Sunderland to Northampton train

Trains from Sunderland to Northampton start at €45.44 and take 3h 11m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Sunderland to Northampton starts at €45.44 and takes 3h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 342 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 11mDoor to door
  • 2h 27mMoving
  • €45.44 to €92.19From
  • 06:29 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 11.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€45.44 to €92.19 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 €92.19Mon14
  2. about €92.19Tue15
  3. about €82.29Wed16
  4. about €78.99Thu17
  5. about €85.04Fri18
  6. about €71.29Sat19
  7. about €66.34Sun20
  8. about €45.44Mon21
  9. about €50.94Tue22
  10. about €55.34Wed23
  11. about €63.03Thu24
  12. about €54.79Fri25
  13. about €66.89Sat26
  14. about €54.24Sun27

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 September 29, 2026

Cheapest€41.59
  1. Cross Country CC581807:301h 47m09:17Sunderland railway stationNottingham
  2. Avanti West Coast AW963510:2444m11:08NottinghamNorthampton railway station

Changes at Nottingham, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 22mCO2 11.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€46.54
  1. Grand Central GC216106:292h 27m08:56Sunderland railway stationNorthampton railway station

Door to door 3h 11mCO2 11.3 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Grand Central€43.243h 6m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Grand Central

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A hotel room

A room in Northampton for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Sunderland to Northampton

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

  1. €47.6490 days
  2. €41.5960 days
  3. €33.8945 days
  4. €35.5430 days
  5. €45.4421 days
  6. €54.2414 days
  7. €66.347 days
  8. €82.293 days
  9. €92.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €92.19, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €54.24Sun
  2. €45.44Mon
  3. €50.94Tue
  4. €55.34Wed
  5. €63.03Thu
  6. €54.79Fri
  7. €66.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sunderland

Rail
  • Sunderland railway station
  • Boldon railway station
  • Murton railway station

Northampton

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

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 342 km against 297 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 Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Mansfield. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 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. 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 Sunderland at 06:29 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sunderland 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 Sunderland to Northampton take?

The Train from Sunderland to Northampton takes 3h 11m door to door, of which 2h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 342 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 Sunderland to Northampton cost?

The Train from Sunderland to Northampton starts at €45.44 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €43.23. 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 Sunderland to Northampton?

1 operators run the Train from Sunderland to Northampton: Grand Central. Between them they file around 5 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 Sunderland to Northampton use?

The Train from Sunderland to Northampton leaves from Sunderland railway station 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 Sunderland to Northampton?

Fares for the Train from Sunderland to Northampton bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Sunderland to Northampton produce?

The Train from Sunderland to Northampton produces about 11.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 342 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 Sunderland to Northampton?

Operators on the Train from Sunderland to Northampton publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 11m 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 Sunderland to Northampton on September 13, 2026: 342 km of route against 297 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 3h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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