Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €39.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 17m over 368 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €39.94, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€39.94
- 172%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Paris 15 Vaugirard
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:21First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Paris 15 Vaugirard and Southend-on-Sea.
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Eurostar runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €102.64Mon21
- about €87.79Tue22
- about €102.09Wed23
- about €88.34Thu24
- about €85.04Fri25
- about €89.44Sat26
- about €70.19Sun27
- about €63.04Mon28
- about €61.94Tue29
- about €55.34Wed30
- about €69.09Thu1
- about €62.49Fri2
- about €66.89Sat3
- about €65.78Sun4
- about €41.59Mon5
- about €39.94Tue6
- about €46.54Wed7
- about €60.84Thu8
- about €50.94Fri9
- about €58.09Sat10
- about €49.29Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Southend-on-Sea. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Southend-on-Sea for the night the train gets in
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When to book Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €66.8990 days
- €51.4960 days
- €37.7445 days
- €44.8930 days
- €49.2921 days
- €65.7814 days
- €70.197 days
- €102.093 days
- €102.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €102.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
368 km
320 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
229,713 → 295,310
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 368 km against 320 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bexley, Lille, Brighton, Barking. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Southend East
Most of the points near Southend East open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea
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 Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
The fastest journey from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea takes 3h 17m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 28m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
The cheapest fare from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea is €39.94, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €63.04. 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 Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
The cheapest way from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea is by train, at €39.94 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 24m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
Fares from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €37.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 172 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea, at €55.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea, at €39.39 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 Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
Eurostar publish service areas covering both Paris 15 Vaugirard and Southend-on-Sea, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
20 percent of the services we sell from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea are direct. The rest connect at Bexley, Lille, Brighton, Barking, with about 49 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 Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea use?
Services from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea by train leave from Paris 15 Vaugirard station and arrive at Southend East. 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 Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Paris 15 Vaugirard to Southend-on-Sea on 20 September 2026: 368 km of route against 320 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €39.94, and 3h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Southend-on-Sea is somebody else's catalogue.

Day trips out of Southend-on-Sea and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Southend-on-Sea in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Paris 15 Vaugirard reaches 40 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 118 to 695 km. Southend-on-Sea reaches 85 places in 5 countries, from 41 to 981 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Paris 15 Vaugirard
- 40Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 8Operators
Arriving in Southend-on-Sea
Leaving Southend-on-Sea
- 85Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 6Operators