Manchester to London runs about 64 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 20:54. One passenger pays between £11.47 and £26.91, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 268 km and are run by 10 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 10 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 19 October 2026
£11.47 to £26.91
- 113%Moves across the booking window
113%When it runs, leaving Manchester
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:09First departure
- 20:54Last departure
- 64Services per day
- 100%Run direct
06:09
20:54
64
100%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Manchester 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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Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Manchester 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £20.41Mon5
- about £18.06Tue6
- about £19.47Wed7
- about £19.47Thu8
- about £18.53Fri9
- about £19.01Sat10
- about £17.59Sun11
- about £12.88Mon12
- about £12.40Tue13
- about £13.35Wed14
- about £16.18Thu15
- about £15.23Fri16
- about £15.70Sat17
- about £15.23Sun18
- about £11.47Mon19
- about £11.47Tue20
- about £12.40Wed21
- about £14.29Thu22
- about £13.35Fri23
- about £14.29Sat24
- about £13.35Sun25
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 Manchester to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £11.9490 days
- £14.2960 days
- £10.9945 days
- £9.5730 days
- £13.3521 days
- £15.2314 days
- £17.597 days
- £19.473 days
- £20.411 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £9.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 113 percent. The dearest point is £20.41, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Manchester to London and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
268 km
262 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
568,996 → 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 268 km against 262 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 Manchester 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 Manchester to London?
Manchester to London covers 268 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Manchester to London?
The cheapest fare from Manchester to London is £11.47, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £35.00. 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 Manchester to London?
The cheapest way from Manchester to London is by coach, at £11.47 for one passenger on 19 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Manchester to London?
Fares from Manchester to London bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £9.57. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 113 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 Manchester to London?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Manchester to London, at £12.40. 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 Manchester to London?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Manchester to London, at £10.05 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 Manchester to London?
10 operators sell services from Manchester to London across 3 modes: Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, Avanti West Coast, BA CityFlyer, British Airways, FlixBus. 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 Manchester to London?
Every service we sell from Manchester to London is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Manchester to London produce?
Travelling from Manchester to London by train produces about 8.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 56.4 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Manchester to London use?
Services from Manchester to London by train leave from Manchester Piccadilly and arrive at London St Pancras International. Allow about 44m 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 Manchester to London?
2 of the 10 operators we sell from Manchester 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 Manchester to London on 4 October 2026: 268 km of route against 262 km in a straight line, 88 services a day, 10 operators a cheapest fare of £11.47, and 2h 34m 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
Manchester reaches 299 places in 66 countries on services we hold, over distances from 34 to 14,626 km. London reaches 659 places in 119 countries, from 17 to 14,479 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Manchester
- 299Places you can leave for
- 66Countries
- 87Operators
66
87Arriving in London
Leaving London
- 659Places you can leave for
- 119Countries
- 195Operators