![Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905 Photograph of the exterior facades of the Wilcox Building, located in Downtown Los Angeles, on the southeast corner of 2nd Street (left, eastbound) and Spring Street (right, southbound) ca.1905. The building stands five-stories tall (plus basement). The roof has a concrete balustrade and a flagpole. There are two narrow balconies visible, one on the corner (center), and one on the right side of the building above the large arched Spring Street entrance. The streets are bustling with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Horse drawn carriages and streetcars can be seen on the streets. The bell tower of Saint Vibiana's Cathedral can be seen at left. Legible signs include: "the El[...], Sig[...], rooms", "J.F. McEl[...], printer[s]", "First National Bank", "California railway", "Santa Fe", "Freight and Ticket Office", "200", "Vernon", "Equitable Life Assurance Society", "Fred A. Hines, A.P. Chipron, general agent, Douglas E. Poole, cashier", "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., incorporated by the state of New York, district office", "W.I. Hollingsworth & Co.", "real estate loans", "John T. Griffith Company", "real estate insurance, rentals, loans", "Dr. Cowles, chief medical examiner", "Germa[n] Bu[ilding]", "Union [...]efining", "Douglas, Lacey & Co.", "law offices of R. Wilson", "Doctor Solomon, eyes, ears, nose, and throat", "808, H. Jevne Co." The Wilcox Building was designed by the San Francisco firm of Pissis & Moore, with a Classical Revival facade of grey sandstone. Completed in 1896. The Bryson Block and Hollenbeck Hotel were "more flamboyant neighbors." After extensive damage during the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971, its upper four stories were demolished, leaving only the basement and the unrecognizable stripped facade of the ground floor. Call number: CHS-5129 Legacy record ID: chs-m1101; USC-1-1-1-1137 Filename: CHS-5129 Coverage date: circa 1905 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5129 Microfiche number: 1-9-52 Archival file: chs_Volume25/CHS-5129.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): buildings Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1905 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2; Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Wilcox Building Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Geographic subject (roadway): Spring Street & 2nd Street Subject (lcsh): Buildings Subject: Wilcox Building, built 1896](/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2F3688a8c44d725b0003a0d3ef.jpg&w=1920&q=78)
One passenger pays £25.73, every fee included. Services cover 218 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £25.73, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 21 October 2026
£25.73
- 144%Moves across the booking window
144%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Luton and Poole.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £53.54Thu8
- about £47.42Fri9
- about £43.64Sat10
- about £42.70Sun11
- about £32.33Mon12
- about £37.51Tue13
- about £32.33Wed14
- about £33.27Thu15
- about £31.39Fri16
- about £39.87Sat17
- about £37.04Sun18
- about £32.79Mon19
- about £30.91Tue20
- about £25.73Wed21
- about £32.79Thu22
- about £31.38Fri23
- about £31.86Sat24
- about £33.26Sun25
- about £25.73Mon26
- about £26.67Tue27
- about £29.03Wed28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Poole for the night the train gets in
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When to book Luton to Poole
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £21.9690 days
- £31.3860 days
- £23.8445 days
- £28.0830 days
- £29.0321 days
- £25.7314 days
- £32.337 days
- £43.643 days
- £53.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £21.96.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 144 percent. The dearest point is £53.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Luton to Poole and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
218 km
169 km as the crow flies, 29% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
225,262 → 151,500
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 218 km against 169 km in a straight line, a detour of 29 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at London. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Poole railway station
Most of the points near Poole railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Luton to Poole
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Luton to Poole?
Luton to Poole covers 218 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Luton to Poole?
The cheapest fare from Luton to Poole is £25.73, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £32.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Luton to Poole?
The cheapest way from Luton to Poole is by train, at £25.73 for one passenger on 21 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Luton to Poole?
Fares from Luton to Poole bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £21.96. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 144 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Luton to Poole?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Luton to Poole, at £29.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 7 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Luton to Poole?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Luton to Poole, at £23.37 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Luton to Poole?
2 operators sell services from Luton to Poole across 1 mode: Avanti West Coast, Great Western Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Luton to Poole?
0 percent of the services we sell from Luton to Poole are direct. The rest connect at London, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Luton to Poole use?
Services from Luton to Poole by train leave from Luton railway station and arrive at Poole railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Luton to Poole?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Luton to Poole allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Poole a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Poole and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Poole in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Luton reaches 100 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 34 to 9,622 km. Poole reaches 8 places in 2 countries, from 46 to 588 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Luton
- 100Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 10Operators
36
10Arriving in Poole
Leaving Poole
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators