Brighton to London train

Trains from Brighton to London start at €15.19 and take 1h 25m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Brighton to London starts at €15.19 and takes 1h 25m door to door, run by 6 operators over 87 km, with around 21 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 22 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 25mDoor to door
  • 41mMoving
  • €12.99 to €23.99From
  • 06:05 to 17:25First and last departure
  • 21Per day
  • 2.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 22 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€12.99 to €23.99 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.

Eurostar runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Brighton to London 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

  1. about €22.34Fri18
  2. about €23.99Sat19
  3. about €18.49Sun20
  4. about €15.74Mon21
  5. about €15.19Tue22
  6. about €16.29Wed23
  7. about €16.29Thu24
  8. about €15.19Fri25
  9. about €15.74Sat26
  10. about €14.64Sun27
  11. about €12.99Mon28
  12. about €12.99Tue29
  13. about €13.54Wed30
  14. about €12.99Thu1

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 22 September 2026

Fastest€15.74
  1. Eurostar E353011:3841m12:19Newhaven HarbourLondon St Pancras International

Door to door 1h 25mCO2 2.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

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

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from London St Pancras International and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Brighton to London

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. €10.077 days
  8. €10.083 days
  9. €12.281 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 22 percent. The dearest point is €12.28, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
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. €10.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Brighton

Rail
  • Newhaven Harbour

London

Rail
  • London St Pancras International
  • London Euston
  • London Victoria
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 87 km against 76 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bexley, Slough, Maidstone. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:05 and the last at 17:25, across 21 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 25m41m44m€15.192.9 kg21
Coach2h 1m1h 17m44m€10.072.3 kg3

Questions about Brighton to London

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 London take?

The Train from Brighton to London takes 1h 25m door to door, of which 41m is spent moving. The route runs 87 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 London cost?

The Train from Brighton to London starts at €15.19 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €18.49. 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 London?

6 operators run the Train from Brighton to London: Eurostar, Govia Thameslink Railway, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Southeastern. Between them they file around 21 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 London use?

The Train from Brighton to London leaves from Newhaven Harbour and arrives at London St Pancras International. 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 London?

Travelling from Brighton to London by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 1m door to door, against 1h 25m 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 London?

Fares for the Train from Brighton to London bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 22 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Brighton to London produces about 2.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 87 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 London?

Operators on the Train from Brighton to London publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 25m 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 London on 17 September 2026: 87 km of route against 76 km in a straight line, 21 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 1h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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