Milton Keynes to Northampton train
Trains from Milton Keynes to Northampton start at £18.65.
Check dates and fares
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The Trains from Milton Keynes to Northampton starts at £18.65, run by 2 operators over 135 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 51mDoor to door
- 1h 14mMoving
- £11.60From
- 5.2 kgCO2
2h 51m
1h 14m
£11.60
5.2 kgDeparture times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Milton Keynes and Northampton.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £31.86Thu8
- about £31.86Fri9
- about £28.09Sat10
- about £25.73Sun11
- about £23.38Mon12
- about £23.84Tue13
- about £21.01Wed14
- about £21.97Thu15
- about £22.90Fri16
- about £24.80Sat17
- about £18.66Sun18
- about £18.65Mon19
- about £18.65Tue20
- about £19.13Wed21
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Train operators
The train gets you into Northampton. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Northampton for the night the train gets in
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When to book Milton Keynes to Northampton
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £18.6590 days
- £18.6560 days
- £18.6545 days
- £18.6530 days
- £18.6521 days
- £19.1314 days
- £21.017 days
- £28.093 days
- £31.861 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £18.65.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 71 percent. The dearest point is £31.86, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- £20.08Sun
- £18.65Mon
- £18.65Tue
- £19.13Wed
- £21.97Thu
- £22.90Fri
- £24.80Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Milton Keynes
Rail- Milton Keynes Central
Northampton
- Northampton railway station
- Northampton Bridge Street railway station
- Northampton St. John's Street railway station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 135 km against 25 km in a straight line, a detour of 536 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Leicester, London, Birmingham, Coventry. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Questions about Milton Keynes to Northampton
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 Milton Keynes to Northampton take?
The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton covers 135 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton cost?
The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton starts at £18.65 for one passenger, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare is £19.84. 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 Milton Keynes to Northampton?
2 operators run the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton: Arriva CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton use?
The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton leaves from Milton Keynes Central and arrives at Northampton railway station. 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 Milton Keynes to Northampton?
Fares for the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £18.65. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 71 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton produce?
The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 km, which works out at roughly 39 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 Milton Keynes to Northampton?
Operators on the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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.
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