London to Ghent train

Trains from London to Ghent start at €41.04 and take 2h 57m at their fastest.

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The Trains from London to Ghent starts at €41.04 and takes 2h 57m door to door, run by 2 operators over 313 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 57mDoor to door
  • 2h 13mMoving
  • €41.04 to €82.84From
  • 06:31 to 14:44First and last departure
  • 7Per day
  • 10.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€41.04 to €82.84 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 €82.84Mon14
  2. about €60.84Tue15
  3. about €74.59Wed16
  4. about €81.19Thu17
  5. about €65.24Fri18
  6. about €65.24Sat19
  7. about €66.34Sun20
  8. about €43.24Mon21
  9. about €41.04Tue22
  10. about €45.99Wed23
  11. about €59.19Thu24
  12. about €52.04Fri25
  13. about €54.79Sat26
  14. about €48.19Sun27

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 28 September 2026

Cheapest€36.64
  1. Eurostar International EI147806:402h 25m09:05London St Pancras InternationalGent Sint Pieters

Door to door 3h 9mCO2 10.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€45.44
  1. Eurostar E110706:312h 13m08:44London St Pancras InternationalGent Sint Pieters

Door to door 2h 57mCO2 10.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Eurostar€37.74
Eurostar International€36.64

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

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A room in Ghent for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book London to Ghent

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

  1. €40.4990 days
  2. €39.9460 days
  3. €33.3445 days
  4. €28.9430 days
  5. €37.7421 days
  6. €48.1914 days
  7. €66.347 days
  8. €74.593 days
  9. €82.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.94.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 186 percent. The dearest point is €82.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €48.19Sun
  2. €43.24Mon
  3. €41.04Tue
  4. €45.99Wed
  5. €59.19Thu
  6. €52.04Fri
  7. €54.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

London

Rail
  • London St Pancras International
  • Ealing Broadway
  • East Croydon

Gent

Rail
  • Gent Sint Pieters
  • Gent-Sint-Pieters
  • Gent-Oost railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 313 km against 272 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, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 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 London at 06:31 and the last at 14:44, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about London to Ghent

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 London to Ghent take?

The Train from London to Ghent takes 2h 57m door to door, of which 2h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 313 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 London to Ghent cost?

The Train from London to Ghent starts at €41.04 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €45.44. 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 London to Ghent?

2 operators run the Train from London to Ghent: Eurostar, Eurostar International. Between them they file around 7 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 London to Ghent use?

The Train from London to Ghent leaves from London St Pancras International and arrives at Gent Sint Pieters. 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 London to Ghent?

Fares for the Train from London to Ghent bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.94. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from London to Ghent produces about 10.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 313 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 London to Ghent?

Operators on the Train from London to Ghent publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 57m 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 London to Ghent on 13 September 2026: 313 km of route against 272 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 2h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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