Train from Berlin to London
Overview
Detailed itinerary
Option 1: via Paris (sleeper) |
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Sample itinerary: The 1957 sleeper service from Berlin arrives at 0923 in Paris, where you can have a pastry and a coffee before heading to Gare du Nord for the 1113 or 1213 service - and still get to London in time for lunch.
Price: from £161 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
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| Leg 1: | Berlin to Paris Gare de l'Est (sleeper) Train departs Berlin daily at 1957, arriving in Paris the next day at 0923 |
Frequency of service: Daily between July 17th and September 11th
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CityNightLine Journey time: 13 hours 26 minutes
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| Transfer | A short 10-minute walk from Gare de l'Est to Gare du Nord. Exit Gare de l'Est, turn right along Rue de Chabrol then right along Rue du Fauberg Saint-Denis (slightly uphill) for about 400m until you reach the main intersection and then cross the road and turn left to Gare du Nord. Alternatively it is one stop on the metro line - from Gare de l'Est follow the signs for Metro line M4 to Gare du Nord (which is signposted 'direction Porte de Clignancourt'). Don't forget the 30-minute check-in for Eurostar. |
Short hopTransfer time: Allow 25 minutes.
Book a hotel near Gare du Nord/Gare de l'Est
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| Leg 2: | Paris Gare du Nord to London St Pancras International in the heart of London. Don't forget check-in time for Eurostar is at least 30 mins before departure. |
Frequency of service: About 15 trains a day
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Eurostar Journey time: From 2 hrs 16 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). |
Book a hotel near St Pancras
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Your route back from Berlin
The lines on the map are for illustrative purposes only - they don't show the exact route taken by the train.
