Peterborough to London train

Trains from Peterborough to London start at €15.19 and take 1h 45m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Peterborough to London starts at €15.19 and takes 1h 45m door to door, run by 4 operators over 137 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 45mDoor to door
  • 1h 1mMoving
  • €19.59 to €35.54From
  • 06:13 to 14:55First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 4.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.59 to €35.54 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.

Govia Thameslink Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Peterborough to London on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €33.89Fri18
  2. about €35.54Sat19
  3. about €29.49Sun20
  4. about €25.08Mon21
  5. about €23.44Tue22
  6. about €25.64Wed23
  7. about €25.09Thu24
  8. about €23.44Fri25
  9. about €25.09Sat26
  10. about €21.79Sun27
  11. about €19.59Mon28
  12. about €19.59Tue29
  13. about €22.89Wed30
  14. about €20.69Thu1

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 6 October 2026

Cheapest€15.19
  1. Govia Thameslink Railway GT761014:501h 8m15:58Peterborough railway stationLondon St Pancras International

Door to door 1h 52mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€20.69
  1. East Midlands EM748314:251h 1m15:26Peterborough railway stationLondon St Pancras International

Door to door 1h 45mCO2 4.5 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.
OperatorFromFastest
East Midlands€17.941h 45m
Govia Thameslink Railway€15.191h 45m
London North Eastern Railway€16.291h 45m
Virgin Trains East Coast€15.191h 44m

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

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Peterborough to London

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

  1. €16.2990 days
  2. €12.9960 days
  3. €15.7445 days
  4. €17.3930 days
  5. €19.5921 days
  6. €20.6914 days
  7. €25.097 days
  8. €29.493 days
  9. €33.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €33.89, 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. €21.79Sun
  2. €19.59Mon
  3. €19.59Tue
  4. €22.89Wed
  5. €20.69Thu
  6. €23.44Fri
  7. €25.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Peterborough

Rail
  • Peterborough railway station
  • Peterborough East railway station
  • Peterborough Crescent railway station

London

Rail
  • London St Pancras International
  • London Euston
  • London Victoria
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 137 km against 119 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 Bedford, Stevenage, Luton, Cambridge. 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. 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 Peterborough at 06:13 and the last at 14:55, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Peterborough 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 Peterborough to London take?

The Train from Peterborough to London takes 1h 45m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 137 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 Peterborough to London cost?

The Train from Peterborough to London starts at €15.19 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €20.69. 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 Peterborough to London?

4 operators run the Train from Peterborough to London: East Midlands, Govia Thameslink Railway, London North Eastern Railway, Virgin Trains East Coast. Between them they file around 12 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 Peterborough to London use?

The Train from Peterborough to London leaves from Peterborough 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.

When should I book the Train from Peterborough to London?

Fares for the Train from Peterborough to London bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Peterborough to London produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 137 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 Peterborough to London?

Operators on the Train from Peterborough to London publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 45m 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 Peterborough to London on 17 September 2026: 137 km of route against 119 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 1h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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