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Train from Hamburg to London

 
Hamburg's waterfront
Photo © Kiedrowski, Rainer

Overview

Route: Hamburg to London via Cologne and Brussels
Journey time: From 9 hours 10 minutes
 

Detailed itinerary

Option 1: via Cologne and Brussels

Sample itinerary: Leave Hamburg at the civilized hour of 1046, and transfer at Cologne to the 1544 service to Brussels. This will give you plenty of time to catch the 1859 Eurostar to St Pancras, and you'll be back in the UK in time for a late evening meal.
Price: from £263 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
Leg 1: Hamburg HBF to Cologne Central Station (Köln Hbf)

First train departs Hamburg 0442 Monday to Saturday and 0538 Sunday. Last train departs Hamburg at 2246.
Frequency of service: Around 25 trains a day
Operator:

DB

Journey time: From 3 hours 29 minutes
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 platform

Transfer time: Allow 20 mins
 
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Leg 2: 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
Operator:

InterCity Express

Journey time: From 1 hour 47 minutes
Transfer A quick same-station change of platform at Brussels Midi station to catch the onward connection.

Change of platform

Transfer time: Allow 20 mins
 
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Leg 3: 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.
Operator:

Eurostar

Journey time: From 1 hr 58 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).

 
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Your route back from Hamburg

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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