Fastest€30.59
- London North Eastern Railway LN571711:411h 31m13:12Derby railway stationLondon St Pancras International
Door to door 2h 15mCO2 6.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Derby to London train
Trains from Derby to London start at €27.29 and take 2h 15m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Derby to London on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Derby to London starts at €27.29 and takes 2h 15m door to door, run by 6 operators over 210 km, with around 21 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 15mDoor to door
- 1h 31mMoving
- €27.29 to €48.74From
- 06:04 to 17:11First and last departure
- 21Per day
- 6.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 30 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€27.29 to €48.74 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
- about €48.74Mon14
- about €41.04Tue15
- about €44.34Wed16
- about €46.54Thu17
- about €43.79Fri18
- about €43.24Sat19
- about €40.49Sun20
- about €28.94Mon21
- about €27.29Tue22
- about €28.94Wed23
- about €37.74Thu24
- about €33.89Fri25
- about €34.99Sat26
- about €33.89Sun27
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €23.44 | 2h 13m |
 East Midlands | €24.54 | 2h 13m |
 Grand Central | €24.54 | 2h 14m |
 London Midland | €23.99 | 2h 13m |
 London North Eastern Railway | €22.89 | 2h 14m |
 Lumo | €25.64 | 2h 13m |
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A room in London for the night the train gets in
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When to book Derby to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €12.2860 days
- €10.6345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €12.2821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €18.887 days
- €19.983 days
- €21.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 103 percent. The dearest point is €21.63, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €18.33Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €13.38Tue
- €15.03Wed
- €17.23Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €18.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Derby
Rail
- Derby railway station
- Derby Friargate railway station
- Derby Nottingham Road railway station
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
What the journey actually 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 210 km against 182 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 Luton, Northampton, Milton Keynes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Derby at 06:04 and the last at 17:11, across 21 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 15m | 1h 31m | 44m | €27.29 | 6.9 kg | 21 |
| Coach | 3h 34m | 2h 50m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.7 kg | 3 |
Questions about Derby 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 Derby to London take?
The Train from Derby to London takes 2h 15m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 210 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 Derby to London cost?
The Train from Derby to London starts at €27.29 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.94. 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 Derby to London?
6 operators run the Train from Derby to London: Avanti West Coast, East Midlands, Grand Central, London Midland, London North Eastern Railway. 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 Derby to London use?
The Train from Derby to London leaves from Derby railway station 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 Derby to London?
Travelling from Derby to London by Coach costs €13.38 and takes 3h 34m door to door, against 2h 15m 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 Derby to London?
Fares for the Train from Derby to London bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 103 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Derby to London produce?
The Train from Derby to London produces about 6.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 210 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 Derby to London?
Operators on the Train from Derby to London publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 15m 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 Derby to London on 13 September 2026: 210 km of route against 182 km in a straight line, 21 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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