Great-Britain by train
How to travel in Great-Britain by train: information, connections, blog and travel reports. Help in our forum to buy train tickets.
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train types
- Arriva Trains Wales(ARR)
- c2c(C2C)
- Chiltern Railways(CHR)
- CrossCountry(CC)
- East Coast(EAC)
- East Midlands Trainsoperates(EMT)
- Enterprise(ENT)
- Eurostar(EST)
- First Capital Connect(FCC)
- First Great Western(FGW)
- First TransPennine Express(FTPE)
- Gatwick Express(GX)
- Grand Central(GC)
- Greater Anglia(GRA)
- Heathrow Connect(HC)
- Heathrow Express(HEX)
- Hull Trains(HUT)
- IC InterCity Bus(ICBus)
- London Midland(LM)
- London Overground(LOV)
- Merseyrail(MER)
- Northern Rail(NOR)
- ScotRail(SCO)
- South West Trains(SWT)
- Southeastern(SEA)
- Southern(SOU)
- Virgin Trains(VIG)
night train
- Caledonian Sleeper Edinburgh - London
- Caledonian Sleeper London - Aberdeen
- Caledonian Sleeper Aberdeen - London
- Caledonian Sleeper London - Inverness
- Caledonian Sleeper Inverness - London
- Caledonian Sleeper Fort William - London
- Caledonian Sleeper London - Fort William
- Caledonian Sleeper Glasgow - London
- Caledonian Sleeper London - Glasgow
- Caledonian Sleeper London - Edinburgh
- Night Riviera London - Penzance
- Night Riviera Penzance - London
train connections
popular connections travelled by other users
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Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
train company
- AW Arriva Trains Wales
- c2c c2c Rail
- CAL Caledonian Sleeper
- CH Chiltern Railways
- DFDS DFDS Seaways
- EMT East Midlands Trains
- EST Eurostar International
- EUROLUK National Express
- FLIX Flixbus
- GA Greater Anglia
- GC Grand Central
- GN Great Northern
- GWR Great Western Railway
- GX Gatwick Express
- HC Heathrow Connect
- HT Hull Trains
- HX Heathrow Express
- IRFE Irish Ferries
- LM London Midland
- LM London Midland
- LO London Overground
- ME Merseyrail
- MEGA Megabus
- MFLI MyFerryLink
- NIR Northern Ireland Railways
- NORF Norfolkline Irish Sea
- NR National Rail
- NT Northern
- Ouibus Ouibus
- P&O P&O Ferries
- SE Southeastern
- SEAFR SeaFrance
- SN Southern
- SR ScotRail
- SW South Western Railway
- TL Thameslink
- TP TransPennine Express
- VT Virgin Trains
- VTEC Virgin Trains East Coast
- XC CrossCountry
- XR TfL Rail
United Kingdom -
Belgium
To travel by train from the UK to Belgium, the easiest and fastest option is to include the direct Eurostar train from London to Brussels (ticket price from 35 EUR, travel time 2:15). Buy your ticket via the booking links provided. There you can also find timetables and ticket prices. Book early in advance to get saver-price tickets.
To London and from Brussels, you may need to buy additional tickets if the booking of your entire itinerary is not possible in one step.
United Kingdom -
France
To travel by train from Great Britain to France you have several options. The fastest one includes the direct Eurostar train from London to Paris. A cheaper but much slower option could be a bus. The ferry Dover to Calais isn't an option anymore as it became too complicate and expensive for foot passengers.
To buy train tickets for your travel journey from the United Kingdom to France, use one of the following booking links. First try to book your whole trip in one step. If this is not possible, split it with tickets from your departure station to London (1), one ticket for the Eurostar train London to Paris (2) and from Paris to your destination (3).
Find schedules and exact travel times via the booking links. Try to book your tickets in advance to get saver fares. If you pretend to travel several routes in Great Britain, a rail pass like Britrail, Eurail or Interrail could be an option for you, as single tickets are quiet expensive.
United Kingdom -
Ireland
Travel from Great Britain to Ireland by train and ferry. There are "SailRail" tickets available which include the transportation by train and ferry in one ticket. From any rail station in Great Britain to any rail station in Ireland.
The ticket fare for "SailRail" tickets on the route from London to Dublin is 44,50 GBP. The total journey time is about eight to ten hours.
From London to Cork, Galway, Limerick, Killarney or Tralee the ticket fare is 68 GBP.
From London to Belfast the "SailRail" ticket fare is 61 GBP.
If it is not possible to buy a "SailRail" ticket for your planed travel route, first buy a train ticket from your departure railway station in Great Britain to the port (see ferry routes bellow). Then a ticket for the ferry crossing to Ireland. And finally a train ticket to travel in Ireland.
There are the following main ferry routes available which you can use:
1) Holyhead to Dublin: it is the common travel route from London to Ireland. Ferry tickets from 32 GBP.
2) Fishguard to Rosslare. Ferry tickets from 32 GBP.
3) Liverpool to Dublin and Belfast. Ferry tickets from 32 GBP.
4) Cairnryan to Belfast and Larne. Ferry tickets from 21 GBP.
Find the exact train and ferry schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
United Kingdom -
Netherlands
To travel from the UK to the Netherlands by train, the fastest option is to include the direct Eurostar train from London to Amsterdam (ticket price from 50 EUR, travel time is four hours). Buy your ticket via the booking links provided. There you can also find timetables and ticket prices. Book early in advance to get saver-price tickets.
To London and from Amsterdam, you may need to buy additional tickets if the booking of your entire itinerary is not possible in one step.
You can also include the ferry of Stenaline on the route from Harwich to Hoek van Holland (ticket price from 49 EUR, journey time is seven hours). Stenaline also offers tickets called "Rail&Sail" including the train ticket from and to the ferry.
