Edinburgh to London runs about 96 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 20:50. One passenger pays between £19.47 and £46.94, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 54m over 545 km, on services run by 16 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 16 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026
£19.47 to £46.94
- 143%Moves across the booking window
143%When it runs, leaving Edinburgh
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:00First departure
- 20:50Last departure
- 96Services per day
- 100%Run direct
06:00
20:50
96
100%Departures on 12 October 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.
09:0013:104h 10m
LNERLNERDirect
Edinburgh → London Kings Cross
Calls at Newcastle 10:21 · York 11:14
Bikes carriedStep-free
Book with LNER09:3014:024h 32m
LNERLNERDirect
Edinburgh → London Kings Cross
Calls at Alnmouth · Newcastle 10:55 · Darlington 11:25 · York 11:52 · Doncaster 12:17 · Newark Northgate 12:40 · Peterborough 13:08
Bikes carriedStep-free
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Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Edinburgh to London and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £41.62Mon5
- about £33.61Tue6
- about £35.49Wed7
- about £36.44Thu8
- about £33.61Fri9
- about £35.49Sat10
- about £34.08Sun11
- about £23.24Mon12
- about £23.72Tue13
- about £26.07Wed14
- about £31.73Thu15
- about £27.95Fri16
- about £28.90Sat17
- about £27.48Sun18
- about £19.94Mon19
- about £19.47Tue20
- about £20.89Wed21
- about £25.13Thu22
- about £23.72Fri23
- about £24.19Sat24
- about £22.77Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in London for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Edinburgh to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £19.9490 days
- £25.1360 days
- £17.1145 days
- £17.1130 days
- £22.7721 days
- £27.4814 days
- £34.087 days
- £35.493 days
- £41.621 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at £17.11.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is £41.62, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Edinburgh to London and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
09:00 → 13:16
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
545 km
534 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
514,990 → 8,961,989
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 545 km against 534 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
London is large, and the road in from LHR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in London
Settled in advance, so the ride into London costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near London St Pancras International
Most of the points near London St Pancras International open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Edinburgh to London
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 it take to get from Edinburgh to London?
The Train from Edinburgh to London takes 4h 54m door to door, of which 4h 10m 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 it cost to travel from Edinburgh to London?
The cheapest fare from Edinburgh to London is £19.47, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £66.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to London?
The cheapest way from Edinburgh to London is by coach, at £19.47 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Edinburgh to London?
Fares from Edinburgh to London bottom out around 45 days before departure, at £17.11. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Edinburgh to London?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Edinburgh to London, at £23.24. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Edinburgh to London?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Edinburgh to London, at £17.59 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Edinburgh to London?
16 operators sell services from Edinburgh to London across 3 modes: Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, Avanti West Coast, BA CityFlyer, British Airways, CityJet. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Edinburgh to London?
Every service we sell from Edinburgh to London is direct, with a fastest journey of 4h 54m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Edinburgh to London produce?
Travelling from Edinburgh to London by train produces about 17.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 115.0 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Edinburgh to London use?
Services from Edinburgh to London by flight leave from Edinburgh Airport EDI and arrive at London Heathrow Airport LHR. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Edinburgh to London?
4 of the 16 operators we sell from Edinburgh to London allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Edinburgh to London on 4 October 2026: 545 km of route against 534 km in a straight line, 144 services a day, 16 operators a cheapest fare of £19.47, and 4h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Edinburgh reaches 225 places in 45 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 11,093 km. London reaches 659 places in 119 countries, from 17 to 14,479 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Edinburgh
- 225Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 62Operators
45
62Arriving in London
Leaving London
- 659Places you can leave for
- 119Countries
- 195Operators