Fastest€18.49
- Eurostar E902214:2546m15:11Southend EastCambridge railway station
Door to door 1h 30mCO2 3.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge train
Trains from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge start at €17.39 and take 1h 30m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge starts at €17.39 and takes 1h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 97 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 30mDoor to door
- 46mMoving
- €14.64 to €25.09From
- 06:10 to 14:52First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 3.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 21, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€14.64 to €25.09 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.
Eurostar runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge 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 €25.09Sat19
- about €24.54Sun20
- about €17.39Mon21
- about €17.39Tue22
- about €19.04Wed23
- about €23.99Thu24
- about €19.59Fri25
- about €17.39Sat26
- about €16.84Sun27
- about €15.19Mon28
- about €14.64Tue29
- about €16.84Wed30
- about €16.84Thu1
- about €15.19Fri2
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 September 21, 2026
Rail operators
The train gets you into Cambridge. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cambridge for the night the train gets in
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When to book Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.087 days
- €10.073 days
- €13.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 38 percent. The most expensive point is €13.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.08Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Southend-on-Sea
Rail
- Southend East
- Southend Central
- Southend Victoria
Cambridge
Rail
- Cambridge railway station
- Cambridge North railway station
- Cambridge South railway station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 97 km against 84 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 Becontree, Harlow, Ilford, Colchester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Southend-on-Sea at 06:10 and the last at 14:52, across 8 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 | 1h 30m | 46m | 44m | €17.39 | 3.2 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 2h 14m | 1h 30m | 44m | €10.07 | 2.6 kg | 2 |
Questions about Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge
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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge take?
The Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge takes 1h 30m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving. The route runs 97 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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge cost?
The Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge starts at €17.39 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €22.88. 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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge?
2 operators run the Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge: Eurostar, Greater Anglia. Between them they file around 8 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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge use?
The Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge leaves from Southend East and arrives at Cambridge 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.
Is the Train the best way from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge?
Traveling from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 14m door to door, against 1h 30m 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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge?
Fares for the Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 38 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge produce?
The Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge produces about 3.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 97 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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge?
Operators on the Train from Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 30m 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 Southend-on-Sea to Cambridge on September 18, 2026: 97 km of route against 84 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 1h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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