Fastest€47.09
- Lumo L860906:172h 18m08:35London St Pancras InternationalLiverpool Lime Street
Door to door 3h 2mCO2 10.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
London to Liverpool train
Trains from London to Liverpool start at €41.04 and take 3h 2m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Liverpool on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from London to Liverpool starts at €41.04 and takes 3h 2m door to door, run by 3 operators over 329 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 2mDoor to door
- 2h 18mMoving
- €43.24 to €90.54From
- 06:17 to 14:42First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 10.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€43.24 to €90.54 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.
Avanti West Coast runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for London to Liverpool on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €88.34Sat19
- about €90.54Sun20
- about €54.24Mon21
- about €54.24Tue22
- about €55.34Wed23
- about €70.74Thu24
- about €53.14Fri25
- about €59.19Sat26
- about €52.59Sun27
- about €44.89Mon28
- about €45.44Tue29
- about €45.44Wed30
- about €58.64Thu1
- about €43.24Fri2
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 October 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Avanti West Coast | €33.34 | 3h 1m |
 London North Eastern Railway | €38.29 | 3h 2m |
 Lumo | €40.49 | 3h 1m |
The train gets you into Liverpool. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Liverpool for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Liverpool Lime Street and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book London to Liverpool
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.2890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €13.9345 days
- €17.7830 days
- €19.9821 days
- €22.7314 days
- €22.737 days
- €26.033 days
- €45.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €45.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €28.23Sun
- €20.53Mon
- €21.08Tue
- €19.98Wed
- €27.13Thu
- €22.73Fri
- €26.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- London Euston
- London Victoria
Liverpool
Rail
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Liverpool Central
- Moorfields
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 329 km against 286 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 Milton Keynes, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry, Northampton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:17 and the last at 14:42, across 10 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 | 3h 2m | 2h 18m | 44m | €41.04 | 10.9 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 5h 6m | 4h 22m | 44m | €16.68 | 8.9 kg | 2 |
Questions about London to Liverpool
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 Liverpool take?
The Train from London to Liverpool takes 3h 2m door to door, of which 2h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 329 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 Liverpool cost?
The Train from London to Liverpool starts at €41.04 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €43.24. 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 Liverpool?
3 operators run the Train from London to Liverpool: Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, Lumo. Between them they file around 10 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 Liverpool use?
The Train from London to Liverpool leaves from London St Pancras International and arrives at Liverpool Lime Street. 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 London to Liverpool?
Traveling from London to Liverpool by Coach costs €16.68 and takes 5h 6m door to door, against 3h 2m 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 London to Liverpool?
Fares for the Train from London to Liverpool bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 225 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from London to Liverpool produce?
The Train from London to Liverpool produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 329 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 Liverpool?
Operators on the Train from London to Liverpool publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 2m 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 Liverpool on September 18, 2026: 329 km of route against 286 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 3h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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