Fastest€25.09
- London North Eastern Railway LN826116:411h 11m17:52Birmingham New StreetLondon St Pancras International
Door to door 1h 55mCO2 5.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Birmingham to London train
Trains from Birmingham to London start at €20.14 and take 1h 55m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Birmingham to London on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Birmingham to London starts at €20.14 and takes 1h 55m door to door, run by 5 operators over 163 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 1h 55mDoor to door
- 1h 11mMoving
- €20.14 to €35.54From
- 06:05 to 17:29First and last departure
- 19Per day
- 5.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€20.14 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €32.79Tue15
- about €34.99Wed16
- about €35.54Thu17
- about €33.89Fri18
- about €34.99Sat19
- about €32.79Sun20
- about €22.89Mon21
- about €21.79Tue22
- about €23.44Wed23
- about €29.49Thu24
- about €26.74Fri25
- about €27.29Sat26
- about €25.64Sun27
- about €20.14Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €18.49 |
 Chiltern Railways | €19.04 |
 London Midland | €19.04 |
 London North Eastern Railway | €18.49 |
 Lumo | €19.04 |
The train gets you into London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in London for the night the train gets in
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When to book Birmingham to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.6360 days
- €11.1845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.6321 days
- €10.0814 days
- €13.937 days
- €16.683 days
- €17.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 77 percent. The most expensive point is €17.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €15.03Sun
- €10.63Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €12.28Wed
- €14.48Thu
- €14.48Fri
- €13.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Birmingham
Rail
- Birmingham New Street
- Dudley Port
- Smethwick Galton Bridge Low Level
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 163 km against 163 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Luton, High Wycombe, Northampton, Milton Keynes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 55m | 1h 11m | 44m | €20.14 | 5.4 kg | 19 |
| Coach | 2h 58m | 2h 14m | 44m | €10.08 | 4.4 kg | 3 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 41.3 kg | 2 |
Questions about Birmingham to London
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 London take?
The Train from Birmingham to London takes 1h 55m door to door, of which 1h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 163 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 London cost?
The Train from Birmingham to London starts at €20.14 for one passenger, as of September 14, 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 London?
5 operators run the Train from Birmingham to London: 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 London use?
The Train from Birmingham to London leaves from Birmingham New Street 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.
Is the Train the best way from Birmingham to London?
Traveling from Birmingham to London by Coach costs €10.08 and takes 2h 58m door to door, against 1h 55m 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 London?
Fares for the Train from Birmingham to London bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 77 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Birmingham to London produce?
The Train from Birmingham to London produces about 5.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 163 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 London?
Operators on the Train from Birmingham to London publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 55m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Birmingham to London on September 14, 2026: 163 km of route against 163 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €20.14, and 1h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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