Fastest€23.99
- Avanti West Coast AW884017:281h 18m18:46Birmingham New StreetWoody Bay railway station
Door to door 2h 2mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Birmingham to Brent train
Trains from Birmingham to Brent start at €22.89 and take 2h 2m at their fastest.
The Trains from Birmingham to Brent starts at €22.89 and takes 2h 2m door to door, run by 5 operators over 173 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 2mDoor to door
- 1h 18mMoving
- €22.89From
- 5.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €19.59 |
 Chiltern Railways | €20.14 |
 London Midland | €20.14 |
 London North Eastern Railway | €19.59 |
 Lumo | €20.69 |
The trip ends at Woody Bay railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Brent for the night the train gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Birmingham to Brent
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.7321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €18.337 days
- €17.233 days
- €22.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €22.73, 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.
- €13.38Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €11.73Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €13.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Birmingham
Rail
- Birmingham New Street
- Dudley Port
- Smethwick Galton Bridge Low Level
Brent
Rail
- Woody Bay railway station
- Haste Hill railway station
- Willow Lawn railway station
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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 173 km against 150 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 High Wycombe, Northampton, Slough, Milton Keynes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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 Birmingham at 06:05 and the last at 17:29, across 19 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 2m | 1h 18m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.7 kg | 19 |
| Coach | 3h 8m | 2h 24m | 44m | €11.73 | 4.7 kg | 3 |
Questions about Birmingham to Brent
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 the Train from Birmingham to Brent take?
The Train from Birmingham to Brent takes 2h 2m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 173 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 Birmingham to Brent cost?
The Train from Birmingham to Brent starts at €22.89 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €24.54. 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 Birmingham to Brent?
5 operators run the Train from Birmingham to Brent: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, London Midland, London North Eastern Railway, Lumo. Between them they file around 19 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 Birmingham to Brent use?
The Train from Birmingham to Brent leaves from Birmingham New Street and arrives at Woody Bay 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.
Is the Train the best way from Birmingham to Brent?
Traveling from Birmingham to Brent by Coach costs €11.73 and takes 3h 8m door to door, against 2h 2m 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 Birmingham to Brent?
Fares for the Train from Birmingham to Brent bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Birmingham to Brent produce?
The Train from Birmingham to Brent produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 173 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Birmingham to Brent?
Operators on the Train from Birmingham to Brent publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 2m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Birmingham to Brent on September 12, 2026: 173 km of route against 150 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 2h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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