Trains to London

204 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

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204 places connect to London by Trains, across 5 countries, run by 21 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 41 km away to 1,002 km, with a median of 205 km.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in London

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into London, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Luton to London train€11.881h 11m46 km
High Wycombe to London train€11.881h 9m45 km
Southend-on-Sea to London train€11.881h 17m58 km
Basildon to London train€11.881h 9m41 km
Reading to London train€11.881h 15m59 km
Crawley to London train€11.881h 10m44 km
Milton Keynes to London train€12.991h 24m73 km
Brighton to London train€12.991h 25m76 km
Cambridge to London train€13.541h 26m79 km
Oxford to London train€14.091h 28m83 km
Northampton to London train€16.291h 35m97 km
Colchester to London train€16.291h 28m83 km
Swindon to London train€19.591h 43m115 km
Ipswich to London train€20.691h 39m107 km
Coventry to London train€22.341h 53m138 km
Leicester to London train€23.441h 56m143 km
Birmingham to London train€23.441h 56m163 km
Bristol to London train€25.092h171 km
Nottingham to London train€27.292h 10m175 km
Derby to London train€28.392h 14m182 km
Sheffield to London train€34.992h 34m227 km
Manchester to London train€36.092h 35m262 km
Leeds to London train€38.842h 39m272 km
Hull to London train€38.842h 50m249 km
Brussels to London train€43.242h 57m320 km
Paris to London train€45.993h 8m344 km
Bradford to London train€46.532h 57m277 km
Birkenhead to London train€48.193h 6m287 km
Liverpool to London train€49.293h 1m286 km
Preston to London train€49.833h 14m305 km
Edinburgh to London train€69.644h 25m534 km
Glasgow to London train€74.044h 30m555 km
  • 204Places you can arrive from
  • 204Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 21Operators

London sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of London St Pancras International

Sort by distance from London St Pancras International and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km10250%Basildon, 41 km
200 to 600 km9446%Cardiff, 211 km
600 to 1,500 km84%Lyon, 737 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into London that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom13667%
Germany2412%
France2412%
Netherlands126%
Belgium84%
Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorOn board
Avanti West CoastPower outlets, Wi-Fi
c2cPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Caledonian SleeperPower outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
Chiltern RailwaysPower outlets, Wi-Fi
East MidlandsPower outlets, Wi-Fi
EurostarPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Eurostar InternationalPower outlets, Wi-Fi
First Great WesternPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Gatwick ExpressPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Govia Thameslink RailwayPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Grand CentralPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Great Western RailwayPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Greater AngliaPower outlets, Wi-Fi
GTS Rail OperationsPower outlets, Wi-Fi
London MidlandPower outlets, Wi-Fi
London North Eastern RailwayPower outlets, Wi-Fi
LumoPower outlets, Wi-Fi
South Western RailwayPower outlets, Wi-Fi
SoutheasternPower outlets, Wi-Fi
SouthernPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Virgin Trains East CoastPower outlets, Wi-Fi
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in London

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

London

Rail
  • London St Pancras International
  • Ealing Broadway
  • East Croydon
Leaving

Leaving London

Common questions about Trains to London

Where can I travel to London by Trains from?

204 places connect to London by Trains on our network, across 5 countries. The nearest is 41 km away in a straight line and the furthest 1,002 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to London cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into London is €11.88 for one passenger, across 204 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 205 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to London take?

The fastest Trains journey into London is 1h 9m door to door. The median origin sits 205 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to London?

21 operators run Trains services into London on our network: Avanti West Coast, c2c, Caledonian Sleeper, Chiltern Railways, East Midlands. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to London use?

Trains services into London use 3 named terminals, among them London St Pancras International, Ealing Broadway, East Croydon. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach London

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in London?

Most of the points near London St Pancras International open before the first train and close after the last one.

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