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Train from Carcassonne to London

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Overview

Route: Carcassonne to London via Paris or Toulouse and Paris

Journey time: from around 11 hours

Return journey: London to Carcassonne via Paris or Paris and Toulouse

Detailed itinerary

Option 1: via Paris
Sample itinerary: Take the 1011 service from Carcassonne and you'll arrive in Paris at 1826, with enough time to pick up a little bit of food en route to Gare du Nord to catch the 2013 Eurostar, which arrives in St Pancras at 2129. Price: from £101 return (booked as a return journey outward from London) Book your return ticket to Carcassonne
Leg 1:	Carcassone to Paris Austerlitz Train departs daily at 1011, arriving in Paris at 1741. There is also a sleeper service at 2341, arriving in Paris at 0727.	Frequency of service: 1 day train, 1 sleeper Operator: SNCF Journey time: 7 hours 30 minutes
Transfer	Cross the centre of Paris by metro from Gare d'Austeritz to Gare du Nord. Follow the signs for Metro line M5 to Gare du Nord (which is signposted 'direction Bobigny Pablo Picasso'). It's 9 stops from Gare d'Austerlitz to Gare de Nord and takes 20-30 minutes, but we recommend you leave at least 50 minutes for the entire transfer and don't forget the 30-minute check-in for Eurostar.	Transfer time: Allow 50 mins Book a hotel near Gare d'Austerlitz Book a hotel near Gare du Nord
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 Operator: Eurostar Journey time: From 2 hrs 16 mins
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

Option 2: via Toulouse and Paris
Sample itinerary: The 0721 service from Carcassonne gets you to Toulouse at 0819, where you can transfer to the 0840 TGV service to Paris Montparnasse. Upon arrival in Paris you have plenty of time to make it to Gare du Nord for the 1713 Eurostar service to St Pancras, where you'll arrive in time for dinner. There are also further routes back from Carcassonne via Lille and other French cities. Price: from £143 return (booked as a return journey outward from London) Book your return ticket to Carcassonne
Leg 1:	Carcassonne to Toulouse (Matabiau) First train departs Carcassonne daily at 0721, with a week-round service at 0819. Subsequent services depart Carcassonne at 1011, 1023, 1034 (Sunday - Friday), 1244, 1312, 1430, 1608, 1723, 1842, 1920, 2028, 2157 (Friday and Sunday), 2236 and 2341.	Frequency of service: Up to 16 trains a day. Operator: SNCF/TGV Journey time: from 42 minutes
Transfer	A quick same-station change of platform at Toulouse Matabiau	Change of platform Transfer time: Allow 20 minutes Book a hotel near Toulouse Matabiau
Leg 2:	Toulouse Matabiau to Paris Gare de Montparnasse. First train 0608, last train 1736.	Frequency of service: From 6 a day. Operator: TGV Journey time: From 5 hrs 22 mins
Transfer	Cross the centre of Paris by metro from Gare Montparnasse to Gare du Nord. Take the Metro line M4 to Gare du Nord (which is signposted 'direction Porte de Clignancourt'). It's 14 stops from Gare Montparnasse to Gare de Nord and takes 25-35 minutes, but we recommend you leave at least 50 minutes for the entire transfer time and don't forget the 30-minute check-in for Eurostar.	Long hop Transfer time: Allow 50 mins Book a hotel near Gare Montparnasse Book a hotel near Gare du Nord
Leg 3:	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 Operator: Eurostar Journey time: From 2 hrs 16 mins
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

Your route back from Carcassonne

The lines on the map are for illustrative purposes only - they don't show the exact route taken by the train.

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