Classic route
LNER London–Leeds
London → Leeds · England
Japanese-designed Azuma bi-modes sprint the East Coast Main Line out of King’s Cross (1852) to reach Leeds in a little over two hours.
- Distance
- 299 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 9 min
- Average speed
- 139 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLondon King's Cross +12
- 44 kmStevenage +1
- 169 kmGrantham +1
- 193 kmNewark Northgate +1
- 223 kmRetford
- 251 kmDoncaster +1
- 283 kmWakefield Westgate +1
- 299 kmLeeds +5
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 236676: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the LNER?
The LNER runs 299 km from London to Leeds.
How long does the LNER take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 9 min for the 299 km. That is an average of 139 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the LNER?
London North Eastern Railway, with Class 801 Azuma.
How old is the LNER?
The line has been in service since 1852. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
More classic routes
- LNER Azuma
The Flying Scotsman’s route since 1862, and where Mallard set the never-beaten steam record of 203 km/h in 1938.
Wikipedia ↗ - Alfa Pendular
A tilting Pendolino leaning through the curves of the 19th-century Linha do Norte between Portugal’s two great cities.
Wikipedia ↗ - EIP Pendolino
Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h.
Wikipedia ↗ - Railjet
Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain: centre to centre faster than any flight.
Wikipedia ↗
More train routes in United Kingdom · England.
Planning this trip? Journey time & direct trains: Leeds → London · London → Leeds.