City to city
Amsterdam to London by train
Amsterdam Centraal → London St Pancras International
- Fastest
- ≈ 4h 17m
- Typical
- ≈ 4h 47m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Eurostar, NS, NS International
Trains link Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) and London (London St Pancras International) in about 4h 17m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Eurostar (585 km, typically 4 h 04 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Amsterdam to London take?
The fastest trains cover Amsterdam to London in about 4h 17m; a typical journey takes around 4h 47m.
Is there a direct train from Amsterdam to London?
Yes: direct trains run between Amsterdam Centraal and London St Pancras International.
Is the train or a flight faster from Amsterdam to London?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 10m quicker door to door (about 4h against 5h 05m by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 5h 05m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~15 kg train · ~49 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
This corridor in the atlas
- Eurostar A single train from St Pancras to Amsterdam Centraal since 2018: under the Channel, across Flanders and over the Dutch polders in about four hours.
Legendary routes through Amsterdam or London
- Eurostar London → Paris
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- LNER Azuma London → Edinburgh
- Caledonian Sleeper London → Fort William
Sleepers too: night trains from London.
More trains from Amsterdam
- Amsterdam → Utrecht ≈ 26 min · direct
- Amsterdam → Rotterdam ≈ 43 min · direct
- Amsterdam → The Hague ≈ 49 min · direct
- Amsterdam → Antwerp ≈ 1h 20m · direct
- Amsterdam → Eindhoven ≈ 1h 21m · direct
- Amsterdam → Brussels ≈ 1h 56m · direct
More train routes in United Kingdom · France · Belgium.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.