Fastest€20.14
- Avanti West Coast AW940918:0858m19:06Manchester PiccadillyBirmingham New Street
Door to door 1h 42mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Manchester to Birmingham train
Trains from Manchester to Birmingham start at €17.94 and take 1h 42m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Manchester to Birmingham on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Manchester to Birmingham starts at €17.94 and takes 1h 42m door to door, run by 7 operators over 130 km, with around 28 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 42mDoor to door
- 58mMoving
- €17.94 to €31.69From
- 06:03 to 18:55First and last departure
- 28Per day
- 4.3 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.
€17.94 to €31.69 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 €31.69Mon14
- about €26.19Tue15
- about €30.04Wed16
- about €28.94Thu17
- about €26.74Fri18
- about €28.39Sat19
- about €25.64Sun20
- about €17.94Mon21
- about €17.94Tue22
- about €19.04Wed23
- about €23.99Thu24
- about €21.79Fri25
- about €23.44Sat26
- about €21.24Sun27
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 22 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | On board |
|---|---|---|
| Arriva Cross Country | €15.74 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Avanti West Coast | €15.74 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Caledonian Sleeper | €15.74 | Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
| Cross Country | €16.29 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 East Midlands | €16.84 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 London North Eastern Railway | €15.19 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Lumo | €15.74 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Birmingham. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Birmingham for the night the train gets in
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When to book Manchester to Birmingham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €11.1814 days
- €12.837 days
- €14.483 days
- €15.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 49 percent. The dearest point is €15.03, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.18Sun
- €10.08Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.63Wed
- €12.28Thu
- €11.18Fri
- €11.73Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Manchester
Rail
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Reddish South
- Salford Central
Birmingham
Rail
- Birmingham New Street
- Dudley Port
- Smethwick Galton Bridge Low Level
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 130 km against 113 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Manchester at 06:03 and the last at 18:55, across 28 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 | 1h 42m | 58m | 44m | €17.94 | 4.3 kg | 28 |
| Coach | 2h 34m | 1h 50m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.5 kg | 4 |
Questions about Manchester to Birmingham
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 Manchester to Birmingham take?
The Train from Manchester to Birmingham takes 1h 42m door to door, of which 58m is spent moving. The route runs 130 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 Manchester to Birmingham cost?
The Train from Manchester to Birmingham starts at €17.94 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €20.97. 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 Manchester to Birmingham?
7 operators run the Train from Manchester to Birmingham: Arriva Cross Country, Avanti West Coast, Caledonian Sleeper, Cross Country, East Midlands. Between them they file around 28 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 Manchester to Birmingham use?
The Train from Manchester to Birmingham leaves from Manchester Piccadilly and arrives at Birmingham New Street. 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 Manchester to Birmingham?
Travelling from Manchester to Birmingham by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 34m door to door, against 1h 42m 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 Manchester to Birmingham?
Fares for the Train from Manchester to Birmingham bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 49 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Manchester to Birmingham produce?
The Train from Manchester to Birmingham produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 130 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 Manchester to Birmingham?
Operators on the Train from Manchester to Birmingham publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 7 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 42m 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 Manchester to Birmingham on 13 September 2026: 130 km of route against 113 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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