Cheapest€11.88
- Govia Thameslink Railway GT689914:4543m15:28London St Pancras InternationalBedford Station
Door to door 1h 27mCO2 2.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
London to Bedford train
Trains from London to Bedford start at €11.88 and take 1h 24m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
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The Trains from London to Bedford starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 24m door to door, run by 3 operators over 84 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 24mDoor to door
- 40mMoving
- €11.88 to €21.79From
- 06:32 to 14:45First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 2.8 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.
€11.88 to €21.79 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 €17.94Tue15
- about €20.14Wed16
- about €21.79Thu17
- about €17.94Fri18
- about €18.49Sat19
- about €20.14Sun20
- about €12.99Mon21
- about €12.44Tue22
- about €12.99Wed23
- about €16.29Thu24
- about €15.19Fri25
- about €15.19Sat26
- about €14.09Sun27
- 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 28, 2026
Fastest€13.54
- Great Western Railway GW906614:4140m15:21London St Pancras InternationalBedford Station
Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
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When to book London to Bedford
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €12.997 days
- €21.793 days
- €17.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 83 percent. The most expensive point is €21.79, 3 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.
- €14.09Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €12.44Tue
- €12.99Wed
- €16.29Thu
- €15.19Fri
- €15.19Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
Bedford
Rail
- Bedford Station
- Bedford railway station
- Bedford St Johns railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 84 km against 73 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 Cambridge, Reading, High Wycombe, Slough. 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 London at 06:32 and the last at 14:45, across 9 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about London to Bedford
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 London to Bedford take?
The Train from London to Bedford takes 1h 24m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving. The route runs 84 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 London to Bedford cost?
The Train from London to Bedford starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €14.09. 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 London to Bedford?
3 operators run the Train from London to Bedford: Govia Thameslink Railway, Great Western Railway, Virgin Trains East Coast. 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 London to Bedford use?
The Train from London to Bedford leaves from London St Pancras International and arrives at Bedford 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 London to Bedford?
Fares for the Train from London to Bedford bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 83 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from London to Bedford produce?
The Train from London to Bedford produces about 2.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 84 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 London to Bedford?
Operators on the Train from London to Bedford publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 24m 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 London to Bedford on September 14, 2026: 84 km of route against 73 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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