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Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross: train delays and possible money back

11,137 recorded journeys in the last 12 months with LNER and Lumo. Delay is measured when the train reached London King's Cross.

57%
arrive on time (±5 min)
8%
at least 30 minutes late
3%
at least 60 minutes late
3%
never arrived

If your train arrives 30 to 59 minutes late, you may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation worth half of a one-way ticket price. At 60 minutes late or more, it may be worth the full one-way ticket price. The train company checks your ticket, journey and claim before deciding whether to pay.

Most punctual departure
Sun 19:25 LNER
On time 100% of 23 journeys
Most often 30 minutes late or more
Tue 11:30 LNER
At least 30 minutes late on 24% of 55 journeys that reached London King's Cross

How this journey has changed

Monthly performance measured when trains reached London King's Cross. The latest incomplete month is marked “to date”.

Recent direction: average delay fell from 7.9 minutes to 6 minutes between the two latest complete months.

MonthJourneysOn time30 minutes late or moreCancelledAverage delay
Sept 202585964%6%2%4.9 min
Oct 202587066%4%1%4.2 min
Nov 202571449%9%4%9.8 min
Dec 202586055%9%3%8.3 min
Jan 202697358%9%4%8.5 min
Feb 202673660%6%2%5.7 min
Mar 202686460%7%2%5.9 min
Apr 202699753%8%4%8.3 min
May 202684049%14%4%11.2 min
Jun 202699953%8%3%7.9 min
Jul 2026103856%6%1%6 min
Aug 2026 to date12655%6%5%5.9 min

Every departure, ranked

Same booked train and weekday, checked over a year. Sorted by on-time record.

TrainJourneysOn time30 minutes late or more60 minutes late or moreCancelled
Sun 19:25 LNER23100%0%0%0
Fri 19:37 LNER21100%0%0%0
Fri 19:58 Lumo2195%0%0%0
Thu 19:37 LNER2095%0%0%0
Tue 19:58 Lumo2095%0%0%0
Fri 19:20 Lumo3291%0%0%1
Fri 06:26 Lumo3291%6%0%0
Mon 05:37 LNER3291%3%3%0
Mon 19:58 Lumo1995%0%0%0
Wed 20:20 LNER3087%7%0%0
Tue 19:37 LNER2090%10%10%0
Mon 19:37 LNER2090%0%0%0
Thu 19:58 Lumo2090%5%0%0
Fri 20:20 LNER2986%7%0%0
Fri 05:50 LNER3284%0%0%0
Wed 19:20 Lumo3284%0%0%1
Sat 05:37 LNER2387%5%5%1
Fri 06:30 LNER5379%2%0%2
Wed 05:37 LNER3382%7%3%3
Wed 19:37 LNER2186%10%5%0
Wed 19:58 Lumo2186%5%5%0
Fri 05:37 LNER3281%0%0%0
Mon 19:20 Lumo3281%10%0%1
Tue 20:20 LNER3281%6%0%0
Thu 05:50 LNER3281%3%3%0
Mon 20:20 LNER3281%3%0%2
Mon 06:30 LNER5377%6%2%0
Tue 19:20 Lumo3479%6%0%0
Fri 19:25 LNER1984%5%5%0
Sun 18:00 LNER3678%11%3%0
Sun 19:00 LNER3678%8%0%0
Mon 08:00 LNER5275%2%2%1
Thu 15:00 LNER5275%0%0%2
Mon 05:50 LNER3278%6%3%0
Thu 20:20 LNER3278%6%3%1
Wed 08:00 LNER5474%8%2%2
Thu 05:37 LNER3177%0%0%1
Wed 05:48 LNER2181%0%0%0
Tue 08:00 LNER5573%4%0%4
Sun 16:26 Lumo2479%0%0%1
Wed 06:30 LNER5472%8%2%1
Mon 18:30 LNER5173%8%6%0
Sun 16:00 LNER3675%6%0%2
Sun 18:30 LNER3974%8%5%2
Thu 18:30 LNER5072%4%2%0
Thu 19:20 Lumo3275%10%0%1
Thu 06:26 Lumo3275%3%0%0
Mon 06:26 Lumo3275%6%3%0
Thu 12:00 LNER5271%4%2%0
Mon 19:25 LNER1681%0%0%0
Fri 08:00 LNER5370%6%2%2
Sun 11:00 LNER3672%6%6%0
Sun 14:00 LNER3672%9%6%1
Wed 12:00 LNER5469%8%2%1
Tue 09:24 Lumo2176%0%0%0
Thu 19:25 LNER1878%12%0%1
Mon 19:00 LNER3272%13%10%1
Sat 12:00 LNER3770%11%5%0
Tue 07:00 LNER5567%2%0%1
Tue 05:37 LNER3471%0%0%3
Tue 19:00 LNER3471%10%6%3
Thu 16:30 LNER5267%6%0%0
Tue 14:00 LNER5467%2%0%3
Sun 15:00 LNER3669%8%0%0
Sun 10:00 LNER3669%0%0%2
Sun 17:30 LNER4168%8%3%1
Sat 08:00 LNER4168%3%0%2
Tue 06:30 LNER5565%6%0%2
Fri 19:00 LNER3070%7%3%1
Sun 18:26 Lumo2273%0%0%0
Sat 15:00 LNER3768%5%0%0
Thu 08:26 Lumo3269%9%0%0
Fri 11:25 Lumo3269%9%0%0
Mon 09:24 Lumo1974%5%5%0
Sat 19:00 LNER2471%0%0%0
Fri 15:00 LNER5364%4%4%4
Fri 09:24 Lumo2171%0%0%0
Thu 13:30 LNER5263%2%0%1
Mon 12:00 LNER5263%12%4%0
Thu 14:30 LNER5263%10%0%0
Thu 08:00 LNER5362%6%0%2
Wed 07:00 LNER5362%4%0%4
Thu 06:30 LNER5362%11%4%0
Tue 12:00 LNER5562%13%4%2
Tue 13:30 LNER5562%6%4%1
Mon 08:26 Lumo3266%6%3%1
Fri 08:26 Lumo3266%3%3%1
Mon 11:25 Lumo3266%6%3%1
Fri 18:30 LNER5062%8%0%2
Sat 09:30 LNER4163%8%3%1
Mon 05:48 LNER2070%0%0%0
Wed 15:00 LNER5262%8%0%1
Sat 07:30 LNER4363%5%2%0
Sat 08:30 LNER4363%12%2%1
Sun 17:00 LNER3664%9%3%1
Sun 12:00 LNER3664%8%8%0
Sun 09:00 LNER3863%5%0%0
Mon 07:00 LNER5161%4%0%3
Sat 13:30 LNER4063%8%5%0
Fri 14:30 LNER5360%10%4%3
Tue 13:00 LNER5560%6%0%2
Tue 09:00 LNER5560%4%2%2
Wed 08:26 Lumo3364%6%6%0
Wed 05:50 LNER3364%6%3%1
Thu 14:00 LNER5260%2%2%2
Wed 14:00 LNER5459%10%2%2
Wed 07:30 LNER5459%7%4%0
Sat 06:30 LNER4360%7%2%0
Tue 05:48 LNER2167%5%0%0
Wed 09:24 Lumo2167%10%10%0
Wed 18:30 LNER5159%6%4%2
Fri 07:00 LNER5358%6%2%3
Mon 08:30 LNER5358%4%4%2
Tue 18:30 LNER5358%11%6%0
Fri 13:00 LNER5358%8%2%1
Tue 05:50 LNER3462%3%0%4
Tue 14:30 LNER5558%11%4%1
Sun 13:00 LNER3661%14%6%0
Sun 12:30 LNER3661%8%6%0
Sun 16:30 LNER4060%3%0%2
Sun 08:55 LNER2763%4%0%1
Thu 13:00 LNER5258%0%0%3
Wed 13:00 LNER5457%6%0%1
Wed 08:30 LNER5457%7%4%0
Wed 09:30 LNER5457%10%8%2
Sat 14:00 LNER3759%8%0%0
Tue 15:00 LNER5556%4%0%4
Tue 07:30 LNER5556%5%2%0
Tue 09:30 LNER5556%8%6%2
Thu 09:00 LNER5357%6%0%1
Thu 17:00 LNER5357%4%2%2
Wed 16:00 LNER5357%2%2%3
Fri 14:00 LNER5357%8%2%2
Fri 12:00 LNER5357%10%6%2
Wed 06:26 Lumo2264%0%0%1
Sat 08:26 Lumo2463%13%8%0
Wed 13:30 LNER5456%8%6%1
Wed 10:00 LNER5256%10%8%1
Thu 07:00 LNER5256%4%0%1
Mon 10:00 LNER4856%6%4%0
Thu 19:00 LNER3259%20%13%2
Mon 18:00 LNER3259%13%10%1
Thu 11:25 Lumo3259%0%0%1
Tue 08:30 LNER5555%11%2%0
Mon 13:30 LNER5355%14%6%3
Fri 07:30 LNER5355%11%4%0
Thu 10:00 LNER5355%0%0%1
Fri 13:30 LNER5355%8%4%0
Sun 09:30 LNER4156%3%0%1
Sun 11:30 LNER4156%6%0%6
Sun 10:30 LNER4156%8%3%1
Sat 07:00 LNER4156%8%0%1
Fri 05:48 LNER2162%10%5%0
Wed 16:13 Lumo2162%5%5%1
Sat 05:50 LNER2361%5%0%1
Wed 14:30 LNER5454%9%0%1
Wed 15:30 LNER5454%4%2%0
Wed 09:00 LNER5454%8%8%1
Mon 09:00 LNER5254%4%4%1
Sat 16:30 LNER4055%8%5%1
Tue 12:30 LNER5553%13%7%0
Thu 08:30 LNER5353%12%0%1
Tue 11:25 Lumo3456%9%6%2
Tue 08:26 Lumo3456%12%3%0
Sun 15:30 LNER4154%5%3%1
Mon 14:30 LNER5252%16%4%1
Thu 16:00 LNER5252%4%2%2
Wed 19:25 LNER1861%0%0%0
Sat 11:00 LNER3754%8%0%1
Sat 10:00 LNER3754%11%3%1
Fri 10:00 LNER4852%7%0%2
Tue 10:00 LNER5551%4%2%3
Wed 10:30 LNER5351%12%6%1
Mon 07:30 LNER5351%6%2%2
Mon 17:00 LNER5250%6%0%4
Fri 17:00 LNER5050%8%2%1
Tue 16:30 LNER5549%11%4%2
Fri 09:30 LNER5349%10%0%1
Fri 08:30 LNER5349%6%2%2
Mon 16:00 LNER5149%6%2%1
Mon 15:00 LNER5248%16%4%1
Thu 12:30 LNER5248%12%2%0
Mon 11:30 LNER5248%10%4%2
Mon 14:00 LNER5248%14%6%3
Thu 11:00 LNER5248%0%0%2
Thu 07:30 LNER5347%8%2%0
Fri 09:00 LNER5347%2%2%2
Sun 13:30 LNER4149%23%3%1
Sat 11:30 LNER4149%7%2%0
Fri 16:00 LNER5147%14%6%1
Wed 11:00 LNER5446%7%7%0
Fri 18:00 LNER3250%13%3%2
Mon 17:30 LNER5246%8%6%2
Wed 16:30 LNER5246%8%6%4
Tue 11:00 LNER5545%6%2%2
Mon 10:30 LNER5046%15%0%3
Mon 09:30 LNER5345%6%6%1
Wed 11:30 LNER5345%13%2%0
Wed 11:25 Lumo3348%6%3%0
Thu 05:48 LNER2152%5%0%1
Tue 16:13 Lumo2152%10%5%0
Wed 11:24 Lumo2152%10%5%0
Tue 17:30 LNER5444%13%2%1
Wed 12:30 LNER5444%11%2%0
Wed 18:00 LNER3148%21%3%2
Mon 11:00 LNER5244%6%4%0
Mon 16:30 LNER5244%4%2%3
Tue 18:00 LNER3447%7%0%4
Sat 17:21 Lumo2450%8%0%0
Sun 14:26 Lumo2450%4%4%0
Sat 16:00 LNER3746%8%6%1
Sat 17:00 LNER3746%9%3%3
Thu 09:30 LNER5343%8%0%0
Fri 11:00 LNER5343%10%2%2
Tue 06:26 Lumo2250%0%0%1
Thu 16:13 Lumo2050%0%0%0
Sat 09:00 LNER4144%3%3%2
Tue 11:30 LNER5542%24%11%0
Tue 16:00 LNER5542%4%0%5
Tue 17:00 LNER5542%4%0%6
Tue 15:30 LNER5542%6%0%1
Mon 15:30 LNER5342%18%2%3
Wed 19:00 LNER3145%7%4%3
Thu 06:23 Lumo2148%5%5%1
Thu 09:24 Lumo2148%5%0%0
Fri 06:23 Lumo2148%10%0%0
Mon 13:00 LNER5240%8%2%2
Thu 17:30 LNER5240%12%4%1
Mon 06:23 Lumo1650%13%0%1
Sun 10:26 Lumo2446%4%0%0
Thu 10:30 LNER5340%9%0%0
Tue 10:30 LNER5340%16%6%2
Fri 16:30 LNER5340%15%6%0
Tue 19:25 LNER1947%5%0%0
Mon 16:13 Lumo1947%6%0%1
Sat 10:30 LNER3941%16%3%2
Mon 12:30 LNER5139%12%4%1
Thu 15:30 LNER5238%6%2%1
Sat 15:26 Lumo3441%15%9%0
Sat 14:30 LNER4340%9%2%0
Wed 17:00 LNER5338%17%2%1
Sat 06:26 Lumo2343%5%0%1
Thu 15:26 Lumo3241%3%3%0
Fri 17:30 LNER5137%12%2%0
Wed 17:30 LNER5237%21%4%0
Tue 11:24 Lumo2143%10%10%0
Thu 11:30 LNER5336%10%2%1
Fri 15:30 LNER5336%10%2%1
Thu 18:00 LNER3139%19%8%5
Mon 11:24 Lumo1942%21%5%0
Sat 17:30 LNER3238%9%0%0
Fri 15:26 Lumo3238%16%13%1
Fri 11:30 LNER5334%14%4%2
Wed 15:26 Lumo3336%18%6%0
Thu 11:24 Lumo2040%0%0%0
Sat 13:00 LNER3735%11%3%1
Sat 12:30 LNER3834%21%3%0
Fri 05:40 LNER2138%5%0%1
Tue 05:40 LNER2138%0%0%1
Fri 10:30 LNER5328%16%2%2
Mon 15:26 Lumo3231%10%3%1
Thu 05:40 LNER2133%10%5%0
Tue 15:26 Lumo3429%12%6%0
Sun 14:30 LNER4028%15%3%0
Fri 12:30 LNER5225%20%4%1
Mon 05:40 LNER2030%6%0%2
Wed 05:40 LNER2129%0%0%0
Fri 16:13 Lumo2129%14%0%0
Sat 15:30 LNER4224%17%7%0
Fri 11:24 Lumo2124%14%5%0
Sat 18:00 LNER2322%27%0%1
Sat 11:25 Lumo2417%17%0%0

Frequently asked

How often is the Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross train delayed?

Over the last 12 months, 57% of the 11,137 recorded Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross journeys arrived within 5 minutes of schedule. 8% arrived at least 30 minutes late. A delay this long may let a passenger claim Delay Repay compensation. 3% did not complete the journey. The train company checks each claim.

Which Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross train has the strongest on-time record?

The Sun 19:25 (LNER) has the best record after allowing for the number of past journeys. It was on time for 100% of its 23 recorded journeys.

Which Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross train was at least 30 minutes late most often?

The Tue 11:30 (LNER) was at least 30 minutes late most often after allowing for the number of past journeys. This happened on 24% of journeys that reached London King's Cross. This shows train delays, not whether passengers made claims or received money.

Can I get money back if my Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross train is late?

You may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation. Arriving 30 to 59 minutes late at London King's Cross may mean compensation worth half of a one-way ticket price. Arriving 60 minutes late or more may mean compensation worth the full one-way ticket price. The train company checks your ticket, journey and claim before deciding.