Cheapest€11.88
- Cross Country CC274006:3938m07:17Smethwick stationIlkeston railway station
Door to door 1h 22mCO2 2.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Smethwick to Ilkeston train
Trains from Smethwick to Ilkeston start at €14.09 and take 1h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Smethwick to Ilkeston starts at €14.09 and takes 1h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 80 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 22mDoor to door
- 38mMoving
- €14.09From
- 2.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on October 2, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Country | €11.88 | 1h 22m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Ilkeston. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Smethwick to Ilkeston
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €14.6414 days
- €19.597 days
- €21.243 days
- €33.891 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 185 percent. The most expensive point is €33.89, 1 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.
- €15.19Sun
- €14.64Mon
- €14.09Tue
- €14.64Wed
- €17.39Thu
- €14.64Fri
- €20.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ilkeston
Rail
- Ilkeston railway station
- Ilkeston Town railway station
- Ilkeston North railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 80 km against 69 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Hinckley. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Smethwick at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Smethwick to Ilkeston
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 Smethwick to Ilkeston take?
The Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston takes 1h 22m door to door, of which 38m is spent moving. The route runs 80 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 Smethwick to Ilkeston cost?
The Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston starts at €14.09 for one passenger, checked on October 2, 2026. A typical fare is €16.83. 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 Smethwick to Ilkeston?
1 operators run the Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston: Cross Country. Between them they file around 2 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 Smethwick to Ilkeston use?
The Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston leaves from Smethwick station and arrives at Ilkeston 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 Smethwick to Ilkeston?
Fares for the Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 185 percent, measured on October 2, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston produce?
The Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston produces about 2.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 80 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 Smethwick to Ilkeston?
Operators on the Train from Smethwick to Ilkeston publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Smethwick to Ilkeston on September 11, 2026: 80 km of route against 69 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 1h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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