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 57 min
$42 - $142
Cheapest option
Bus • 9 h 15 min
$34 - $44
9 alternative options
Bus to London Heathrow, fly to Edinburgh • 3 h 59 min
$57 - $217
Train to London City, fly to Edinburgh • 3 h 48 min
$81 - $251
Train to London Gatwick, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 14 min
$70 - $170
Fly London Luton to Glasgow, train • 3 h 51 min
$56 - $173
Train, Tube to London Stansted, fly to Edinburgh • 4 h 13 min
$57 - $163
Train LNER • 5 h 30 min
$63 - $110
Train CrossCountry • 6 h 39 min
$124 - $244
Train Virgin West Coast Trains • 7 h
$208 - $318
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 57 min.
The distance between Luton and Edinburgh is 305 miles. The road distance is 369.9 miles.
It takes approximately 2 h 57 min to get from Luton to Edinburgh, including transfers.
No, there is no direct bus from Luton station to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Luton Station Interchange (Luton Railway Station) 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 30 min.
The best way to get from Luton to London Luton Airport is to bus which takes 8 min and costs £2 - £6.
- Distance: 305 miles
- Duration: 2 h 57 min
What companies run services between Luton, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet flies from Luton to Edinburgh 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Luton to Edinburgh via London St Pancras International and London Kings Cross in around 5 h 30 min.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 24 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $340
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 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 26 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 16 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $180
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 32 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $210
Flights from London Gatwick to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $210
Flights from London Luton to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 18 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $200
Flights from London Luton to Glasgow via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- 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 5 min
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $180
- 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 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $330
Flights from London City to Edinburgh via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 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
- Monday and Friday
- 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 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $900
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14 - $21
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $21
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $21
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $28
Train from Luton to Chesterfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $26 - $40
- Off-Peak Single
- $50 - $80
- Anytime Day Single
- $50 - $75
- Anytime Single
- $70 - $110
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25 - $35
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
- Phone
- 0151 330 1000
- Website
- merseyrail.org
Train from Luton to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
Train from Luton to Chesterfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 54 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
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- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14 - $18
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $9 - $13
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $18
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- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from King's Cross St. Pancras Underground Station to Tottenham Hale Underground Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3 - $4
- Schedules at
- tfl.gov.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 14 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55 - $90
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- 2nd Class
- $55 - $90
- 1st Class
- $110 - $170
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- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Chesterfield to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100 - $170
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $65 - $100
- Anytime Single
- $100 - $170
- Off-Peak Single
- $110 - $170
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- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Milton Keynes Central to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $310
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $120 - $180
- Anytime Day Single
- $200 - $310
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Luton Airport to London Heathrow Airport T2 & T3
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8 - $11
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Milton Keynes Coachway, M1 Junction 14 to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28 - $35
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
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