173 miles (279 km) | |
Train, bus or flight | |
$23 - $66 | |
Bus • $23 (€21) • 3 h 51 min | |
Flight • $66 (€60) • 1 h 5 min | |
National Express, British Airways or LNER |
Take a train, bus or flight to travel 173 miles (279 km) between London and York. The most popular travel companies which serve this trip are National Express, British Airways or LNER among others. Travelers can even take a direct bus, flight or train from London to York.
How to get from London to York by train, bus or flight.
The best way to travel from London to York is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
Find all the dates and times for this journey by train, bus, flight, and ferry .
Travelers in the UK can reach the historic northern city of York from London by bus or train. Trains are the quickest way of reaching York from the capital, with fast and frequent services and journey times of approximately 2 hours. Buses take substantially longer, with the fastest bus requiring approximately 5 hours of travel time.
Return trips from York to London are also available.
Travel on National Express, FlixBus and Thameslink travel from London to York at great prices. Omio finds you travel times and tickets for over 1000 travel companies all in one place.
Thameslink is a train service that operates in the United Kingdom. It is operated by Govia Thameslink Railway and serves the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, London, and Surrey. The trains run from early morning until late at night, with some services running 24 hours a day. There are a variety of train types available, including Class 700 Desiro City, Class 377 Electrostar, Class 387/1 Electrostar, and Class 319/0. Ticket types include Anytime, Off-Peak, Super Off-Peak, and Advance. Onboard facilities include Wi-Fi, power sockets, and air conditioning. The most popular routes for Thameslink are London to Brighton, London to Bedford, and London to Luton.
National Express is the UK’s leading long-distance travel company operating over 550 travel per day and serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express also operates travel services to all major UK airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol, 24 hours a day. All National Express travel have air conditioning and provide free WiFi access along with onboard entertainment. Most travel come with seat belts and power outlets at every seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. For your travel from London to York, you can select from three ticket fares: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare.
British Airways (BA) is the United Kingdom’s flag carrier airline with headquarters in London near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport (LHR). BA is the second largest UK-based airline in terms of fleet size and number of passengers carried. Known as a full-service global airline, British Airways offers year-round low fares to destinations worldwide and flies to and from centrally-located airports. Its extensive global route network includes more than 170 destinations in nearly 80 countries throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia.
There are 3 travel options from London to York: train, bus or flight.
The cheapest way to go to York from London is by taking a bus, which costs on average $23 (€21).
This is compared to other ways of getting from London to York:
Taking a bus costs $43 (€39) less than taking a flight, which costs on average $66 (€60) for the same trip.
Taking a bus costs $22 (€20) less than taking a train, which average ticket prices of $45 (€41).
The fastest way from London to York is by flight with an average journey time of 1 h 5 min.
There are alternative travel options to York that take longer:
Taking a bus requires on average 3 h 51 min of travel time.
Train takes 1 h 45 min on average.
You should expect to travel around 173 miles (279 km) between London and York.
The average frequency per day from London to York is:
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your trip from London to York as scheduled services by train, bus or flight can vary by season or day of the week.
These are the most popular departure and arrival points from London to York:
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Yes, there are direct routes from London to York with the following travel companies:
Direct services to York tend to save you time and add more convenience as you won't need to transfer at another stop in between, so it's worth paying attention to before booking tickets for your journey.
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