Train from Beijing to London
Overview
Detailed itinerary
Option 1: via Moscow, Cologne & Brussels |
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Sample itinerary: The Saturday Trans-Manchurian service departs Beijing at 2256, arriving seven days later in Moscow at 1813. You've then got time to get a little dinner before the 2109 sleeper service from Moscow to Cologne. This train arrives in Cologne on the second morning at 0614. Grab an early breakfast or stretch your legs and see Cologne's spectacular cathedral (adjacent to the station), before catching the 0745 Thalys service, which arrives in Brussels at 0932, giving you plenty of time to connect to a Eurostar service, such as the 1129, on to St Pancras.
Price: Varies depending on the route chosen
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| Leg 1: | Beijing to Moscow The Trans-Mongolian service departs Beijing on Wednesdays at 0745, arriving in Moscow Yaroslavskaya at 1428 on the sixth day. The Trans-Manchurian service departs Beijing on Saturdays at 2256, arriving in Moscow Yaroslavskaya at 1813 on the seventh day. |
Frequency of service: 2 trains per week
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Trans-Siberian Railway (Russian/Chinese Rolling Stock) Journey time: Around 6 1/2 - 7 days
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| Transfer | It's three metro stops from Komsomolskaya metro station (located just outside Yaroslavskaya Station) to Belorusskaya station (at Belorussky railway station) on the Koltsevaya (Circle) line. |
Short hopTransfer time: Allow 45 mins
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| Leg 2: | Moscow to Cologne (Köln Hbf) Train departs Moscow at 2109, arriving in Cologne on the second morning at 0614. |
Frequency of service: Daily
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Russian Railways/EuroNight Journey time: Around 35 hours
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| Transfer | A quick same-station change of platform at Cologne Central Station to catch the onward connection. If you have time to spare, Cologne cathedral is next door. |
Change of platformTransfer time: Allow 20 mins
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| Leg 3: | Cologne Central Station (Köln Hbf) to Brussels Midi First train departs Cologne 0645. Further trains depart 0745, 0843, 1045, 1244, 1443, 1545, 1745, 1912 and 1943. |
Frequency of service: 10 trains per day
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InterCity Express Journey time: From 1 hour 47 minutes
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| Transfer | A quick same-station change of platform at Brussels Midi station to catch the onward connection. |
Change of platformTransfer time: Allow 20 mins
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| Leg 4: | Brussels to London St Pancras First train 0659 (Mon-Thurs, Sat), 0759 (Fri), 0859 (Sun). Last train 2017 (Mon-Thurs), 2029 (Fri), 1959 (Sat), 2029 (Sun) |
Frequency of service: 9 trains a day.
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Eurostar Journey time: From 1 hr 58 mins
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| Destination | Welcome to London. St Pancras International now has lots of lovely shops, restaurants and gastro pubs... and free wifi throughout the station. If you're planning to stay in the capital, there are over 60 hotels within a one mile radius of St Pancras (by the way, the new spectacular St Pancras Midland Grand Hotel - a 5-star Marriott hotel - has now opened!). From St Pancras, there are mainline rail connections to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, as well as First Capital Connect trains on the cross-London Thameslink route which continues north as far as Bedford or south to Gatwick Airport and Brighton. Across the street is Kings Cross station, which has rail connections to the north of England and Scotland, and it's a 15-minute walk (in the opposite direction, heading west) to Euston Station for connections to the West Midlands, the West Coast (including Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester) and Glasgow (including the Scotrail sleeper service). |
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Your route back from Beijing
The lines on the map are for illustrative purposes only - they don't show the exact route taken by the train.
