City of Westminster to Brighton train

Trains from City of Westminster to Brighton start at €11.88 and take 1h 24m at their fastest.

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The Trains from City of Westminster to Brighton starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 24m door to door, run by 6 operators over 86 km, with around 22 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 24mDoor to door
  • 40mMoving
  • €12.99 to €21.79From
  • 06:30 to 17:09First and last departure
  • 22Per day
  • 2.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€12.99 to €21.79 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Buying this journey

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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 €21.79Mon21
  2. about €18.49Tue22
  3. about €19.04Wed23
  4. about €19.59Thu24
  5. about €18.49Fri25
  6. about €19.04Sat26
  7. about €17.94Sun27
  8. about €12.99Mon28
  9. about €12.99Tue29
  10. about €12.99Wed30
  11. about €15.19Thu1
  12. about €14.64Fri2
  13. about €14.64Sat3
  14. about €13.54Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Eurostar E835706:5544m07:39City of Westminster stationNewhaven Harbour

Door to door 1h 28mCO2 2.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€12.99
  1. Eurostar E284112:0240m12:42City of Westminster stationNewhaven Harbour

Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

The train gets you into Brighton. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Brighton for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Newhaven Harbour and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book City of Westminster to Brighton

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

  1. €12.9990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €13.5414 days
  7. €17.947 days
  8. €19.043 days
  9. €21.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 83 percent. The dearest point is €21.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €13.54Sun
  2. €12.99Mon
  3. €12.99Tue
  4. €12.99Wed
  5. €15.19Thu
  6. €14.64Fri
  7. €14.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Brighton

Rail
  • Newhaven Harbour
The journey

What the journey 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 86 km against 74 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Maidstone, Gillingham, Hastings, Chatham. 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 City of Westminster at 06:30 and the last at 17:09, across 22 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about City of Westminster to Brighton

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 City of Westminster to Brighton take?

The Train from City of Westminster to Brighton takes 1h 24m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving. The route runs 86 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 City of Westminster to Brighton cost?

The Train from City of Westminster to Brighton starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.44. 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 City of Westminster to Brighton?

6 operators run the Train from City of Westminster to Brighton: Eurostar, Govia Thameslink Railway, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Southeastern. Between them they file around 22 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 City of Westminster to Brighton use?

The Train from City of Westminster to Brighton leaves from City of Westminster station and arrives at Newhaven Harbour. 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.

When should I book the Train from City of Westminster to Brighton?

Fares for the Train from City of Westminster to Brighton bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 83 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from City of Westminster to Brighton produce?

The Train from City of Westminster to Brighton produces about 2.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 86 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 City of Westminster to Brighton?

Operators on the Train from City of Westminster to Brighton publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 24m 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for City of Westminster to Brighton on 20 September 2026: 86 km of route against 74 km in a straight line, 22 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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