Fastest€36.09
- Eurostar E909110:022h 16m12:18London St Pancras InternationalRotterdam Centraal
Door to door 3hCO2 10.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
London to Rotterdam train
Trains from London to Rotterdam start at €41.04 and take 3h at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Rotterdam on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from London to Rotterdam starts at €41.04 and takes 3h door to door, run by 2 operators over 321 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3hDoor to door
- 2h 16mMoving
- €41.04 to €85.04From
- 06:41 to 21:03First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 10.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€41.04 to €85.04 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 €82.29Tue15
- about €68.54Wed16
- about €85.04Thu17
- about €63.59Fri18
- about €66.34Sat19
- about €61.94Sun20
- about €52.04Mon21
- about €41.04Tue22
- about €44.34Wed23
- about €54.79Thu24
- about €50.94Fri25
- about €53.14Sat26
- about €48.74Sun27
- about €42.69Mon28
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 5, 2026
Rail operators
The train gets you into Rotterdam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rotterdam for the night the train gets in
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When to book London to Rotterdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.3190 days
- €32.2460 days
- €35.5445 days
- €31.1430 days
- €32.5921 days
- €39.0814 days
- €47.347 days
- €70.943 days
- €62.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €70.94, 3 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.
- €44.39Sun
- €39.08Mon
- €40.26Tue
- €42.03Wed
- €50.88Thu
- €46.16Fri
- €47.34Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Rail
- London St Pancras International
- Ealing Broadway
- East Croydon
Rotterdam
Rail
- Rotterdam Centraal
- Rotterdam Feijenoord
- Rotterdam Kleiweg Station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 321 km against 321 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves London at 06:41 and the last at 21:03, across 18 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 | 2h 16m | 44m | €41.04 | 10.6 kg | 18 |
| Flight | 4h | 50m | 3h 10m | €39.08 | 81.2 kg | 18 |
Questions about London to Rotterdam
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 Rotterdam take?
The Train from London to Rotterdam takes 3h door to door, of which 2h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 321 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 Rotterdam cost?
The Train from London to Rotterdam starts at €41.04 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €38.84. 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 Rotterdam?
2 operators run the Train from London to Rotterdam: Eurostar, Eurostar International. Between them they file around 18 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 Rotterdam use?
The Train from London to Rotterdam leaves from London St Pancras International and arrives at Rotterdam Centraal. 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 Rotterdam?
Traveling from London to Rotterdam by Flight costs €39.08 and takes 4h door to door, against 3h 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 Rotterdam?
Fares for the Train from London to Rotterdam bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 128 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from London to Rotterdam produce?
The Train from London to Rotterdam produces about 10.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 321 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 Rotterdam?
Operators on the Train from London to Rotterdam publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 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 London to Rotterdam on September 14, 2026: 321 km of route against 321 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 3h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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