Croydon to Basildon train

Trains from Croydon to Basildon start at €11.88 and take 1h 10m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Croydon to Basildon starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 10m door to door, run by 4 operators over 50 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 10mDoor to door
  • 26mMoving
  • €11.88From
  • 1.6 kgCO2
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

Carriers

Rail operators

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

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. €14.093 days
  9. €18.491 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 56 percent. The most expensive point is €18.49, 1 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.
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
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

Basildon

Rail
  • Basildon railway station
  • Pitsea railway station
  • Laindon railway station
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.

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 the Train from Croydon to Basildon take?

The Train from Croydon to Basildon takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 26m is spent moving. The route runs 50 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 Croydon to Basildon cost?

The Train from Croydon to Basildon starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €14.64. 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 Croydon to Basildon?

4 operators run the Train from Croydon to Basildon: Eurostar, Eurostar International, Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern. 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 Croydon to Basildon use?

The Train from Croydon to Basildon leaves from Oxted railway station and arrives at Basildon 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.

When should I book the Train from Croydon to Basildon?

Fares for the Train from Croydon to Basildon bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 56 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Croydon to Basildon produce?

The Train from Croydon to Basildon produces about 1.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 50 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 Croydon to Basildon?

Operators on the Train from Croydon to Basildon publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 10m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Croydon to Basildon on September 9, 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.

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