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Train from Malaga to London

 
Malaga city centre
Photo © Miguel Frutos @ Flickr

Overview

Route: Málaga to London via Madrid and Paris
Journey time: from around 20 hours
 

Detailed itinerary

Option 1: via Madrid and Paris

Sample itinerary: The 1500 from Málaga gets you to Madrid with plenty of time to transfer to Chamartin station in time to take the 1900 sleeper service from Madrid Chamartin, which arrives in Paris at 0831. You've then got time to grab a croissant and head across to Gare du Nord for the 1013 Eurostar service to St Pancras.
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Leg 1: Málaga to Madrid Atocha

First train departs Málaga at 0635 weekdays, and there's a service at 0710 week-round. Further services leave at 0800 (weekdays), 0900, 1100, 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600 (Friday and Sunday), 1700, 1805, 1900 (Friday and Sunday), 2000 and 2100.
Frequency of service: Up to 15 trains a day.
Operator:

Renfe Alta Velocidad Española

Journey time: from 2 hours 30 minutes
Transfer The journey from Madrid Atocha to Madrid Chamartin takes only around ten minutes on the Cercanias local rail service. It's three stops, and costs €1, but is free with a valid trainhotel (sleeper service) ticket.

Long hop

Transfer time: Allow 45 mintues.
 
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Leg 2: Madrid Chamartin to Paris Gare d'Austerlitz (sleeper)
Frequency of service: Daily.
Operator:

EuroNight

Journey time: 14 hrs 08 mins
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
 
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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
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).

 
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Your route back from Málaga

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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