Milano / Milan / Mailand to London by train

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Trenitalia has introduced its top tier Frecciarossa 1000 trains to the Milan to Paris route and the early morning departure, which is typically scheduled to leave Milano Centrale at 06:25, has an easily timed daily connection into the Eurostar which is usually scheduled to depart from Paris at 15:13.

Arriving at the Gare De Lyon

You will need to make the transfer from the Gare De Lyon, where the Frecce train will arrive, and the Gare Du Nord, from where the Eurostar will depart.

Checking-in at the Gare Du Nord:

At the Gare Du Nord the check in and waiting area for the Eurostar (the 'Hall Du Londres') is at an upper level, above the main concourse.
The access to this upper level is some distance from the voie/platforms/tracks that the Eurostars depart from.
The escalators leading up to Eurostar departures are located at the rear wall of the station building, on the opposite side of the concourse to voies/platforms/tracks 14 - 15.

When the service is operating normally, the transfer across Paris by the RER train will take less than 25 mins, from stepping off the TGV at the Gare De Lyon to being on the concourse at the Gare Du Nord.
So if the Frecce train from Milano arrives in Paris on time and the RER is as it should be, you will be at the Gare Du Nord around one hour 15mins prior to the departure of the Eurostar.

Eurostar recommends that holders of Standard Class And Standard Premier tickets should arrive at the Gare Du Nord 90 minutes before departure.
But because the access to Eurostar check-in won't be closed off until 30 mins prior to departure, being at the Gare Du Nord 75 minutes prior to departure, as per the usual schedule, will allow enough time to make the Eurostar.

Eurostar recommends that holders of Business Premier tickets should arrive at the Gare Du Nord 30 minutes before departure, with access to check-in being closed off from 15 mins prior to departure.

The Eurostar on to London:

Final Destination: London St Pancras

Note that these trains will no longer be calling at Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International, until an unspecified date likely to be in 2025 at the earliest.

Note that London is in a different time zone to mainland Europe, it is one hour behind; hence what can seem like a discrepancy between the journey time and the interval between the departure and arrival times.

Our guide to arriving by Eurostar in London is here.

Book Early And Save: Yes

Online bookings open: up to 6 months ahead of of the travel date

Eurostar does not sell tickets for this journey.

Seat reservations are automatically included when booking tickets for both trains.

Your ticket will not include the RER train across Paris from the Gare De Lyon to the Gare Du Nord.

Making the connection in Paris:

There is relatively new E.U. legislation which protects travellers against financial loss in the event of missed connections due to train delays, but it only applies to 'through tickets'.
The Eurostar terms and conditions specifically state that when booking journeys which combine Eurostar + Thalys trains 'through tickets' will be issued.
However, 'for all other journeys that combine a Eurostar Service and a service provided by another carrier(s), including when purchased in a single commercial transaction, those tickets will be separate contracts and issues regarding delays, missed connections, cancellations, compensation, and the management of aftersales will be handled accordingly'.
So as 'end-to-end' tickets booked in one transaction for this journey won't be classified by Eurostar as 'through tickets', you may need to re-book tickets for the Eurostar at the Gare Du Nord, in the unlikely event of a delay to the Frecce train from Milano, causing you to miss the Eurostar you are booked on to.

Because Eurostar in effect classifies the the tickets for the Frecce train and its train as separate bookings even when booked in one transaction, you can de-risk the need to re-book the Eurostar, at a last-minute more expensive price, by making two separate bookings - for the Frecce train from Milan and a later Eurostar on to London.

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The first TGV departure of the day, which typically leaves Milano Porta Garibaldi at 06:00 also connects into the same Eurostar departure on from Paris as the Frecce train from Milano Centrale (option 1)

It is due into the Gare De Lyon less than 15 mins before the Frecce train will be due to arrive there, so it connects into the same train on to London.

Though on at weekends and on Mon to Friday on some weeks, it is possible to depart from Milano Porta Garibaldi on a TGV departing at 12:10 and connect in Paris into a Eurostar.
The connection is into the final Eurostar of the day on from the Gare Du Nord, but the usual timetable allows more than two hours to make the transfer across Paris.
This later TGV typically has a connection available at Torino Porta Susa from the first Frecce train of the day on the Napoli - Roma - Firenze - Torino route; but connections from these cities to London in a single day by train aren't available on Monday to Saturday.

Arriving at the Gare De Lyon

You will need to make the transfer from the Gare De Lyon, where the Frecce train will arrive, and the Gare Du Nord, from where the Eurostar will depart.

Checking-in at the Gare Du Nord:

At the Gare Du Nord the check in and waiting area for the Eurostar (the 'Hall Du Londres') is at an upper level, above the main concourse.
The access to this upper level is some distance from the voie/platforms/tracks that the Eurostars depart from.
The escalators leading up to Eurostar departures are located at the rear wall of the station building, on the opposite side of the concourse to voies/platforms/tracks 14 - 15.

When the service is operating normally, the transfer across Paris by the RER train will take less than 25 mins, from stepping off the TGV at the Gare De Lyon to being on the concourse at the Gare Du Nord.
So if the Frecce train from Milano arrives in Paris on time and the RER is as it should be, you will be at the Gare Du Nord around one hour 30mins prior to the departure of the Eurostar.

Eurostar recommends that holders of Standard Class And Standard Premier tickets should arrive at the Gare Du Nord 90 minutes before departure.
But because the access to Eurostar check-in won't be closed off until 30 mins prior to departure, being at the Gare Du Nord 90 minutes prior to departure, as per the usual schedule, will allow enough time to make the Eurostar.

Eurostar recommends that holders of Business Premier tickets should arrive at the Gare Du Nord 30 minutes before departure, with access to check-in being closed off from 15 mins prior to departure.

The Eurostar on to London:

Final Destination: London St Pancras

Note that these trains will no longer be calling at Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International, until an unspecified date likely to be in 2025 at the earliest.

Note that London is in a different time zone to mainland Europe, it is one hour behind; hence what can seem like a discrepancy between the journey time and the interval between the departure and arrival times.

Our guide to arriving by Eurostar in London is here.

Book Early And Save: Yes

Online bookings open: up to 6 months ahead of of the travel date

Eurostar does not sell tickets for this journey.

Seat reservations are automatically included when booking tickets for both trains.

Your ticket will not include the RER train across Paris from the Gare De Lyon to the Gare Du Nord.

Making the connection in Paris:

There is relatively new E.U. legislation which protects travellers against financial loss in the event of missed connections due to train delays, but it only applies to 'through tickets'.
The Eurostar terms and conditions specifically state that when booking journeys which combine Eurostar + Thalys trains 'through tickets' will be issued.
However, 'for all other journeys that combine a Eurostar Service and a service provided by another carrier(s), including when purchased in a single commercial transaction, those tickets will be separate contracts and issues regarding delays, missed connections, cancellations, compensation, and the management of aftersales will be handled accordingly'.
So as 'end-to-end' tickets booked in one transaction for this journey won't be classified by Eurostar as 'through tickets', you may need to re-book tickets for the Eurostar at the Gare Du Nord, in the unlikely event of a delay to the Frecce train from Milano, causing you to miss the Eurostar you are booked on to.

Because Eurostar in effect classifies the the tickets for the Frecce train and its train as separate bookings even when booked in one transaction, when departing Milnao at around 06:00, you can de-risk the need to re-book the Eurostar, at a last-minute more expensive price, by making two separate bookings - for the Frecce train from Milan and a later Eurostar on to London.
Though if you depart Milano at around 12:00 you will connecting into the final Eurostar of the day from Paris to London.
In the highly unlikely event of a delay causing an arrival at Gare Du Nord after the check-in for the Eurostar has closed, you will also have to fund any accommodation costs for what will then be a necessary overnight stay in Paris.

This journey can currently be booked

Depart from Milano Centrale at 07:20 and you will have more than an hour to make the connection between trains in Basel - and will be scheduled to have 2hr 30mins between the arrival in Paris and the departure of the Eurostar.
This journey with an end-to-end time of around 13hr 20mins, can typically be booked on Trainline

Or depart from Milano Centrale at 11;20 and the end-to-end journey time will be shorter at 12hr 10mins, but the time between the arrival in Paris and the departure of the Eurostar will be around 1hr 35mins - and the connection will be into the final departure of the day on to London.
This journey option can typically be booked with RailEurope.

Alternative journey options

When the usual schedule is disrupted the connection between trains in Switzerland may need to be made at Zurich HB station instead of in Basel.

Arriving at the Gare De Lyon

You will need to make the transfer from the Gare De Lyon, where the Frecce train will arrive, and the Gare Du Nord, from where the Eurostar will depart.

Checking-in at the Gare Du Nord:

At the Gare Du Nord the check in and waiting area for the Eurostar (the 'Hall Du Londres') is at an upper level, above the main concourse.
The access to this upper level is some distance from the voie/platforms/tracks that the Eurostars depart from.
The escalators leading up to Eurostar departures are located at the rear wall of the station building, on the opposite side of the concourse to voies/platforms/tracks 14 - 15.

When the service is operating normally, the transfer across Paris by the RER train will take less than 25 mins, from stepping off the TGV at the Gare De Lyon to being on the concourse at the Gare Du Nord.
So if the Lyria train from Basel arrives in Paris on time and the RER is as it should be, you will either:

• be at the Gare Du Nord around 2hrs prior to the departure of the Eurostar if you depart Milano at 07:20; or
• around 1hr 5 min prior to the departure of the Eurostar if you depart Milano at 11:20.

Eurostar recommends that holders of Standard Class And Standard Premier tickets should arrive at the Gare Du Nord 90 minutes before departure.
But because the access to Eurostar check-in won't be closed off until 30 mins prior to departure, being at the Gare Du Nord more than one hour prior to departure, as per the usual schedule, will allow enough time to make the Eurostar.

The Eurostar on to London:

Final Destination: London St Pancras

Note that these trains will no longer be calling at Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International, until an unspecified date likely to be in 2025 at the earliest.

Note that London is in a different time zone to mainland Europe, it is one hour behind; hence what can seem like a discrepancy between the journey time and the interval between the departure and arrival times.

Our guide to arriving by Eurostar in London is here.

Book Early And Save: Yes

Online bookings open: up to 6 months ahead of of the travel date

Eurostar does not sell tickets for this journey.

Seat reservations are automatically included when booking tickets for all trains.

Your ticket will not include the RER train across Paris from the Gare De Lyon to the Gare Du Nord.

Making the connection in Paris:

There is relatively new E.U. legislation which protects travellers against financial loss in the event of missed connections due to train delays, but it only applies to 'through tickets'.
The Eurostar terms and conditions specifically state that when booking journeys which combine Eurostar + Thalys trains 'through tickets' will be issued.
However, 'for all other journeys that combine a Eurostar Service and a service provided by another carrier(s), including when purchased in a single commercial transaction, those tickets will be separate contracts and issues regarding delays, missed connections, cancellations, compensation, and the management of aftersales will be handled accordingly'.
So as 'end-to-end' tickets booked in one transaction for this journey won't be classified by Eurostar as 'through tickets', you may need to re-book tickets for the Eurostar at the Gare Du Nord, in the unlikely event of a delay to the preceding trains, causing you to miss the Eurostar you are booked on to.

Because Eurostar in effect classifies the the tickets for the Frecce train and its train as separate bookings even when booked in one transaction, when departing Milano at around 07:20, you can de-risk the need to re-book the Eurostar, at a last-minute more expensive price, by making two separate bookings - for the journey to Paris and a later Eurostar on to London.
Though if you depart Milano at around 11;20 you will connecting into the final Eurostar of the day from Paris to London.
In the highly unlikely event of a delay causing an arrival at Gare Du Nord after the check-in for the Eurostar has closed, you will also have to fund any accommodation costs for what will then be a necessary overnight stay in Paris.

This journey can currently be booked

Depart from Milano Centrale at 08:20 and you will have around 40 mins to change trains in Lausanne - and will be scheduled to have 2hr 5mins between the arrival in Paris and the onward departure of the Eurostar.

Arriving at the Gare De Lyon

You will need to make the transfer from the Gare De Lyon, where the Frecce train will arrive, and the Gare Du Nord, from where the Eurostar will depart.

Checking-in at the Gare Du Nord:

At the Gare Du Nord the check in and waiting area for the Eurostar (the 'Hall Du Londres') is at an upper level, above the main concourse.
The access to this upper level is some distance from the voie/platforms/tracks that the Eurostars depart from.
The escalators leading up to Eurostar departures are located at the rear wall of the station building, on the opposite side of the concourse to voies/platforms/tracks 14 - 15.

When the service is operating normally, the transfer across Paris by the RER train will take less than 25 mins, from stepping off the TGV at the Gare De Lyon to being on the concourse at the Gare Du Nord.
So if the Lyria train from Lausanne arrives in Paris on time and the RER is as it should be, you will be at the Gare Du Nord around 90 mins prior to the departure of the Eurostar.

Eurostar recommends that holders of Standard Class And Standard Premier tickets should arrive at the Gare Du Nord 90 minutes before departure.
But because the access to Eurostar check-in won't be closed off until 30 mins prior to departure, the train from Lausanne can arrive in Paris around an hour late and you should still make the connection in time

The Eurostar on to London:

Final Destination: London St Pancras

Note that these trains will no longer be calling at Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International, until an unspecified date likely to be in 2025 at the earliest.

Note that London is in a different time zone to mainland Europe, it is one hour behind; hence what can seem like a discrepancy between the journey time and the interval between the departure and arrival times.

Our guide to arriving by Eurostar in London is here.

Book Early And Save: Yes

Online bookings open: up to 6 months ahead of of the travel date

Eurostar does not sell tickets for this journey.

Seat reservations are automatically included when booking tickets for all trains.

Your ticket will not include the RER train across Paris from the Gare De Lyon to the Gare Du Nord.

Making the connection in Paris:

There is relatively new E.U. legislation which protects travellers against financial loss in the event of missed connections due to train delays, but it only applies to 'through tickets'.
The Eurostar terms and conditions specifically state that when booking journeys which combine Eurostar + Thalys trains 'through tickets' will be issued.
However, 'for all other journeys that combine a Eurostar Service and a service provided by another carrier(s), including when purchased in a single commercial transaction, those tickets will be separate contracts and issues regarding delays, missed connections, cancellations, compensation, and the management of aftersales will be handled accordingly'.
So as 'end-to-end' tickets booked in one transaction for this journey won't be classified by Eurostar as 'through tickets', you may need to re-book tickets for the Eurostar at the Gare Du Nord, in the unlikely event of a delay to the preceding trains, causing you to miss the Eurostar you are booked on to.

Because Eurostar in effect classifies the the tickets for the Frecce train and its train as separate bookings even when booked in one transaction, when departing Milano at around 07:20, you can de-risk the need to re-book the Eurostar, at a last-minute more expensive price, by making two separate bookings - for the journey to Paris and a later Eurostar on to London.