Route

London to York

3 ways to get from London to York

LondonLondon King's CrossYorkYork railway station

LondonYork

Regional train1h 45
London King's CrossYork railway station
Transfer~4h 09 est.
any addressany address
Bus4h 30
London Victoria Coach StationYork, Station Road stop outside York railway station

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Regional train1h 45

LondonLondon King's CrossYorkYork railway station

direct, East Coast Main Line, LNER's fastest non-stop workings; most services also call at intermediate stations such as Peterborough or Doncaster

London North Eastern Railway

Transfer~4h 09 est. drive

Londonany addressYorkany address

door to door

Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer

Bus4h 30

LondonLondon Victoria Coach StationYorkYork, Station Road stop outside York railway station

direct, up to 3 times a day

National Express

The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.

Hours
The fastest advertised journey from Golders Green is 4 hours 30 minutes, but the average journey from central Victoria runs closer to 4 hours 55 minutes - considerably slower than the roughly 1 hour 45 minute to 2 hour direct LNER rail alternative documented separately in this file.
nationalexpress.com · checked 2026-09-10
Easy to get wrong
LNER's fastest advertised King's Cross-York time is around 1 hour 45 minutes, but typical journeys including semi-fast workings run closer to 2 hours 10 minutes - a traveller planning around the headline fastest figure alone can misjudge a connection.
lner.co.uk · checked 2026-09-10
Status
York is also served by the open-access operator Lumo continuing further to Newcastle and Edinburgh, and by CrossCountry and TransPennine Express services that touch York without starting there - LNER remains the principal direct King's Cross-York operator documented here.
lner.co.uk · checked 2026-09-10
Easy to get wrong
The coach stop is on Station Road immediately outside York railway station, not a separate out-of-town coach station, unlike some other National Express destinations in this file such as Birmingham's Digbeth coach station.
nationalexpress.com · checked 2026-09-10