Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap train ticket from London to St Andrews is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid travelling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
5 h 30 m
Average
6 h 44 m
Trains per day
4
Distance
565 km
Of the 4 trains that leave London for St Andrews every day 4 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 350 miles |
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Average train duration | 5 h 50 min |
Average train ticket price | £112 (€125) |
Direct train | No |
Train providers | East Coast, Lumo, Virgin Trains or Caledonian Sleeper |
Trains from London to St Andrews cover the 350 miles long journey taking on average 5 h 50 min with our travel partners like East Coast, Lumo, Virgin Trains or Caledonian Sleeper. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this route for as low as £77, but the average price of train tickets is £112. Travellers depart most frequently from London Waterloo and arrive in St Andrews.
Virgin East Coast Trains and ScotRail together with the Caledonian Sleeper run trains from London to St Andrews. Journeys involve at least one change at stations like Dundee, Edinburgh or Coupar and take around 6-7 hours, depending on the number of changes. Sleeper services take roughly 9-10 hours. In London, services depart from either Kings Cross or Euston Station with the earliest train leaving around 5:30 a.m. The last service from London to St Andrews leaves just before midnight and arrives intro St Andrews the following morning. The station serving St Andrews is Leuchars around 5 miles away so passengers can take a taxi or a bus into town.
When departing from London, you have various train station options to start your journey from including London Waterloo, London Euston and London Paddington. When arriving in St Andrews, you can end your journey in train stations like St Andrews and St Andrews, Bus Station.
Passengers board the train most frequently from London Waterloo, which is located around 1.2 miles (2 km) away from the city centre, and they get off the train at St Andrews, located 0.1 miles (197 m) away from the city centre.
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