There are 12 ways to get from London to Edinburgh by train, bus, rideshare, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train LNER • 4 h 14 min
$50 - $350
Cheapest option
Rideshare • 7 h 45 min
$30 - $60
10 alternative options
Train CrossCountry • 6 h 36 min
$177 - $267
Bus • 9 h 20 min
$30 - $80
Drive • 6 h 54 min
$85 - $130
Fly London City to Edinburgh • 3 h 12 min
$68 - $222
Fly London Heathrow to Edinburgh • 3 h 10 min
$76 - $244
Fly London Stansted to Edinburgh • 3 h 36 min
$48 - $142
Fly London Gatwick to Edinburgh • 3 h 29 min
$60 - $172
Train to London Luton, fly to Edinburgh • 3 h 46 min
$53 - $157
Fly London City to Glasgow, train • 4 h 41 min
$98 - $323
Train to Birmingham, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 9 min
$91 - $284
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £23 - £60 and takes 9 h 20 min.
The quickest way to get from London to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £55 - £190 and takes 3 h 10 min.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from London Victoria Station station and arriving at Edinburgh. Services depart three times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9 h 20 min.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from London Kings Cross and arriving at Edinburgh. Services depart hourly, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 4 h 14 min.
The distance between London and Edinburgh is 334 miles. The road distance is 401.4 miles.
The best way to get from London to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 4 h 14 min and costs £35 - £270.
The train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh takes 4 h 14 min including transfers and departs hourly.
London to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Megabus UK, arrive at London Victoria Station.
London to Edinburgh train services, operated by LNER, depart from London Kings Cross station.
The best way to get from London to Edinburgh is to train which takes 4 h 14 min and costs £35 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £23 - £60 and takes 9 h 20 min, you could also fly, which costs £50 - £170 and takes 3 h 12 min.
- Distance: 333.6 miles
- Duration: 4 h 14 min
What companies run services between London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
LNER operates a train from London to Edinburgh hourly. Tickets cost $60 - $90 and the journey takes 4 h 14 min. Two other operators also service this route. Alternatively, Megabus UK operates a bus from London to Edinburgh 3 times a day. Tickets cost $40 - $80 and the journey takes 9 h 20 min. National Express also services this route once a week.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 18 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $390
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 26 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $340
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $900
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 27 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $250
Flights from London City to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75 - $550
Flights from London City to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75 - $550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 11 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 27 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $210
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $210
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $180
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $180
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 12 min
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $240
- Website
- flybe.com
Flights from London City to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $330
Flights from London City to Edinburgh via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $65 - $330
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $310
Flights from London City to Glasgow via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $600
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $300
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 5 min
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28 - $180
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $900
Flights from London City to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75 - $550
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 14 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- 2nd Class
- $60 - $90
- 1st Class
- $110 - $170
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- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 28 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $350
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $140 - $210
- Anytime Day Single
- $220 - $350
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 9 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60 - $100
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $40 - $60
- Anytime Day Single
- $60 - $100
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- sleeper.scot
- Sleeper Berth Twin
- $110 - $160
- Sleeper Berth Solo
- $198
- Sleeper Seat
- $50 - $75
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- [email protected]
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras International to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $35 - $55
- Off-Peak Single
- $75 - $120
- Anytime Day Single
- $75 - $110
- Anytime Single
- $100 - $160
Train from London St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $21
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $20
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $28
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100 - $160
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $65 - $100
- Anytime Single
- $100 - $160
- Off-Peak Single
- $110 - $170
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- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras International LL to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- [email protected]
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 12 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15 - $19
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $10 - $14
- Anytime Day Single
- $15 - $19
- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- [email protected]
- Website
- londonmidland.com
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- wmtrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $24 - $35
- Anytime Day Single
- $40 - $60
- Phone
- 0871 266 3333
- [email protected]
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria Station to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $80
- Book at
- uk.megabus.com
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National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30 - $40
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
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A ridesharing platform with 40 million users, Blablacar gives you access to destinations without worrying about on-the-road chaos. The basic idea is that you carpool with locals who are already planning to drive your route and have space in their car. With some flexibility you’ll get to your destination – often faster and cheaper than other means. On the website or app, enter your departure and arrival points and your date of travel, sift through the profiles of drivers who’ve posted pre-planned drives and find one whose timing and preferences match yours. Request to join the ride, wait be accepted, and pay your share of the set price.
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Contact Details
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from London to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $60
- Book at
- blablacar.co.uk
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The quickest flight from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport is the direct flight which takes 1 h 15 min.
London to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Megabus UK, arrive at Edinburgh station.
London to Edinburgh train services, operated by LNER, arrive at Edinburgh station.
Yes, the driving distance between London to Edinburgh is 401 miles. It takes approximately 6 h 54 min to drive from London to Edinburgh.
Flybe and British Airways offer flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport.
Book your London to Edinburgh train tickets online with Loco2 and Rome2rio.
Book your London to Edinburgh bus tickets online with Distribusion.
There are 2252+ hotels available in Edinburgh. Prices start at $80 USD per night.
Check out Blablacar's carpooling service for rideshare options between London and Edinburgh. A great option if you don't have a driver's licence or want to avoid public transport.
The best way to get from London to London City Airport is to train which takes 21 min and costs £3 - £4.