Trains from Edinburgh to Belfast

Edinburgh to Belfast train information

• The journey from Edinburgh, situated in Scotland and Belfast, which is in Northern Ireland is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.
• Travelling by train is a fast and easy option to travel the 143 miles from Edinburgh to Belfast.
• Fares may change depending on the travel date as well as how much time in advance you book your ticket.

Best prices for Edinburgh to Belfast train tickets

Edinburgh - Belfast prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Edinburgh to Belfast by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

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Cost of the train when booking in advance or at the last minute

Buying your train ticket in advance is often cheaper than leaving it to the day you travel. Yet, as you can notice in the chart above, the cost of train tickets Edinburgh to Belfast tend to remain approximately the same and cost £30.

Best prices for Edinburgh to Belfast trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Edinburgh and Belfast by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Belfast to Edinburgh and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

Discount Edinburgh - Belfast train tickets

National Railcards can offer great value for money if you're travelling by train. Depending on your age as well as your situation, you can get one of the 5 different railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can enable you to save money for your Edinburgh Belfast train ticket.

The main benefit of purchasing a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to break even.

You will need to buy at least £88 of train tickets in a year for the card to break-even. This number corresponds to the cost of the railcard, £30, divided by the discount, 34%. On every ticket that you purchase afterwards, you will spare money.

As an example, train tickets from Edinburgh to Belfast cost on average £50.00 (1). When dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), you can see that after only 2 one way journeys from Belfast to Edinburgh, the railcard will have paid for itself.

All railcards cost £30 except the Disabled persons railcard that costs £20. Railcards enable you to get 34% off most adult fares, hence you will save 1/3 on most train tickets.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey