Oxford to London train

Trains from Oxford to London start at €13.54 and take 1h 28m at their fastest.

Fares

Check dates and fares

Fares and seats move by the day. Price Oxford to London on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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The Trains from Oxford to London starts at €13.54 and takes 1h 28m door to door, run by 7 operators over 95 km, with around 28 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 28mDoor to door
  • 44mMoving
  • €13.54 to €26.19From
  • 06:07 to 18:48First and last departure
  • 28Per day
  • 3.1 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.

€13.54 to €26.19 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

  1. about €24.54Wed16
  2. about €26.19Thu17
  3. about €23.99Fri18
  4. about €20.69Sat19
  5. about €19.04Sun20
  6. about €16.84Mon21
  7. about €16.29Tue22
  8. about €14.09Wed23
  9. about €17.94Thu24
  10. about €16.29Fri25
  11. about €16.84Sat26
  12. about €15.74Sun27
  13. about €14.09Mon28
  14. about €13.54Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Avanti West Coast AW475406:2045m07:05Oxford railway stationLondon St Pancras International

Door to door 1h 29mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€15.19
  1. First Great Western FG137414:3944m15:23Oxford railway stationLondon St Pancras International

Door to door 1h 28mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Avanti West Coast€11.88
Chiltern Railways€11.88
East Midlands€11.88
First Great Western€11.88
Great Western Railway€11.89
London Midland€11.88
London North Eastern Railway€11.88

The train gets you into London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Oxford to London

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €12.4430 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €13.5414 days
  7. €16.297 days
  8. €23.993 days
  9. €24.541 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 107 percent. The most expensive point is €24.54, 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. €15.74Sun
  2. €14.09Mon
  3. €13.54Tue
  4. €14.09Wed
  5. €17.94Thu
  6. €16.29Fri
  7. €16.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Oxford

Rail
  • Oxford railway station
  • Oxford Parkway railway station
  • Oxford Road Halt railway station

London

Rail
  • London St Pancras International
  • Ealing Broadway
  • East Croydon
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 95 km against 83 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Oxford at 06:07 and the last at 18:48, across 28 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Oxford to London

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 Oxford to London take?

The Train from Oxford to London takes 1h 28m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving. The route runs 95 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 Oxford to London cost?

The Train from Oxford to London starts at €13.54 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €12.44. 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 Oxford to London?

7 operators run the Train from Oxford to London: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, East Midlands, First Great Western, Great Western Railway. Between them they file around 28 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 Oxford to London use?

The Train from Oxford to London leaves from Oxford railway station and arrives at London St Pancras International. 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 Oxford to London?

Fares for the Train from Oxford to London bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 107 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Oxford to London produce?

The Train from Oxford to London produces about 3.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 95 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 Oxford to London?

Operators on the Train from Oxford to London publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 7 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 28m 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 Oxford to London on September 15, 2026: 95 km of route against 83 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €13.54, and 1h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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