--- title: "London to Luton Luton – 3 ways by car, train, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "London to Luton Luton is 46 km. Fastest: train in 56 min. Cheapest: drive from £5. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-luton-luton" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-luton-luton.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from London to Luton Luton [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Luton+Luton) [Luton Luton to London](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luton-luton-to-london) **Fastest:** 56 min\ by train, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £5\ by car\ **Distance:** 46 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 3 ways, Mon 26 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 46 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 26 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best£7 cheaper than the train and about as quick. - [**Drive** best cheapest 1h 4m£5–6 Estimated 54 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Luton+Luton) - [**Train** fastest 56 min£7–27 Estimated 3 departures · Thameslink](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Luton+Luton) - [**Taxi** 1h 4m£75–110 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Luton+Luton) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:02 → 08:58 56 min · 1 change · London Underground (TfL) Piccadilly£8–27](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Luton+Luton&date=2026-10-26&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [08:14 → 09:28 1h 14m · direct · Thameslink£7–27](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Luton+Luton&date=2026-10-26&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 3. [08:17 → 09:20 1h 3m · 1 change · London Underground (TfL) Piccadilly£8–27](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Luton+Luton&date=2026-10-26&time=08%3A00&it=t4) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from London to Luton Luton? The fastest way is by train: about 56 min door to door. The straight-line distance is 46 km. What is the cheapest way from London to Luton Luton? Drive is the cheapest, from £5. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from London to Luton Luton? Yes. Today's timetable shows 1 direct train, the fastest taking 56 min. Fares run £7–27 across classes. How far is Luton Luton from London by road? About 54 km, roughly 1h 4m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £5–6; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Metro - London Underground (TfL) Railways - Thameslink Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Luton Luton Town in Bedfordshire, England Luton is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England. The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. [The Luton Luton guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/luton-luton) Worth your time - Wardown House Museum and Gallery, Wardown Park, Old Bedford Road,. - Shaw's Corner Ayot St Lawrence (on the way to Welwyn Garden City). - Someries Castle Although always referred to as a castle, it was a 15th-century fortified manor house. - Luton Town FC "The Hatters" were relegated in 2024 then again in 2025 and now play soccer in League One, the third tier. 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