How to travel from Peterborough to Leeds

How to travel from Peterborough to Leeds

The rapidly growing city of Peterborough in north Cambridgeshire has excellent transport links across England. Travelers planning a trip north to Yorkshire can choose from direct train services or indirect bus connections.  Train journeys from Peterborough offer the fastest option,  with the trip north taking around 1 hour and 25 minutes. Hourly direct trains are available from early morning to mid evening with additional indirect connections requiring one change en route. Bus connections are all indirect, requiring one change in transit at Nottingham or Leicester. The quickest bus connection takes four hours and 45 minutes to reach Leeds. Buses include overnight, morning and afternoon options. 

What is the cheapest way to get from Peterborough to Leeds?

In most cases, buses, while slower, offer the cheapest means of travel from Peterborough to Leeds. There are three indirect connections daily with National Express, requiring a change at Leicester or Nottingham. The quickest bus service takes four hours and 45 minutes.  Buses arrive at the central Leeds bus station,  in the heart of the city. London and North Eastern Railway provides daily direct trains from Peterborough to Leeds, with roughly hourly departures and journey times of around 1 hour and 25 minutes. If booked well in advance, train fares can be almost as cheap as the bus. All trains arrive at  the main station on the south side of Leeds city center. 

What is the fastest way to travel  from Peterborough to Leeds?

London and North Eastern Railway's mid-morning direct train from Peterborough to Leeds is the fastest travel option for the trip to Yorkshire, taking 1 hour and 24  minutes to complete the 100 mile journey. Other direct trains from Peterborough take up to 12 minutes longer, while indirect connections can take up to 2 hours. Trains from Peterborough leave hourly from early morning to mid evening. National Express bus services from Peterborough to Leeds take between four hours and 45 minutes and six hours, with the mid-morning departure offering the fastest journey time.  There are three daily connections seven days a week, with overnight, morning and afternoon options.

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Using the Omio booking platform to compare ticket prices and journey options well in advance is the ideal way to secure the cheapest tickets for travel from Peterborough to Leeds by train and bus. With dynamic pricing operating on rail fares for this route, booking several weeks ahead of your travel date will allow passengers to snap up the lowest prices for advance fares. 

Travel from Peterborough to Leeds by train

London and North Eastern Railway, the state-owned company operating on the East Coast main line, provides all the direct trains from Peterborough to Leeds. Weekday and Saturday schedules offer hourly direct trains from early morning until mid evening. Sunday schedules are slightly reduced, with departures from Peterborough beginning in mid-morning. Journey times from Peterborough to Leeds range from 1 hour and 24 minutes to around 12 minutes longer. Additional indirect services with one change en route include London and North Eastern Railway routes via York and departures connecting with CrossCountry Trains services at York.  Indirect connections can take up to 2 hours total journey time to Leeds.  All trains from Peterborough arrive at the main station in Leeds, located on the south side of the city center, with numerous local bus routes offering connections downtown in around ten minutes. 

Travel from Peterborough to Leeds by bus

National Express, the main long distance bus travel operator in the UK, provides all the bus connections from Peterborough to Leeds. Indirect services depart from Peterborough Queensgate Bus Station three times a day, with departure options including an overnight connection via Nottingham, a mid-morning service via Leicester St Margaret's bus station and a mid afternoon connection via Nottingham.  The morning service via Leicester offers the fastest journey time, four hours and 45 minutes. The overnight bus takes five hours and 50 minutes and the afternoon service takes six hours. All National Express buses arrive at the Leeds coach station on Dyer Street  in the city center, a short walk from the main shopping area, served by numerous city bus routes.