There are 11 ways to get from Luton to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, subway or car
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
Fly London Luton to Edinburgh • 2 h 59 min
$44 - $145
Cheapest option
Bus • 9 h 15 min
$34 - $44
9 alternative options
Bus to London Heathrow, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 1 min
$57 - $218
Train to London City, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 13 min
$85 - $246
Train to London Gatwick, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 40 min
$71 - $172
Fly London Luton to Glasgow, train • 4 h 23 min
$59 - $176
Train, subway to London Stansted, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 40 min
$58 - $167
Train • 5 h 50 min
$68 - $111
Train via York • 6 h 5 min
$122 - $250
Train Virgin West Coast Trains • 6 h 58 min
$209 - $330
Drive • 6 h 18 min
$75 - $120
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Luton to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £26 - £35 and takes 9 h 15 min.
The quickest way to get from Luton to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £30 - £120 and takes 2 h 59 min.
No, there is no direct bus from Luton to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Luton and arriving at Edinburgh via Milton Keynes Coachway, M1 Junction 14. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9 h 15 min.
No, there is no direct train from Luton to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Luton and arriving at Edinburgh via London Kings Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5 h 50 min.
The distance between Luton and Edinburgh is 305 miles. The road distance is 369.9 miles.
The best way to get from Luton to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 5 h 50 min and costs £50 - £85.
It takes approximately 2 h 59 min to get from Luton to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Luton to Edinburgh bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Milton Keynes Coachway, M1 Junction 14 station.
Luton to Edinburgh train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Luton station.
The best way to get from Luton to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 2 h 59 min and costs £30 - £120. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £50 - £85 and takes 5 h 50 min, you could also bus, which costs £26 - £35 and takes 9 h 15 min.
- Distance: 305 miles
- Duration: 2 h 59 min
What companies run services between Luton, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet flies from Luton to Edinburgh 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Luton to Edinburgh via London St Pancras International LL and London Kings Cross in around 5 h 50 min.
- Website
- easyjet.com
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 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 Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $200
Flights from London Luton to Glasgow via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 6 min
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $200
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 13 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
- Website
- britishairways.com
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 City to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 18 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $390
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 27 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $250
- Website
- flybe.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $310
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
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28 - $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
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16 - $22
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26 - $35
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15 - $20
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- 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
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Luton to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14 - $21
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $22
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $21
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $29
Train from Luton to York
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 21 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85 - $120
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $40 - $65
- Off-Peak Single
- $85 - $130
- Anytime Day Single
- $85 - $120
- Anytime Single
- $120 - $180
- Phone
- 0151 330 1000
- Website
- merseyrail.org
Train from Luton to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
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Contact Details
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from King's Cross St. Pancras station to Tottenham Hale station
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3 - $5
- Website
- London Underground (Tube)
- 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
Train from York to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- 2nd Class
- $35 - $55
- 1st Class
- $65 - $100
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- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from York to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85 - $130
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $50 - $80
- Anytime Single
- $85 - $130
- Off-Peak Single
- $85 - $130
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- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Milton Keynes Central to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 3 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $320
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $120 - $190
- Anytime Day Single
- $200 - $320
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 Luton Airport London to Heathrow Airport London T2,3
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8 - $11
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Milton Keynes Coachway, M1 Junction 14 to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28 - $35
- Website
- National Express
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The quickest flight from London Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport is the direct flight which takes 1 h 15 min.
Luton to Edinburgh bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Edinburgh station.
Luton to Edinburgh train services, operated by LNER, arrive at Edinburgh station.
Yes, the driving distance between Luton to Edinburgh is 370 miles. It takes approximately 6 h 18 min to drive from Luton to Edinburgh.
easyJet offers flights from London Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport.
Book your Luton to Edinburgh train tickets online with Rome2rio.
Book your Luton to Edinburgh bus tickets online with Distribusion and Distribusion.
There are 2299+ hotels available in Edinburgh. Prices start at $78 USD per night.
The best way to get from Luton to London Luton Airport is to bus which takes 8 min and costs £3 - £6.