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

13,563 recorded journeys in the last 12 months with LNER and Lumo. Delay is measured when the train reached Edinburgh Waverley.

57%

arrive on time (±5 min)

11%

at least 30 minutes late

at least 60 minutes late

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

Wed 08:00 LNER

On time 100% of 21 journeys

Most often 30 minutes late or more

Fri 14:03 LNER

At least 30 minutes late on 34% of 44 journeys that reached Edinburgh Waverley

How this journey has changed

Monthly performance measured when trains reached Edinburgh Waverley. The latest incomplete month is marked “to date”.

Recent direction: average delay rose from 7.6 minutes to 12.2 minutes between the two latest complete months.

Month	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	Cancelled	Average delay
Dec 2025	861	60%	9%	4%	9.4 min
Jan 2026	968	59%	10%	3%	8.5 min
Feb 2026	736	64%	6%	2%	6.8 min
Mar 2026	854	62%	10%	2%	7.6 min
Apr 2026	979	50%	10%	4%	10 min
May 2026	816	53%	18%	4%	13.6 min
Jun 2026	980	51%	13%	2%	10.8 min
Jul 2026	1011	50%	11%	<1%	10.2 min
Aug 2026	964	41%	20%	4%	14.9 min
Sept 2026	897	59%	7%	<1%	7.6 min
Oct 2026	820	49%	15%	2%	12.2 min
Nov 2026 to date	34	24%	27%	3%	20.1 min

Every departure, ranked

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

Train	Journeys	On time	30 minutes late or more	60 minutes late or more	Cancelled
Wed 08:00 LNER	21	100%	0%	0%	0
Sat 09:00 LNER	15	100%	0%	0%	0
Thu 09:03 LNER	45	91%	2%	0%	0
Wed 06:15 LNER	21	95%	0%	0%	0
Thu 07:03 LNER	45	89%	0%	0%	0
Sat 05:45 Lumo	30	90%	3%	0%	1
Sat 06:30 LNER	33	88%	6%	0%	0
Thu 06:15 LNER	21	90%	0%	0%	1
Thu 09:30 LNER	66	82%	2%	0%	3
Sat 07:30 LNER	48	83%	7%	0%	2
Sat 13:00 LNER	15	93%	0%	0%	0
Mon 06:15 LNER	20	90%	0%	0%	2
Wed 07:30 LNER	67	81%	2%	2%	2
Thu 07:30 LNER	65	80%	0%	0%	2
Tue 06:30 LNER	45	82%	0%	0%	1
Mon 07:30 LNER	63	79%	7%	2%	2
Tue 07:03 LNER	46	80%	7%	0%	0
Fri 07:03 LNER	44	80%	7%	2%	0
Mon 06:30 LNER	44	80%	14%	0%	0
Fri 06:15 LNER	21	86%	5%	0%	1
Fri 08:00 LNER	21	86%	5%	0%	1
Thu 05:48 Lumo	21	86%	5%	0%	0
Tue 08:00 LNER	21	86%	10%	0%	0
Fri 07:30 LNER	65	77%	8%	3%	4
Wed 09:30 LNER	67	76%	3%	0%	1
Wed 07:03 LNER	46	78%	4%	4%	0
Sat 07:03 LNER	35	80%	3%	3%	0
Tue 09:03 LNER	45	78%	7%	2%	0
Tue 07:30 LNER	66	74%	5%	0%	3
Mon 07:03 LNER	43	77%	7%	2%	0
Mon 05:45 Lumo	44	75%	2%	0%	1
Thu 12:30 LNER	65	72%	14%	0%	2
Thu 08:00 LNER	21	81%	5%	0%	0
Tue 05:48 Lumo	21	81%	0%	0%	0
Tue 14:00 LNER	21	81%	0%	0%	0
Tue 17:00 LNER	21	81%	5%	5%	0
Wed 09:00 LNER	21	81%	0%	0%	0
Tue 05:45 Lumo	46	74%	2%	0%	1
Sat 14:30 LNER	49	73%	0%	0%	1
Thu 08:30 LNER	66	71%	5%	0%	1
Tue 09:30 LNER	67	70%	6%	2%	3
Fri 05:45 Lumo	44	73%	5%	0%	1
Sat 09:03 LNER	35	74%	9%	0%	1
Mon 08:30 LNER	66	70%	8%	0%	4
Mon 18:00 LNER	65	69%	5%	0%	2
Tue 08:30 LNER	67	69%	0%	0%	3
Mon 09:30 LNER	66	68%	8%	2%	2
Fri 06:30 LNER	44	70%	5%	0%	3
Sun 16:13 Lumo	27	74%	7%	0%	0
Wed 08:30 LNER	67	67%	5%	0%	3
Wed 05:45 Lumo	46	70%	7%	2%	2
Wed 06:30 LNER	46	70%	7%	7%	0
Wed 09:03 LNER	46	70%	4%	0%	0
Fri 12:18 Lumo	21	76%	0%	0%	0
Tue 06:15 LNER	21	76%	10%	10%	0
Tue 09:00 LNER	21	76%	10%	0%	0
Wed 05:48 Lumo	21	76%	10%	5%	0
Wed 10:00 LNER	21	76%	5%	0%	0
Wed 11:00 LNER	21	76%	10%	0%	0
Sat 11:00 LNER	15	80%	0%	0%	1
Mon 05:48 Lumo	18	78%	6%	0%	2
Thu 05:45 Lumo	45	69%	0%	0%	2
Tue 12:30 LNER	67	66%	9%	0%	2
Tue 16:00 LNER	67	66%	12%	3%	1
Mon 05:48 LNER	44	68%	9%	5%	0
Thu 06:30 LNER	44	68%	10%	0%	2
Sat 11:30 LNER	49	67%	10%	0%	1
Thu 14:00 LNER	20	75%	5%	5%	0
Thu 20:27 Lumo	20	75%	15%	0%	0
Tue 08:03 LNER	46	67%	9%	0%	0
Thu 18:00 LNER	65	65%	6%	0%	0
Mon 09:03 LNER	45	67%	9%	2%	1
Mon 17:03 LNER	45	67%	7%	4%	0
Thu 18:30 LNER	64	64%	7%	0%	3
Thu 12:00 LNER	19	74%	0%	0%	0
Sun 16:00 LNER	44	66%	7%	2%	1
Mon 18:30 LNER	65	63%	11%	3%	1
Wed 13:30 LNER	67	63%	7%	0%	8
Sat 06:15 LNER	16	75%	0%	0%	0
Thu 19:00 LNER	64	63%	5%	0%	1
Wed 18:30 LNER	64	63%	8%	0%	2
Sun 16:30 LNER	43	65%	5%	0%	1
Sat 10:15 Lumo	31	68%	10%	3%	0
Tue 11:00 LNER	21	71%	5%	0%	0
Tue 13:00 LNER	21	71%	10%	5%	0
Wed 07:00 LNER	21	71%	0%	0%	0
Wed 14:00 LNER	21	71%	10%	10%	0
Thu 08:03 LNER	45	64%	11%	0%	0
Thu 12:14 Lumo	45	64%	20%	2%	0
Sat 10:30 LNER	49	63%	11%	6%	2
Sun 12:30 LNER	44	64%	7%	0%	3
Sun 11:03 LNER	30	67%	10%	0%	1
Tue 18:00 LNER	66	61%	8%	0%	4
Thu 13:00 LNER	20	70%	0%	0%	0
Sat 08:00 LNER	15	73%	0%	0%	0
Sat 10:00 LNER	15	73%	7%	7%	0
Wed 18:00 LNER	63	60%	15%	3%	1
Thu 14:30 LNER	65	60%	13%	2%	2
Sun 19:03 LNER	27	67%	4%	0%	1
Tue 13:30 LNER	67	60%	5%	3%	4
Tue 14:30 LNER	67	60%	16%	5%	3
Thu 11:03 LNER	45	62%	2%	0%	1
Sat 09:30 LNER	49	61%	10%	2%	1
Thu 16:30 LNER	64	59%	7%	3%	4
Mon 17:30 LNER	66	59%	3%	0%	2
Thu 11:30 LNER	66	59%	3%	2%	2
Sat 18:03 LNER	31	65%	13%	7%	1
Fri 09:03 LNER	44	61%	14%	5%	1
Sun 11:30 LNER	44	61%	14%	5%	2
Thu 20:03 LNER	44	61%	5%	2%	1
Thu 20:30 Lumo	44	61%	7%	5%	1
Tue 12:14 Lumo	46	61%	15%	4%	0
Tue 17:03 LNER	46	61%	16%	2%	2
Fri 08:30 LNER	65	58%	10%	2%	6
Fri 09:30 LNER	65	58%	11%	2%	4
Mon 19:00 LNER	65	58%	8%	3%	3
Sat 11:03 LNER	35	63%	12%	0%	2
Sat 08:30 LNER	48	60%	9%	4%	3
Sun 08:30 LNER	26	65%	19%	4%	0
Fri 20:27 Lumo	19	68%	11%	0%	0
Sun 09:30 LNER	43	60%	5%	3%	3
Mon 14:30 LNER	66	58%	11%	2%	2
Thu 10:30 LNER	66	58%	14%	2%	1
Sun 15:03 LNER	30	63%	0%	0%	0
Mon 08:03 LNER	45	60%	13%	2%	0
Sun 15:30 LNER	45	60%	5%	0%	2
Thu 15:03 LNER	45	60%	14%	0%	1
Thu 17:03 LNER	45	60%	9%	2%	0
Tue 07:00 LNER	21	67%	10%	5%	0
Wed 12:00 LNER	21	67%	14%	0%	0
Wed 12:18 Lumo	21	67%	10%	0%	0
Wed 20:27 Lumo	21	67%	5%	0%	0
Sat 17:30 LNER	51	59%	10%	4%	1
Fri 14:30 LNER	63	57%	18%	3%	3
Thu 16:00 LNER	65	57%	6%	2%	0
Tue 16:30 LNER	67	57%	9%	2%	3
Wed 14:30 LNER	67	57%	11%	0%	5
Wed 16:00 LNER	67	57%	13%	6%	0
Sun 18:30 LNER	42	60%	5%	0%	0
Thu 13:03 LNER	44	59%	5%	5%	1
Wed 05:48 LNER	46	59%	9%	4%	0
Wed 12:14 Lumo	46	59%	7%	2%	2
Wed 13:03 LNER	46	59%	20%	7%	0
Mon 16:30 LNER	66	56%	5%	3%	3
Wed 10:30 LNER	66	56%	6%	0%	2
Sun 09:03 LNER	29	62%	7%	0%	1
Sat 14:15 Lumo	31	61%	6%	0%	0
Mon 16:00 LNER	65	55%	8%	3%	1
Thu 17:30 LNER	65	55%	3%	3%	3
Mon 15:03 LNER	45	58%	14%	2%	1
Tue 05:48 LNER	45	58%	7%	2%	0
Thu 12:18 Lumo	20	65%	5%	5%	1
Sun 18:33 LNER	22	64%	18%	0%	0
Tue 19:00 LNER	66	55%	14%	5%	1
Sun 13:30 LNER	44	57%	12%	5%	2
Wed 11:30 LNER	67	54%	8%	2%	4
Wed 12:30 LNER	67	54%	15%	0%	6
Sat 14:00 LNER	15	67%	0%	0%	0
Mon 19:30 LNER	45	56%	5%	2%	2
Thu 19:30 LNER	43	56%	7%	0%	1
Sun 14:30 LNER	39	56%	15%	5%	0
Fri 14:00 LNER	21	62%	10%	0%	0
Tue 10:00 LNER	21	62%	5%	0%	0
Tue 12:00 LNER	21	62%	0%	0%	0
Tue 12:18 Lumo	21	62%	0%	0%	0
Tue 11:30 LNER	67	52%	8%	3%	3
Fri 10:30 LNER	65	52%	15%	2%	4
Sat 16:00 LNER	46	54%	7%	0%	0
Wed 08:03 LNER	46	54%	9%	4%	0
Wed 11:03 LNER	46	54%	7%	2%	2
Tue 18:30 LNER	66	52%	20%	3%	7
Wed 15:30 LNER	66	52%	17%	2%	1
Tue 20:03 LNER	38	55%	26%	5%	0
Fri 12:30 LNER	64	52%	20%	5%	3
Thu 15:30 LNER	65	51%	6%	2%	1
Wed 17:30 LNER	65	51%	9%	3%	1
Fri 20:03 LNER	43	53%	19%	7%	1
Mon 09:00 LNER	20	60%	16%	5%	1
Mon 12:00 LNER	20	60%	11%	0%	1
Thu 14:48 Lumo	20	60%	15%	5%	0
Thu 17:00 LNER	20	60%	5%	0%	0
Tue 17:30 LNER	66	50%	13%	3%	4
Wed 15:03 LNER	46	52%	16%	2%	1
Sat 12:30 LNER	49	51%	8%	0%	1
Sat 16:30 LNER	49	51%	6%	0%	2
Mon 12:30 LNER	65	49%	22%	2%	2
Sun 09:20 Lumo	27	56%	15%	7%	0
Fri 16:30 LNER	63	49%	18%	0%	1
Tue 13:03 LNER	45	51%	7%	5%	2
Mon 11:30 LNER	66	48%	11%	2%	4
Mon 15:30 LNER	66	48%	15%	0%	4
Wed 16:30 LNER	66	48%	8%	5%	3
Wed 20:03 LNER	43	51%	14%	5%	0
Sat 05:48 LNER	34	53%	3%	0%	0
Fri 17:30 LNER	64	48%	15%	5%	3
Thu 07:00 LNER	21	57%	0%	0%	0
Thu 11:00 LNER	21	57%	5%	0%	0
Tue 15:00 LNER	21	57%	5%	0%	0
Mon 07:00 LNER	19	58%	11%	0%	1
Tue 10:30 LNER	67	48%	18%	3%	1
Sun 17:30 LNER	39	51%	6%	0%	5
Tue 20:30 Lumo	30	53%	23%	13%	0
Tue 11:03 LNER	46	50%	14%	5%	3
Wed 10:15 Lumo	46	50%	11%	4%	1
Fri 16:00 LNER	65	48%	15%	5%	0
Mon 20:03 LNER	37	51%	11%	0%	0
Fri 05:48 LNER	44	50%	16%	0%	0
Fri 17:03 LNER	44	50%	9%	0%	1
Thu 05:48 LNER	44	50%	5%	0%	0
Sat 15:00 LNER	15	60%	13%	0%	0
Sat 17:03 LNER	35	51%	6%	3%	0
Mon 13:30 LNER	66	47%	10%	2%	4
Wed 17:03 LNER	45	49%	7%	0%	0
Tue 15:30 LNER	67	46%	13%	3%	3
Fri 12:14 Lumo	43	49%	21%	2%	1
Thu 13:30 LNER	65	46%	6%	2%	2
Mon 20:30 Lumo	29	52%	21%	7%	0
Wed 19:00 LNER	63	46%	13%	2%	2
Fri 12:00 LNER	20	55%	5%	5%	0
Mon 08:00 LNER	20	55%	0%	0%	3
Thu 15:00 LNER	20	55%	11%	0%	1
Wed 20:30 Lumo	44	48%	20%	7%	0
Sat 15:30 LNER	47	47%	9%	0%	0
Fri 11:30 LNER	65	45%	18%	5%	4
Sun 13:03 LNER	30	50%	7%	3%	1
Sun 18:03 LNER	30	50%	7%	0%	0
Sat 08:03 LNER	35	49%	11%	3%	0
Sat 14:03 LNER	35	49%	14%	0%	0
Mon 11:03 LNER	45	47%	14%	0%	1
Thu 10:15 Lumo	45	47%	18%	0%	0
Thu 12:03 LNER	45	47%	16%	4%	0
Fri 20:30 Lumo	38	47%	22%	11%	1
Fri 05:48 Lumo	21	52%	5%	5%	0
Fri 07:00 LNER	21	52%	0%	0%	0
Fri 09:00 LNER	21	52%	11%	0%	2
Thu 09:00 LNER	21	52%	15%	0%	1
Thu 10:00 LNER	21	52%	5%	0%	0
Wed 13:00 LNER	21	52%	16%	11%	2
Sat 18:14 Lumo	31	48%	13%	3%	0
Fri 15:30 LNER	65	43%	8%	0%	3
Mon 12:18 Lumo	19	53%	17%	0%	1
Fri 08:03 LNER	44	45%	20%	2%	0
Fri 15:03 LNER	44	45%	16%	0%	1
Mon 14:15 Lumo	45	44%	16%	5%	1
Sat 12:03 LNER	35	46%	15%	9%	1
Sat 13:03 LNER	35	46%	14%	6%	0
Mon 13:03 LNER	43	44%	14%	2%	1
Sun 10:30 LNER	43	44%	18%	5%	3
Fri 18:00 LNER	65	42%	19%	2%	1
Fri 19:00 LNER	65	42%	20%	3%	1
Fri 18:30 LNER	63	41%	21%	3%	1
Mon 10:00 LNER	20	50%	0%	0%	1
Mon 14:00 LNER	20	50%	16%	0%	1
Sat 12:15 Lumo	31	45%	10%	0%	0
Mon 12:14 Lumo	45	42%	24%	7%	0
Tue 19:30 LNER	45	42%	11%	2%	1
Mon 10:30 LNER	66	39%	16%	2%	5
Fri 10:00 LNER	21	48%	10%	5%	0
Fri 17:00 LNER	21	48%	10%	0%	0
Tue 14:48 Lumo	21	48%	10%	5%	0
Wed 10:45 Lumo	21	48%	15%	10%	1
Wed 15:00 LNER	21	48%	5%	0%	1
Wed 17:00 LNER	21	48%	19%	14%	0
Tue 10:15 Lumo	46	41%	17%	4%	0
Tue 14:15 Lumo	46	41%	20%	11%	0
Fri 19:30 LNER	64	39%	13%	3%	2
Sat 15:03 LNER	35	43%	23%	0%	0
Fri 14:15 Lumo	44	41%	26%	10%	2
Sun 11:20 Lumo	27	44%	8%	0%	1
Sun 17:03 LNER	30	43%	0%	0%	2
Mon 10:45 Lumo	19	47%	18%	0%	2
Sat 13:30 LNER	49	39%	6%	0%	2
Tue 15:03 LNER	46	39%	22%	7%	1
Wed 14:15 Lumo	46	39%	24%	11%	0
Fri 15:00 LNER	20	45%	10%	0%	0
Fri 10:15 Lumo	44	39%	18%	7%	0
Sun 14:03 LNER	30	40%	13%	0%	0
Tue 12:03 LNER	46	37%	18%	7%	1
Fri 11:03 LNER	44	36%	16%	2%	1
Thu 14:03 LNER	45	36%	16%	0%	0
Thu 14:15 Lumo	45	36%	13%	4%	0
Sat 18:30 LNER	29	38%	24%	7%	0
Wed 12:03 LNER	46	35%	24%	7%	0
Mon 11:00 LNER	20	40%	6%	0%	3
Mon 13:00 LNER	20	40%	26%	5%	1
Mon 17:00 LNER	20	40%	6%	0%	2
Mon 10:15 Lumo	45	33%	20%	0%	1
Mon 14:03 LNER	45	33%	18%	4%	0
Fri 13:30 LNER	64	31%	7%	5%	7
Sun 10:03 LNER	42	33%	15%	3%	3
Tue 14:03 LNER	46	33%	17%	13%	0
Wed 14:03 LNER	46	33%	16%	4%	1
Sat 10:03 LNER	35	34%	9%	9%	0
Fri 10:45 Lumo	21	38%	10%	0%	0
Wed 14:48 Lumo	21	38%	19%	10%	0
Fri 14:03 LNER	44	32%	34%	9%	0
Sun 12:03 LNER	30	33%	13%	3%	0
Mon 14:48 Lumo	19	37%	22%	6%	1
Sun 13:20 Lumo	27	33%	19%	4%	0
Sun 19:20 Lumo	27	33%	22%	7%	0
Wed 19:30 LNER	43	30%	17%	7%	1
Fri 12:03 LNER	44	30%	30%	5%	1
Thu 10:03 LNER	44	30%	20%	0%	0
Tue 10:45 Lumo	20	35%	0%	0%	0
Wed 10:03 LNER	46	28%	20%	4%	0
Fri 11:00 LNER	21	33%	14%	0%	0
Thu 10:45 Lumo	21	33%	10%	0%	0
Tue 10:03 LNER	46	26%	20%	7%	0
Fri 13:03 LNER	44	25%	20%	7%	3
Mon 12:03 LNER	44	25%	25%	11%	0
Mon 15:00 LNER	20	30%	16%	0%	1
Fri 13:00 LNER	21	29%	10%	0%	1
Fri 10:03 LNER	44	16%	25%	5%	0
Mon 10:03 LNER	45	16%	22%	0%	0
Fri 14:48 Lumo	21	19%	19%	0%	0

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Frequently asked

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

Over the last 12 months, 57% of the 13,563 recorded London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley journeys arrived within 5 minutes of schedule. 11% 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 London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley train has the strongest on-time record?

The Wed 08:00 (LNER) has the best record after allowing for the number of past journeys. It was on time for 100% of its 21 recorded journeys.

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

The Fri 14:03 (LNER) was at least 30 minutes late most often after allowing for the number of past journeys. This happened on 34% of journeys that reached Edinburgh Waverley. This shows train delays, not whether passengers made claims or received money.

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

You may be able to claim Delay Repay compensation. Arriving 30 to 59 minutes late at Edinburgh Waverley 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.