Cheapest€11.88
- Govia Thameslink Railway GT513806:0527m06:32Islington stationChelmsford railway station
Door to door 1h 11mCO2 1.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Islington to Chelmsford train
Trains from Islington to Chelmsford start at €11.88 and take 1h 11m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Islington to Chelmsford on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Islington to Chelmsford starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 11m door to door, run by 2 operators over 52 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 11mDoor to door
- 27mMoving
- €11.88 to €17.39From
- 06:05 to 14:55First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 1.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 22, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €17.39 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 €15.19Tue15
- about €13.54Wed16
- about €17.39Thu17
- about €12.44Fri18
- about €12.44Sat19
- about €11.89Sun20
- about €12.99Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €12.44Thu24
- about €11.89Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
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 22, 2026
Rail operators
The train gets you into Chelmsford. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Islington to Chelmsford
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €12.997 days
- €17.393 days
- €15.191 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 46 percent. The most expensive point is €17.39, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €12.44Thu
- €11.89Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Chelmsford
Rail
- Chelmsford railway station
- Dunmow railway station
- Felsted railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 52 km against 45 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Peterborough, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich. 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 Islington at 06:05 and the last at 14:55, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Islington to Chelmsford
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 Islington to Chelmsford take?
The Train from Islington to Chelmsford takes 1h 11m door to door, of which 27m is spent moving. The route runs 52 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 Islington to Chelmsford cost?
The Train from Islington to Chelmsford starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €18.49. 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 Islington to Chelmsford?
2 operators run the Train from Islington to Chelmsford: Govia Thameslink Railway, Greater Anglia. Between them they file around 8 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 Islington to Chelmsford use?
The Train from Islington to Chelmsford leaves from Islington station and arrives at Chelmsford 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 Islington to Chelmsford?
Fares for the Train from Islington to Chelmsford bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 46 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Islington to Chelmsford produce?
The Train from Islington to Chelmsford produces about 1.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 52 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 Islington to Chelmsford?
Operators on the Train from Islington to Chelmsford publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 11m 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 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.
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 Islington to Chelmsford on September 14, 2026: 52 km of route against 45 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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