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Train from St Gervais to London

 
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Overview

Route: St Gervais to London via Paris or Lille
Journey time: From 7 hours 19 minutes
 

Detailed itinerary

Option 1: via Paris (sleeper)

Sample itinerary: The 2050 sleeper service from St Gervais to Paris 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 £135 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
Leg 1: 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
Operator:

Corail Lunéa

Journey time: 9 hours 46 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
 
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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
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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Option 2: via Paris (winter weekends only)

Sample itinerary: The 0930 Saturday train will get you into Paris with plenty of time to get one of several Eurostar services back to the UK in the afternoon.
Price: from £137 return (booked as a return journey outward from London
Leg 1: St Gervais to Paris Gare de Lyon (weekends during winter ski season only)

Trains depart St Gervais every Saturday at 0930 and 1651, and on Sunday at 1610 and 1654.
Frequency of service: 4 trains a weekend during the winter only
Operator:

TGV

Journey time: From 4 hours 39 minutes
Transfer

A relatively quick train trip from Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord. Follow the signs for RER ligne D (which will be signposted 'direction Creil' or 'direction Orry La Ville Coye'). It's just 2 stops from Gare de Lyon to Gare de Nord and takes a little over 10 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.

Short hop

Transfer time: Allow 50 mins.
 
Book a hotel near Gare de Lyon
 
 
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 3: via Lille

Sample itinerary: You can take the 1543 TGV service to Lille, spend a relaxing night in a hotel and - if you work in London - arrive in St Pancras in time for work the next morning, courtesy of the 0735 Eurostar.
Price: from £167 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
Leg 1: St Gervais to Lille Europe

Train departs St Gervais daily at 1543, arriving in Lille Europe at 2152.
Frequency of service: Daily
Operator:

TGV

Journey time: 6 hours 9 minutes
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 platform

Transfer time: Allow 50 mins
 
Book a hotel near Lille Europe/Lille Flanders
 
Leg 2: 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
Operator:

Eurostar

Journey time: From 1 hr 20 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 St Gervais

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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