Leeds to London Kings Cross

The smartest thing to do is buy single Advance tickets when booking your trip to London King Cross from Leeds. Set up a Ticket Alert so you know when the cheapest ones are on sale. You can be sure you’re getting the best price with LNER as we’ll refund the difference if you found a cheaper ticket and there are no hidden booking fees either.

The only direct train from Leeds to London King’s Cross is with LNER and a journey that takes roughly two and a quarter hours. During peak times they run every two hours.

You can and there are a variety of Season Ticket options available ranging from one month to twelve months.

The principal train lines through Leeds is the East Coast mainline and Cross Country.

The principal train line through London King's Cross station is the East Coast mainline.

Face coverings on public transport is mandatory in England and Scotland unless exempt. Otherwise you could be fined £200. 

• Please wear your face covering in stations and onboard our trains, unless you are exempt
• The face covering could be a scarf or other form of material that could catch droplets coming from the mouth or nose
•  For exemptions in England click here, and exemptions in Scotland click here
• The £200 fine is for the first offence, the fine will then double for each additional offence up to a maximum of £6400.

We'd love to welcome you back onboard our trains but we encourage you to consider if you need to travel at this time. Our trains are still running for key workers.

If you do need to travel, travel with confidence. Our Covid Aware safe travel pledge means you can book and travel with confidence

We know that travelling on long journeys can be overwhelming. We have:

• Made our ticket change policy flexible
• Increased our onboard and station cleaning
• Introduced reservation-only travel so that each customer has a socially distanced seat.

Our safe travel pledge