Train from Chamonix to London
Overview
Detailed itinerary
Option 1: via St Gervais and Paris (sleeper) |
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Sample itinerary: Take the 1938 from Chamonix to St Gervais, where you can connect to the 2050 sleeper service to Paris, which will get you there at 0636 - giving you the chance to get a croissant and a coffee before the 0807 train to St Pancras.
Price: from £153 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
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| Leg 1: | Chamonix to St Gervais First train departs Chamonix at 0638 weekends and 0653 during the week. Trains run hourly thereafter until 1938. |
Frequency of service: Hourly, 13 trains a day.
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SNCF Journey time: From 42 minutes
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| Transfer | A quick same-station change of platform at St Gervais-les-Bains-le-Fayet |
Change of platformTransfer time: Allow 20 minutes
Book a hotel near St Gervais
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| Leg 2: | St Gervais to Paris Gare d'Austerlitz (sleeper) Train departs St Gervais daily at 2050, arriving in Paris the next morning at 0636. |
Frequency of service: Daily
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Corail Lunéa Journey time: 9 hours 46 minutes
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Transfer time: Allow 50 mins
Book a hotel near Gare d'Austerlitz
Book a hotel near Gare du Nord
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| 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
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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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Option 2: via St Gervais and Lille |
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Sample itinerary: You can take the 1438 from Chamonix to St Gervais to connect to the 1543 TGV service to Lille. Spend a relaxing night in a hotel there and - if you work in London - arrive in St Pancras in time for work the next morning, courtesy of the 0735 Eurostar.
Price: from £155 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
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| Leg 1: | Chamonix to St Gervais First train departs Chamonix at 0638 weekends and 0653 during the week. Trains run hourly thereafter until 1938. |
Frequency of service: Hourly, 13 trains a day.
Operator:
SNCF Journey time: From 42 minutes
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| Transfer | A quick same-station change of platform at St Gervais-les-Bains-le-Fayet |
Change of platformTransfer time: Allow 20 minutes
Book a hotel near St Gervais
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| Leg 2: | St Gervais to Lille Europe Train departs St Gervais daily at 1543, arriving in Lille Europe at 2152. |
Frequency of service: Daily
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TGV Journey time: 6 hours 9 minutes
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| Transfer | A quick same-station change of platform at Lille Europe station to catch the onward connection. Allow 30 mins check-in time for Eurostar. |
Change of platformTransfer time: Allow 50 mins
Book a hotel near Lille Europe/Lille Flanders
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| Leg 3: | Lille Europe to London St Pancras First train 0735 (Mon-Thurs, Sat), 0835 (Fri), 0935 (Sun). Last train 2056 (Mon-Thurs), 2105 (Fri, Sun), 2035 (Sat). |
Frequency of service: From 7 a day
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Eurostar Journey time: From 1 hr 20 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 Chamonix
The lines on the map are for illustrative purposes only - they don't show the exact route taken by the train.
