City Breaks Deals Route Map. Club Eurostar. London to Paris Trains. When Depart - Return. Passengers 1 Adult. Spacious seats Sit back and relax. City centre to city centre. Important travel information Because of Brexit and coronavirus, your Eurostar journey may be different than usual. Take the train to Paris Get to St Pancras International at our recommended arrival time to allow plenty of time to get through border controls and security.
Eurostar trains arrive right in the heart of Paris at Gare du Nord station. Our whistle stop tour of Paris. Food, glorieux food Enjoy a jambon beurre , crusty baguette with ham and lashings of butter gherkins are optional. On the other hand, you get more people walking through to get to the bar. If you've a tight onward connection when your Eurostar arrives in Paris or London , book a seat at the front of the Eurostar train i.
If going to Brussels, see information about the short cut to other platforms here. Quiet coach : Eurostar trialled a 'quiet coach' in Business Premier and Standard Premier but not Standard class in , but the trial ended, and there is now no designated quiet coach. On Eurostar's e trains in all classes but not e , the edge of your seat can be extended 2 inches just by pulling it out.
If you're tall, this is a great feature! Unlike other British and European trains, Eurostar operates a check-in system. You must check in for any Eurostar train at least 30 minutes before departure 10 minutes for Business Premier passengers, 60 minutes for the Eurostar ski trains. However, the gates still close 30 minutes before departure 10 minutes for Business Premier so if you can't make the full 90 minutes because of your other train connections it should still be OK.
But earlier is better! Check-in opens at up to 2 hours before each train departure, it varies depending how busy they expect to be that day. Check-in at London St Pancras. Check-in at Paris Nord. Check-in at Brussels Midi. The check-in gates are in the wide passageway off the lower street level shopping arcade, one level down from the Eurostar trains themselves.
To check in, place your ticket barcode on your phone or a printout against the small scanner screen on the automatic ticket gates. Or you can use a staffed check-in kiosk. If you want to change your allocated seat for example, to make sure you're facing forward , ask at a staffed kiosk. No need to remove your belt or shoes, no nonsense with liquids though they don't like you carrying a cup of coffee through!
After the security scan there's a UK passport check, where staff will scan your passport. Then there's a French passport check.
Then you're inside the departure lounge and free to use the shops, bar, cafe or other facilities until your train is ready for boarding, usually minutes before departure. The Eurostar information desk can provide you with Eurostar information, a free map of Paris, and Paris visitor metro passes.
The entrance to the Business Lounge at St Pancras is on the right-hand side of the departure lounge, immediately after the passport check. The six Eurostar platforms at St Pancras platforms are directly above the departure lounge, and a boarding announcement will be made about minutes before departure.
There are two gently-sloping moving walkways up to each platform, plus a lift. If your reservation is in cars , you use one walkway, if your reservation is in cars you use the other.
Just follow the signs! There are no formalities on arrival in Paris, Lille or Brussels other than a very occasional spot check , it's all done before you board. So on arrival you just walk off the train, simple as that St Pancras' beautiful gothic facade The station building is now a luxury hotel, the Renaissance, accessed from the forecourt via the big archway in the photo above. See London St Pancras station information. This way to check-in!
Check-in gates: You scan your ticket barcode to open the automatic gates, then through security, then a passport check, and you're in the departure lounge!
Departure lounge In this photo you can see the travelator up to the platform, and the shop at the back. The blue bench seating in the centre of this photo has now been improved with more regular seating of the brown type. Business Premier lounge When boarding is announced, staff open the glass doors and passengers go up the travelators to the platform above. There are six platforms, Station plan, click top right to expand.
To use the automatic gates, place your ticket barcode on your phone or a printout against the small scanner screen on the gate. If you want to change your allocated seat for example, to make sure you're facing forward , use a staffed kiosk.
Immediately after the ticket check you enter the terminal and have your passport checked by French police. Then there's a passport check by UK Border Force, with a choice between staffed kiosks and automated passport e-gates.
You then turn right and enter the departure lounge which is on the first floor alongside platform 3 there isn't a platform 1 or 2 at Paris Nord. It also has a cocktail bar, open afternoon and evenings. It's on the second floor, immediately after the security checks turn left and go up the stairs or lift.
Porte A is the one closest to the buffer stops, for boarding cars at the rear of the train. Porte B is the far one, for boarding cars at the London end of the train.
However, they lead to the same platform, so it's not the end of the world if you use the wrong one. There are no formalities on arrival in London unless UK customs people pull you over , it's all done before you board. This photo is taken looking along the station concourse with the platforms on the right. It shows the escalator opposite platform 17 up to the balcony leading to the first-floor Eurostar check-in.
Departure lounge at Paris Nord. Much improved since the early days, there are toilets, shops and cafes. Business Premier lounge , upstairs from the main lounge, featuring this great cocktail bar. Paris Nord station plan, click top right to expand Check-in at Brussels Midi The main concourse at Brussels Midi is a wide and it has to be said gloomy street-level passageway running underneath all 22 platforms.
It's marked Channel Terminal. Inside the Channel Terminal entrance you'll find a small waiting area with staffed check-in desks and automatic ticket gates. Immediately after the ticket check there's a passport check by Belgian police. Then comes a passport check by UK Border Force. No need to remove your shoes, no nonsense with liquids though they don't like you carrying a cup of coffee through!
In Brussels I find my belt buckle sets off the metal detector, in London it doesn't. Once in the large departure lounge there is a car-bar, jewellers and chocolate shop. The entrance is inside the main departure lounge, veer left when you enter, passing the cafe counter to your right. Entrance to the Eurostar terminal in Brussels Departure lounge at Brussels Midi The entrance to the Business Premier Lounge is to the left of the cafe, behind the big steel pillar in this photo.
Business Premier lounge. This is the drinks area. Brussels Midi station plan, click top right to expand There are two types of train in service with Eurostar, both with similar interiors:. Eurostar have 17 e trains. Eurostar have 8 e trains, but they have all been taken out of service and put into storage during the coronavirus pandemic.
They are likely to remain out of service until passenger numbers return to previous levels, with all services operated by e trains until further notice. How to tell which type of Eurostar is due to operate which departure.
Eurostar introduced the first of their new e trains onto the London-Paris route in and all 17 e trains are now in service. Built by Siemens, the new trains feature free WiFi in all classes and power sockets at all seats. And yes, seat 61 is still the best seat in the house - if you pick seat 61 in the right first class car, that is.
Cars 2, 3, 14 or 15, since you ask Click here for e seating plan. How to tell if your Eurostar is due to be an e A Eurostar e Larger photo. Standard class seats. Baby-changing facilities in all toilets Seat 61? A table for two in 1st class An e at St Pancras. Eurostar's refurbished e trains This is no mere change of the seat covers, it's a completely new interior, making them almost indistinguishable from the brand-new e trains - the much larger cafe-bar area is one difference.
Like the new es, the refurbished e trains feature free WiFi in all classes, power sockets at all seats, and USB sockets as well as power sockets in 1st class. The seat layout is similar to the original TMST but with a few slight differences.
Eurostar's e trains were taken out of service and put into storage when the coronavirus pandemic hit, they are likely to remain out of service for several years until passenger numbers return to previous levels. The first freshly-refurbished e Standard class seats on an e One of two bar cars on an e, larger than e All Eurostar trains are completely non-smoking.
The cafe-bars serve tea, coffee, hot chocolate, beer, wine, spirits, sandwiches, wraps and a few hot dishes such as Chicken Tikka Massala.
The bar accepts credit cards as well as cash. Alternatively, feel free to take your own food and drink, even your own bottle of wine the overnight Ski Train is an exception where no alcohol is allowed. The bar car also sells Paris metro tickets , individually and in carnets of They charge only slightly more than you'd pay at the metro station in Paris, so if you have to cross Paris to catch an onward train this is the best way to buy your metro ticket.
They are alternately of the UK-type 3-pin and European-type 2-pin, so your seat could have either type, but the seat next to you will have the other type. The new e trains and refurbished e trains have effective free WiFi in all classes.
You bring your bags with you and put them on the luggage racks. Large racks near the entrance doors easily take large items. Anything up to back-pack sized will fit on the overhead racks above your seat.
Luggage on Eurostar Unlike travelling by air, you don't check in your bags when travelling by train. You keep them with you, placing small or medium size bags up to backpack-size on the luggage racks above your head and larger items on the big suitcase racks at the end of the coach just inside the entrance doors.
Labelling your bags : You must label your bags with your name first name and surname , you'll find free paper labels at the terminal if you've forgotten. Luggage limits on Eurostar : In principle at least, Eurostar limits luggage to 2 large items per passenger, maximum 85cm in any one dimension, plus a small item of hand luggage. There's no weight limit, so you can pretty much pack what you like, and again unlike anally-retentive airports and airlines nobody actually measures your bags or even worries if you have an extra carrier bag or two, as long as they all fit through the X-ray machines and don't cause any problems.
Items over 85cm : In theory there's a maximum size limit of 85cm in any one dimension. Which is odd, as there's no such limit on any other British or French train, and there's no real logic to it as far as I can see, as long as items fit through the X-ray scanners at check-in.
If you call Eurostar, staff may repeat the official 85cm limit and say you should use Eurostar's baggage service, but this is useless for anyone continuing beyond Paris, Brussels or London as items are only be available for collection with 24 hours of your Eurostar's arrival.
But in reality nobody measures your bags at check-in, and in practice people take guitars, 1 metre long tubes with rolled-up plans or posters inside, and other items that are a little over 85cm onto Eurostar, as they do on any train. In practice Eurostar is generally relaxed as long as you don't take the P. Basically, if it's under 85cm long, no problem, but over that and you pay a child rate for a seat next to you. Though in practice nobody measures things so you will probably get away with taking a 90cm guitar as regular luggage and simply putting on a rack above your seat.
I can understand the official policy with a cello or double bass, but it does seem a nonsense that you have to pay for a guitar when it's perfectly normal to take a guitar free of charge on any other UK or European train. See the paragraph above about items over 85cm in practice as well as theory. To this end they typically limit alcohol brought for your own consumption to 1 bottle of wine or 4 cans of beer or 1 small bottle of spirits.
You can transport more than this if it remains unopened in your bags in transit, not for consumption. No alcohol at all is allowed on the overnight ski train. Prohibited items that can catch you out : As well as the obvious prohibited items such as firearms or explosives, Eurostar prohibits any knife with a blade over 3", which has been known to catch out people returning to London with a nice set of Sabatier kitchen knives they bought in Paris.
Eurostar offer a checked baggage service for extra large items, which costs extra, see the baggage information page at www. No alcohol is allowed on the overnight Eurostar Ski Train to the French Alps, and only limited alcohol no spirits is allowed on the daytime Ski Train, but it's usually fine within reason on normal Eurostars.
Ice axes: Until ice axes were not officially allowed on Eurostar. Eurostar then changed their policy in and ice axes were officially allowed, if suitably tucked away in your luggage. Now in we're back to them not allowed again. Giving you unlimited access to Europe's rail network on each day and in each country that it's valid bonus: you get to choose those days and counties , you can travel from city to city without having to buy separate tickets.
Your order. Total order amount. Remove Pass es. Your cart is empty. Which Pass? Check out the Global Pass. The rail route: London to Paris. Pancras International to Paris Gare du Nord. View more popular train routes. Your train options. Travel time This train is seriously speedy.
Frequency There are around 13 trains each day running from London to Paris and back. Prices Like airplane tickets, the train from London to Paris costs you more if you purchase your ticket close to the date of travel.
On-board facilities. Extra space and comfort Meal and drink tailored to the time of day, served at your seat Complimentary magazines. In designated cars Family facilities Space for extra luggage Sockets for charging your devices.
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