Travel information

York has excellent motorway links to all regions of the UK. York by train is simple, excellent rail links bring you from London, Edinburgh, Manchester in around 2 hours.

Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds/Bradford airports are within easy reach. The ports of Hull and Newcastle are both within a two-hour drive.

By road

Situated midway between Edinburgh and London, just 20 minutes from the M1/M62 motorway network, York is within comfortable travelling times of most regions in the UK. These sites help you to plan your route to York by car and include traffic reports and best-route information:
AA Routefinder
Info Transport
RAC Travel services
York Council Park & Ride

By air

York is in easy travelling distance of 3 international airports - Leeds/Bradford, Humberside and Manchester. From Manchester International Airport, frequent Transpennine trains provide the city with a direct round the clock link.

By Coach

National Express offer an efficient, good value service to York, from most major UK destinations.
For National Express Enquiries & Bookings please e-mail: tourism@yorkvic.co.uk

By Train

Getting to York by train is easy and great value too. From London the Journey time is under two hours; Edinburgh is only two and a half hours from York and there are direct services from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and the South West. You can obtain further details about rail travel from the following websites:
National Rail journey planner
GNER
Northern Rail
Virgin Trains

By Sea

For European visitors, York is only one hour from the P&O Sea Ferries terminal at Kingston-upon-Hull with daily sailings to Holland and Belgium.