City to city
London to Amsterdam by train
London St Pancras International → Amsterdam Centraal
- Fastest
- ≈ 4h 04m
- Typical
- ≈ 4h 46m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Eurostar, NS International, NS
Trains link London (London St Pancras International) and Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) in about 4h 04m 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 London to Amsterdam take?
The fastest trains cover London to Amsterdam in about 4h 04m; a typical journey takes around 4h 46m.
Is there a direct train from London to Amsterdam?
Yes: direct trains run between London St Pancras International and Amsterdam Centraal.
Is the train or a flight faster from London to Amsterdam?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 05m 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 London or Amsterdam
- 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 London
- London → Reading ≈ 23 min · direct
- London → Cambridge ≈ 49 min · direct
- London → Oxford ≈ 50 min · direct
- London → Brighton ≈ 58 min · direct
- London → Bath ≈ 1h 13m · direct
- London → Southampton ≈ 1h 14m · 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.