Birmingham to City of Westminster train

Trains from Birmingham to City of Westminster start at €19.59 and take 2h 4m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Birmingham to City of Westminster starts at €19.59 and takes 2h 4m door to door, run by 3 operators over 187 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 4mDoor to door
  • 1h 20mMoving
  • €25.09 to €45.99From
  • 06:07 to 14:52First and last departure
  • 9Per day
  • 6.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€25.09 to €45.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Avanti West Coast runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

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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 €45.99Mon21
  2. about €39.94Tue22
  3. about €44.89Wed23
  4. about €41.59Thu24
  5. about €37.74Fri25
  6. about €38.84Sat26
  7. about €34.99Sun27
  8. about €25.09Mon28
  9. about €26.74Tue29
  10. about €29.48Wed30
  11. about €32.24Thu1
  12. about €29.49Fri2
  13. about €29.49Sat3
  14. about €28.39Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€19.59
  1. Avanti West Coast AW506906:201h 23m07:43Birmingham New StreetCity of Westminster station

Door to door 2h 7mCO2 6.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€21.79
  1. Avanti West Coast AW855214:331h 20m15:53Birmingham New StreetCity of Westminster station

Door to door 2h 4mCO2 6.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€23.98
  1. Arriva CrossCountry AC302407:3055m08:25Birmingham New StreetLuton railway station
  2. Avanti West Coast AW187510:0228m10:30Luton railway stationCity of Westminster station

Changes at Luton, with 97 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 44mCO2 5.8 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Avanti West Coast€19.592h 4m
Chiltern Railways€22.342h 4m
London Midland€19.592h 5m

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A room in City of Westminster for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Birmingham to City of Westminster

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

  1. €26.7490 days
  2. €21.7960 days
  3. €17.3945 days
  4. €20.1430 days
  5. €22.8921 days
  6. €28.3914 days
  7. €34.997 days
  8. €44.893 days
  9. €45.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 164 percent. The most expensive point is €45.99, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €28.39Sun
  2. €25.09Mon
  3. €26.74Tue
  4. €29.48Wed
  5. €32.24Thu
  6. €29.49Fri
  7. €29.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Birmingham

Rail
  • Birmingham New Street
  • Bordesley
  • Duddeston
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 187 km against 163 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, Milton Keynes, Luton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 06:07 and the last at 14:52, across 9 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Birmingham to City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster take?

The Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster takes 2h 4m door to door, of which 1h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 187 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 City of Westminster cost?

The Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster starts at €19.59 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. 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 City of Westminster?

3 operators run the Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, London Midland. Between them they file around 9 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 City of Westminster use?

The Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster leaves from Birmingham New Street and arrives at City of Westminster 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 Birmingham to City of Westminster?

Fares for the Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 164 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster produce?

The Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster produces about 6.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 187 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 City of Westminster?

Operators on the Train from Birmingham to City of Westminster publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 4m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Birmingham to City of Westminster on September 20, 2026: 187 km of route against 163 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 2h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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