Trains from Glasgow to London

Glasgow to London train information

• The trip between Glasgow, located in Scotland and London, situated in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.
• On average, the journey takes normally 5h08m by train to cover the 345 miles to go to London from Glasgow. The train duration can vary depending if your train is direct or with changes.
• We found tickets from £34.91 to travel in the next month. Prices will vary depending on the day and hour of travel and how far in advance you purchase your ticket.

Best prices for Glasgow to London train tickets

Glasgow - London prices calendar

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

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

The graph above shows the best prices found over the last six months depending on how much time in advance the train ticket is booked. Buying your train from Glasgow to London in advance can enable you to save money for your journey.

Tickets are available from £29 when buying your seat 2 months in advance which is 50% cheaper than the best fare we found when booking on the day you're travelling.

Best prices for Glasgow to London trains

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

Discount Glasgow - London train tickets

National Railcards can save you a lot if you're using the train. Depending on your age and your situation, you are able to get one of the five existing railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can help you pay less for your Glasgow London train ticket.

• In order to understand the benefits of a railcard, you can calculate how many trips you need to break even. You will see that usually only a few trips are needed.

  For your assessment, you have to include the railcard cost, for instance £30, your savings on each trip (i.e.: 34%) and the cost of your ticket. The average price of a Glasgow London ticket is £102.58 (1).

  Divide the railcard cost by the saving: £30/34%= £88. Now divide £88 by £102.58: £88/£102.58 = 0.86. It will take you about 1 trips from London to Glasgow (one way journey) with your railcard to break even.

• The cost to get a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to buy a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most rail fares for a complete year.

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