City to city
London to Brussels by train
London St Pancras International → Bruxelles Midi
- Fastest
- ≈ 1h 57m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 01m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Eurostar, NS International
Trains link London (London St Pancras International) and Brussels (Bruxelles Midi) in about 1h 57m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Eurostar (373 km, typically 1 h 57 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from London to Brussels take?
The fastest trains cover London to Brussels in about 1h 57m; a typical journey takes around 2h 01m.
Is there a direct train from London to Brussels?
Yes: direct trains run between London St Pancras International and Bruxelles Midi.
Is the train or a flight faster from London to Brussels?
Door to door, the train typically wins: about 2h 20m city centre to city centre, against roughly 3h 55m for a typical flight once airport time is counted. The train also emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 2h 20m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 3h 55m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~14 kg train · ~44 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 The original Channel Tunnel service to the EU capital takes St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi in under two hours, city centre to city centre.
Legendary routes through London or Brussels
- Eurostar London → Paris
- LNER Azuma London → Edinburgh
- Caledonian Sleeper London → Fort William
- Avanti West Coast London → Glasgow
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.