Trains in United Kingdom
11,444 routes and 35 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.
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We sell 11,444 Trains routes in United Kingdom, serving 319 places through 35 operators. 956 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 93 km.
Trains in United Kingdom, in numbers
- £10.18 to £18.19Fare range
- 09:00 to 09:35First and last departure
- 11,444Routes we sell
- 319Places served
- 35Operators
- 10,488Domestic routes
- 956Cross border routes
- 93 kmMedian route
- 4,334 kmLongest route
£10.18 to £18.19
09:00 to 09:35
11,444
319
35
10,488
956
93 km
4,334 km£10.18 to £18.19 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
What the operators filed inside United Kingdom on 12 October 2026, taken from the busiest routes we sell there. Real times, and a fare only where an operator published one.
Departures on 12 October 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.
09:0009:5555m
NorthernNorthern RailDirect
Liverpool Lime Street → Deansgate
Book with Northern Rail09:0910:0455m
EMREMRDirect
Leicester → Sheffield
Book with EMR09:1110:0958m
TPETransPennine ExpressDirect
Sheffield → Manchester Oxford Road
Book with TransPennine Express09:1410:321h 18m
NorthernNorthern RailDirect
Sheffield → Manchester Piccadilly
Book with Northern Rail09:1711:141h 57m
NorthernNorthern RailDirect
Nottingham → Leeds
Book with Northern Rail09:1711:021h 45m
NorthernNorthern Rail1 change
Nottingham → Leeds
Book with Northern Rail09:1910:0748m
TPETransPennine ExpressDirect
Liverpool Lime Street → Manchester Oxford Road
Book with TransPennine Express09:2210:0341m
CrossCountryCrossCountryDirect
Sheffield → Leeds
Book with CrossCountry09:2310:0744m
LNRWest Midlands TrainsDirect
London Euston → Milton Keynes Central
Book with West Midlands Trains09:3311:241h 51m
LNERLNER1 change
London Kings Cross → Nottingham
Book with LNER09:3510:3055m
EMREMRDirect
Sheffield → Leicester
Book with EMR09:3511:091h 34m
EMREMRDirect
London St Pancras → Nottingham
Book with EMR
The busiest Trains routes in United Kingdom
12Go fares in United Kingdom
12Go fares in United KingdomThese are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 9,352 | 82% | Royston, 20 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 1,996 | 17% | Cardiff, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 88 | 1% | Brighton, 674 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 8 | 0% | Halifax, 4329 km |
Where United Kingdom connects to
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 356 | 37% |
| Germany | 192 | 20% |
| Belgium | 176 | 18% |
| Netherlands | 156 | 16% |
| Ireland | 64 | 7% |
| Canada | 8 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0% |
Train operators
| Operator | On board |
|---|---|
 Arriva | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Arriva Cross Country | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Arriva CrossCountry | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Arriva Rail North | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Avanti West Coast | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 c2c | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Caledonian Sleeper | Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
 Chiltern Railways | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Cross Country | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 East Midlands | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Eurostar | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 First Great Western | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Gatwick Express | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Govia Thameslink Railway | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Grand Central | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Great Western Railway | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Greater Anglia | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 GTS Rail Operations | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 GWR | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Irish Rail | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 London Midland | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 London North Eastern Railway | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Lumo | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| North TransPennine | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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- Eurostar
- London North Eastern Railway
- East Midlands
- Arriva
Northern
Transport for Wales
Southern- Lumo
South Western Railway
Southeastern- Chiltern Railways
- First Great Western
- Grand Central
- Greater Anglia
ScotRail- GTS Rail Operations
- GWR
- Irish Rail
- c2c
West Midlands Trains- Gatwick Express
- London Midland
Translink
Thameslink Railway
Train destinations
Common questions about Trains in United Kingdom
What Trains routes are there in United Kingdom?
We sell 11,444 Trains routes in United Kingdom, serving 319 places run by 35 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.
How much do Trains tickets in United Kingdom cost?
The cheapest Trains fare in United Kingdom is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 11,444 routes we sell there. The median route runs 93 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.
Can I travel out of United Kingdom by Trains?
956 of the Trains routes we sell touching United Kingdom cross a border and 10,488 stay inside it, reaching 7 other countries including France, Germany, Belgium. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
Which operators run Trains services in United Kingdom?
35 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in United Kingdom: Arriva, Arriva Cross Country, Arriva CrossCountry, Arriva Rail North, Avanti West Coast. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.
What is the longest Trains route in United Kingdom?
The longest Trains route we sell touching United Kingdom runs from Moncton to Truro, 4,334 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 93 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.
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.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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