Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap fare is to book your ticket as far in advance as you can and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
The average ticket from Leicester to Manchester will cost around £ 58 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only £ 28.
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Fastest Journey
1 h 55 m
Average
2 h 6 m
Trains per day
18
Distance
119 km
It's difficult to get from Leicester to Manchester without changing at least once.
Distance | 74 miles (119 km) | |
Average train duration | 2 h 16 min | |
Average train ticket price | £36 (€41) | |
Direct train | Yes | |
Train companies | East Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Northern Rail, Avanti West Coast or Transpennine Express |
Trains from Leicester to Manchester cover the 74 miles (119 km) long trip taking on average 2 h 16 min with our travel partners like East Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Northern Rail, Avanti West Coast or Transpennine Express. There are direct train services available. While the average ticket price for this route costs around £36, you can find the cheapest train ticket for as low as £22. Travellers depart most frequently from Leicester and arrive in Manchester Piccadilly.
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CrossCountry has the following ticket policies due to COVID-19, which you should be aware of when booking and travelling by train to Manchester from Leicester:
There are trains between Leicester and Manchester every hour on this busy route operated by Cross Country, Virgin and East Midlands Trains, making it easy to travel on a flexible basis. The journey is also quick, with many trains arriving in less than two hours.
Trains from Leicester Rail Station to Manchester Piccadilly are operated by Cross Country, Virgin and East Midlands Trains and each operator tends to run one service an hour. The cheapest service is run by Cross Country and mobile ticketing is available on the service for added convenience.
The train journey from Leicester to Manchester usually has one change, either at Sheffield or Birmingham. It can be as short as one and a half hours, but most services tend to average out at two hours. Some journeys are a little longer, but few exceed two hours and 45 minutes.
Trains between Leicester Railway Station operate from 6:00 a.m. through to around 10:00 p.m. each day, including weekends. There are some occasions where there are two train services scheduled from different operators, so customers will find plenty of choice on this busy and well-served route.
Departure train station: Leicester Railway Station was refurbished in 2012 and has an attractive open-plan layout that is designed to be accessible to all travellers. Facilities include a first class lounge, ticket facilities, a seating area, trolleys, a coffee shop and newsagent, ticket office, ATMs and easy connections to onward travel. There is a taxi rank directly outside and local parking. The city centre shops and other attractions are just a short walk away.
Arrival train station: Manchester Piccadilly is the main train station in Manchester and is located in the city centre. The station has toilets and shower rooms (with change machines for the fee), ATMs, retail and supermarket outlets, coffee shops, newsagents, seating areas, ticketing facilities and more. Passengers can make their onward journey via the taxi rank from outside the station, take the Metro which runs from underneath the train station or take a short walk to the city bus stations in Piccadilly Gardens.
When travelling this route, Omio customers are departing most frequently from Leicester and arriving in Manchester Piccadilly.
Passengers board their train most frequently from Leicester and travel around 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from the city centre to this train station.
Passengers travelling this route most often arrive at Manchester Piccadilly and need to travel approximately 0.7 miles (1.2 km) from the train station to the city centre in Manchester.
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