Brighton to Islington train

Trains from Brighton to Islington start at €12.99 and take 1h 27m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Brighton to Islington starts at €12.99 and takes 1h 27m door to door, run by 5 operators over 91 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 21 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 27mDoor to door
  • 43mMoving
  • €12.99 to €22.34From
  • 06:07 to 17:28First and last departure
  • 19Per day
  • 3.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 21 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€12.99 to €22.34 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €22.34Mon14
  2. about €19.59Tue15
  3. about €21.79Wed16
  4. about €20.69Thu17
  5. about €19.59Fri18
  6. about €19.59Sat19
  7. about €18.49Sun20
  8. about €13.54Mon21
  9. about €12.99Tue22
  10. about €14.09Wed23
  11. about €17.39Thu24
  12. about €16.29Fri25
  13. about €16.29Sat26
  14. about €15.74Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 21 September 2026

Fastest€13.54
  1. Govia Thameslink Railway GT404517:1943m18:02Newhaven TownIslington station

Door to door 1h 27mCO2 3.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

The train gets you into Islington. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Islington for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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Booking window

When to book Brighton to Islington

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.087 days
  8. €11.733 days
  9. €12.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 27 percent. The dearest point is €12.83, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.07Thu
  6. €10.07Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Brighton

Rail
  • Newhaven Town
  • Brighton railway station
  • Hove railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 91 km against 79 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 Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, Hastings. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Brighton at 06:07 and the last at 17:28, across 19 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 27m43m44m€12.993.0 kg19
Coach2h 3m1h 19m44m€10.072.5 kg3

Questions about Brighton to Islington

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 the Train from Brighton to Islington take?

The Train from Brighton to Islington takes 1h 27m door to door, of which 43m is spent moving. The route runs 91 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Brighton to Islington cost?

The Train from Brighton to Islington starts at €12.99 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.84. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Brighton to Islington?

5 operators run the Train from Brighton to Islington: Eurostar International, Govia Thameslink Railway, South Western Railway, Southeastern, Southern. Between them they file around 19 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Brighton to Islington use?

The Train from Brighton to Islington leaves from Newhaven Town and arrives at Islington station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Brighton to Islington?

Travelling from Brighton to Islington by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 3m door to door, against 1h 27m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Brighton to Islington?

Fares for the Train from Brighton to Islington bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 27 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Brighton to Islington produce?

The Train from Brighton to Islington produces about 3.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 91 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Brighton to Islington?

Operators on the Train from Brighton to Islington publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 27m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brighton to Islington on 13 September 2026: 91 km of route against 79 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 1h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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