Milton Keynes to Northampton train

Trains from Milton Keynes to Northampton start at $24.01.

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The Trains from Milton Keynes to Northampton starts at $24.01, run by 2 operators over 135 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 19, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 51mDoor to door
  • 1h 14mMoving
  • $14.94From
  • 5.2 kgCO2

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $41.02Thu8
  2. about $41.02Fri9
  3. about $36.16Sat10
  4. about $33.13Sun11
  5. about $30.10Mon12
  6. about $30.70Tue13
  7. about $27.06Wed14
  8. about $28.28Thu15
  9. about $29.49Fri16
  10. about $31.92Sat17
  11. about $24.02Sun18
  12. about $24.01Mon19
  13. about $24.01Tue20
  14. about $24.63Wed21

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Carriers

Rail operators

The train gets you into Northampton. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Northampton for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Milton Keynes to Northampton

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. $24.0190 days
  2. $24.0160 days
  3. $24.0145 days
  4. $24.0130 days
  5. $24.0121 days
  6. $24.6314 days
  7. $27.067 days
  8. $36.163 days
  9. $41.021 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $24.01.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 71 percent. The most expensive point is $41.02, 1 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.
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. $25.84Sun
  2. $24.01Mon
  3. $24.01Tue
  4. $24.63Wed
  5. $28.28Thu
  6. $29.49Fri
  7. $31.92Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Milton Keynes

Rail
  • Milton Keynes Central

Northampton

Rail
  • Northampton railway station
  • Northampton Bridge Street railway station
  • Northampton St. John's Street railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 135 km against 25 km in a straight line, a detour of 536 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Leicester, London, Birmingham, Coventry. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Questions about Milton Keynes to Northampton

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 Milton Keynes to Northampton take?

The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton covers 135 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton cost?

The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton starts at $24.01 for one passenger, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare is $25.55. 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 Milton Keynes to Northampton?

2 operators run the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton: Arriva CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton use?

The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton leaves from Milton Keynes Central and arrives at Northampton 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 Milton Keynes to Northampton?

Fares for the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $24.01. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 71 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton produce?

The Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 km, which works out at roughly 39 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 Milton Keynes to Northampton?

Operators on the Train from Milton Keynes to Northampton publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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