Train Line London Edinburgh
On an average weekday there are 47 trains travelling from edinburgh to london.
Train line london edinburgh. Direct trains depart from edinburgh waverley station to london kings cross around twice an hour usually on the hour and at every 30 minutes past and are operated by london north eastern railway lner. Save 61 on average when you buy in advance. The london edinburgh east coast main line is the one through peterborough york newcastle berwick upon tweed. Map showing london kings cross map showing edinburgh waverley.
Travelling from london to edinburgh by train fast trains from london to edinburgh take around 4 hours and 16 minutes covering a distance of approximately 533 kilometres. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of great britain running broadly parallel to the a1 road. There are frequent services on the rail route between london and edinburgh. To find coach tickets simply start a search above and we will compare journey times and costs for train coach and bus travel side by side.
The journey time may be longer on weekends and holidays. Save 61 on uk rail search train times get the app 200 operators. Get live times compare prices buy cheap train tickets. Trainline your quick and easy way to book train and bus tickets across europe.
The east coast main line ecml is a 393 mile long 632 km electrified railway between london and edinburgh via peterborough doncaster york darlington durham and newcastle. How long does it take to travel from edinburgh to london by train. You can toggle between the coach and train tabs on the next screen. One or two trains also link london euston with edinburgh via milton keynes crewe carlisle and the west coast main line but these take longer.
How much does it cost. Travel by train from london to edinburgh park in 4h 41m. Direct trains from london kings cross to edinburgh waverley are operated by london north eastern railway lner and run approximately every half hour departing on the hour and 30m past. London north east railway is replacing most of the current fleet of trains serving the london to edinburgh route with new high speed azuma trains.
The average journey time between edinburgh and london is 5 hours 27 minutes. These trains are now whisking passengers from london king s cross to edinburgh waverley in just four hours making your journey north sleeker and faster than ever. Alternatively you can take a slower indirect service and change at york taking around 5h 5m.