Trains to Leicester

114 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

114 places connect to Leicester by Trains, across 1 country, run by 10 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 45 km away to 412 km, with a median of 120 km.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Leicester

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Leicester, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Birmingham to Leicester train€11.881h 15m55 km
Northampton to Leicester train€11.881h 11m46 km
Mansfield to Leicester train€11.881h 15m55 km
Peterborough to Leicester train€11.881h 18m60 km
Wolverhampton to Leicester train€11.891h 21m67 km
Milton Keynes to Leicester train€12.441h 23m71 km
Walsall to Leicester train€12.441h 18m58 km
Dudley to Leicester train€13.541h 21m66 km
Stoke-on-Trent to Leicester train€14.091h 28m82 km
Sheffield to Leicester train€15.191h 29m86 km
Luton to Leicester train€16.291h 34m97 km
Oxford to Leicester train€17.391h 36m99 km
Manchester to Leicester train€19.591h 44m119 km
Hull to Leicester train€21.241h 52m134 km
Brent to Leicester train€21.791h 51m133 km
Archway to Leicester train€21.791h 53m137 km
Leeds to Leicester train€22.341h 50m132 km
Islington to Leicester train€22.891h 55m141 km
Bradford to Leicester train€22.891h 52m135 km
City of Westminster to Leicester train€22.891h 57m144 km
Slough to Leicester train€22.891h 54m131 km
Enfield to Leicester train€22.891h 55m131 km
London to Leicester train€23.441h 56m143 km
Liverpool to Leicester train€23.992h150 km
Birkenhead to Leicester train€23.991h 59m151 km
Swindon to Leicester train€23.991h 51m128 km
Preston to Leicester train€27.292h 6m163 km
Newcastle upon Tyne to Leicester train€42.142h 52m262 km
Swansea to Leicester train€42.692h 39m223 km
Sunderland to Leicester train€49.293h253 km
Edinburgh to Leicester train€61.943h 54m392 km
Glasgow to Leicester train€70.194h 5m412 km
  • 114Places you can arrive from
  • 114Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 10Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Leicester is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Leicester railway station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km10289%Grantham, 45 km
200 to 600 km1211%Portsmouth, 205 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Leicester that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom114100%
Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorOn board
Arriva Cross CountryPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Arriva CrossCountryPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Avanti West CoastPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Caledonian SleeperPower outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
Cross CountryPower outlets, Wi-Fi
East MidlandsPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Grand CentralPower outlets, Wi-Fi
London MidlandPower outlets, Wi-Fi
London North Eastern RailwayPower outlets, Wi-Fi
LumoPower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • London North Eastern Railway
  • East Midlands
  • Lumo
  • London Midland
  • Grand Central
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Leicester

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Leicester

Rail
  • Leicester railway station
  • Leicester Central railway station
  • Leicester West Bridge railway station
Leaving

Leaving Leicester

Common questions about Trains to Leicester

Where can I travel to Leicester by Trains from?

114 places connect to Leicester by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 45 km away in a straight line and the furthest 412 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Leicester cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Leicester is €11.88 for one passenger, across 114 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 120 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Leicester take?

The fastest Trains journey into Leicester is 1h 11m door to door. The median origin sits 120 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Leicester?

10 operators run Trains services into Leicester on our network: Arriva Cross Country, Arriva CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast, Caledonian Sleeper, Cross Country. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Leicester use?

Trains services into Leicester use 3 named terminals, among them Leicester railway station, Leicester Central railway station, Leicester West Bridge railway station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Leicester

A day in Leicester hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Leicester railway station

Most of the points near Leicester railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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