Trains from Sheffield to Leicester

Sheffield to Leicester train information

• There are a lot of train operators across the United Kingdom & Europe. By searching for your ticket using our travel search engine, you are able to see the trains between Sheffield in England to Leicester in England as well as the train operator for this journey.
• Travelling by train is a quick and easy option to cover the 53 miles from Sheffield to Leicester.
• Prices may vary quickly. We suggest you to make a search to look at the latest available offers.

Best prices for Sheffield to Leicester train tickets

Sheffield - Leicester prices calendar

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

Sheffield - Leicester: the best time to book cheap trains

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 Sheffield to Leicester tend to remain approximately the same and cost £22.

Best prices for Sheffield to Leicester trains

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

Discount Sheffield - Leicester train tickets

The best way to pay less on your Sheffield Leicester train ticket must be to have a railcard. While regional railcards exist in some areas, National railcards enable you to make savings on most rail fares across the United Kingdom. Everyone is eligible to at least one of the railcard, even non-UK residents. National railcards available: 16-25 discount card, Senior railcard, Two together discount card, Family and Friends railcard and Disabled persons discount card.

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

  For your assessment, you have to include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, your savings on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average price of a Sheffield Leicester ticket is £50.00 (1).

  Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. You will need to make about 2 trips from Leicester to Sheffield (one way trip) with your railcard to break even.

• The price to purchase a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to get the 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to save 34% off most train fares for an entire year.

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