.99 and take 2h 39m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Leeds on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from London to Leeds starts at €34.99 and takes 2h 39m door to door, run by 3 operators over 272 km, with around 13 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 39mDoor to door
- 1h 55mMoving
- €34.99 to €69.09From
- 06:05 to 17:28First and last departure
- 13Per day
- 9.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€34.99 to €69.09 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 €66.34Mon14
- about €52.59Tue15
- about €59.19Wed16
- about €69.09Thu17
- about €54.24Fri18
- about €58.64Sat19
- about €52.04Sun20
- about €35.54Mon21
- about €34.99Tue22
- about €37.74Wed23
- about €47.64Thu24
- about €43.24Fri25
- about €44.89Sat26
- about €41.04Sun27
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 September 28, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €30.04 |
 London North Eastern Railway | €34.44 |
 Lumo | €30.59 |
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When to book London to Leeds
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.9890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €15.5821 days
- €19.4314 days
- €22.187 days
- €25.483 days
- €31.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €31.53, 1 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.
- €19.43Sun
- €17.78Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €19.43Wed
- €20.53Thu
- €22.73Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
Leeds
Rail
- Leeds
- Leeds railway station
- Leeds Central railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 272 km against 272 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mansfield, Nottingham, Luton, Sheffield. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 London at 06:05 and the last at 17:28, across 13 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 | 2h 39m | 1h 55m | 44m | €34.99 | 9.0 kg | 13 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €35.54 | 68.9 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 4h 20m | 3h 36m | 44m | €16.68 | 7.3 kg | 3 |
Questions about London to Leeds
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 London to Leeds take?
The Train from London to Leeds takes 2h 39m door to door, of which 1h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 272 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 Leeds cost?
The Train from London to Leeds starts at €34.99 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €39.94. 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 London to Leeds?
3 operators run the Train from London to Leeds: Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, Lumo. Between them they file around 13 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 Leeds use?
The Train from London to Leeds leaves from London St Pancras International and arrives at Leeds. 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 Leeds?
Traveling from London to Leeds by Coach costs €16.68 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 2h 39m 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 Leeds?
Fares for the Train from London to Leeds bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from London to Leeds produce?
The Train from London to Leeds produces about 9.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 272 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 London to Leeds?
Operators on the Train from London to Leeds publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 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.
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 Leeds on September 13, 2026: 272 km of route against 272 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €34.99, and 2h 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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