Croydon to Basildon

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Croydon to Basildon. From €11.88, fastest 1h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Croydon to Basildon costs €11.88 at the cheapest and takes 1h 10m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 50 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
50 km
Fastest
1h 10m
Average
1h 12m
Services per day
12
Cheapest
€11.88
CO2 per passenger
1.6 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 13, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 10m26m44m€11.881.6 kg12
  • 1h 10mFastest, by Train
  • €11.88Cheapest, by Train
  • 1.6 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 50 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Eurostar International EI616514:3928m15:07Oxted railway stationBasildon railway station

Door to door 1h 12mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€11.88
  1. Southeastern S439806:4526m07:11Oxted railway stationBasildon railway station

Door to door 1h 10mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Croydon to Basildon
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Croydon to BasildonWedSep 9ThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22
Train€13.54€16.29€13.54€11.89€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88

Cheapest day: 2026-09-13 · €11.88

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Basildon is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Croydon to Basildon

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.887 days
  8. €13.543 days
  9. €13.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 14 percent. The most expensive point is €13.54, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
€13.54€11.881371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.

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. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €11.88Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €11.88Sep
  2. €11.88Oct
  3. €11.88Nov
  4. €11.88Dec
  5. €11.88Jan
  6. €11.88Feb

The route

CroydonCroydonBasildonBasildon
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 50 km against 44 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Luton, Colchester, Cambridge, Saint Peters. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Croydon at 06:12 and the last at 14:53, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Croydon

Rail
  • Oxted railway station
  • Woldingham railway station
  • Hurst Green railway station
Bus
  • Westerham Green

Basildon

Rail
  • Basildon railway station
  • Pitsea railway station
  • Laindon railway station
Bus
  • Basildon
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-13, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€8.9976%
Taxes€0.908%
Our service fee€1.9917%
Total you pay€11.88100%

A day in Basildon hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

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Questions about Croydon to Basildon

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Croydon to Basildon?

The fastest journey from Croydon to Basildon takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 26m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 1h 12m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Croydon to Basildon?

The cheapest fare from Croydon to Basildon is €11.88, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Croydon to Basildon?

The cheapest way from Croydon to Basildon is by Train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 13, 2026. That journey takes 1h 10m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Croydon to Basildon?

Fares from Croydon to Basildon bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 14 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Croydon to Basildon?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Croydon to Basildon, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Croydon to Basildon?

September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Croydon to Basildon, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Croydon to Basildon?

4 operators sell services from Croydon to Basildon across 1 modes: Eurostar, Eurostar International, Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Croydon to Basildon?

67 percent of the services we sell from Croydon to Basildon are direct. The rest connect at Luton, Colchester, Cambridge, Saint Peters, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Croydon to Basildon use?

Services from Croydon to Basildon by Train leave from Oxted railway station and arrive at Basildon railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Croydon to Basildon?

4 of the 4 operators we sell from Croydon to Basildon allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Croydon to Basildon on September 8, 2026: 50 km of route against 44 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Basildon afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

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Day trips that leave Basildon in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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