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There are
regular Eurostar high-speed trains from
London to Brussels throughout the day, taking as little as 1 hour 51
minutes. InterCity trains run from Brussels to
Luxembourg every hour, taking 3 hours. Here
is a selection of journey times from London to Luxembourg.
You can double-check them for your own date of travel at
http://bahn.hafas.de
(English button at upper right). If you prefer to
travel via Paris, click here.
London ►
Luxembourg
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Eurostar (30 minute check-in) |
Mon-Fri
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Mon-Sat |
Sat |
Mon-Fri |
Sat |
Daily |
Sat, Sun |
Mon-Fri |
Daily |
Mon-Fri, Sun |
Sat, Sun |
Mon-Fri |
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Depart London St Pancras |
05:57 |
06:59 |
07:57 |
08:34 |
08:59 |
10:57 |
12:57 |
12:57 |
14:34 |
16:04 |
16:57 |
17:27 |
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Arrive Brussels Midi/Zuid |
08:56 |
10:03 |
10:56 |
11:29 |
12:03 |
14:03 |
16:03 |
16:03 |
17:33 |
19:03 |
20:03 |
20:33 |
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Change in Brussels onto the hourly
InterCity train to Luxembourg... |
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Depart Brussels Midi/Zuid |
09:33 |
10:33 |
11:33 |
12:33 |
12:33 |
14:33 |
16:33 |
17:27 |
18:33 |
19:33 |
20:33 |
21:33 |
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Arrive Luxembourg |
12:40 |
13:37 |
14:45 |
15:42 |
15:42 |
17:42 |
19:42 |
20:16 |
21:37 |
22:37 |
23:42 |
00:40 |
On
SUNDAYS, some Eurostars leave London a few minutes
EARLIER than shown.
No service on 25
December.
Advice on changing
trains at Brussels Midi
Engineering
work in 2009:
Please double-check train times between Brussels &
Luxembourg using
www.b-rail.be,
as engineering work is affecting the normal hourly direct
service until the end of 2009. Times may therefore
vary from those shown here, an you may need to change trains
additionally at (for example) Arlon.
Luxembourg ►
London
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Hourly InterCity train
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Daily
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Sat, Sun |
Mon-Fri
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Sat, Sun |
Mon-Fri |
Mon-Fri, Sun |
Daily
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Mon-Fri, Sun
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Mon-Fri, Sun |
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Depart Luxembourg
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07:19
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08:20 |
10:24
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10:24 |
11:24 |
12:24 |
13:24
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14:20
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16:20 |
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Arrive Brussels Midi
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10:27
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11:27 |
13:27
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13:27 |
14:27 |
15:27 |
16:27
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17:27
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19:27 |
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Eurostar (30
minute check-in at Brussels)
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Depart Brussels Midi
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11:29
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12:59 |
14:59
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14:29 |
15:59 |
16:59 |
17:59
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18:59
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20:29 |
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Arrive London St Pancras
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12:26
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14:03 |
15:56
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15:26 |
17:03 |
18:07 |
19:03
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19:56
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21:33 |
Fares...
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1. Eurostar fare from London to Brussels
or any station in Belgium, including Arlon: |
From £35 one-way or £59 return 2nd class.
Child, youth & senior fares
From £99
one-way or £175 return 1st class.
Advice on one-way Eurostar fares
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2. Arlon (the last station
in Belgium) to Luxembourg: |
Around 10.40 euros (£9) one way, 20.80 euros (£18) return.
This is a
flexible fare, valid on any train. The price
doesn't change, it's always this price even bought
on the day of travel. |
Advance reservation for Eurostar is compulsory, but the
hourly InterCity train from Brussels to Luxembourg is of the
'turn up, hop on' variety, with no seat reservation required
or even possible.
Eurostar fares from London to
Brussels are valid to any station in Belgium, not
just Brussels. So to reach Luxembourg you only need a
Eurostar ticket to Brussels plus a ticket from the last stop
in Belgium (which is Arlon) to Luxembourg. You can buy
the Arlon-Luxembourg ticket in advance from the same agency
that sells you the Eurostar ticket, so there's no need to
get off the Brussels-Luxembourg train at Arlon. If the
person you speak to tries to sell you a Brussels-Luxembourg
ticket, gently remind them of the Eurostar 'any station in
Belgium' rule and insist on an Arlon-Luxembourg ticket..!
How to buy
tickets...
The easiest way
to buy tickets is at
www.raileurope.co.uk.
Simply enter 'London' and 'Luxembourg' and your dates of
travel, and see what fares it comes up with. However,
because a Eurostar ticket to Brussels is in fact valid to
any station in Belgium, here's a way to get your tickets
more cheaply:
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Step 1, buy your
London-Brussels Eurostar ticket online at
www.eurostar.com, it is valid to any Belgian station
including the last station before Luxembourg, which is Arlon.
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Step 2, buy your Arlon-Luxembourg ticket at
the ticket office when you get to Brussels, which is easy,
as no reservation is needed for the Brussels-Luxembourg
train, you just buy a ticket and hop on.
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Alternatively, to save
time queuing at the ticket office, buy it online at any time
within 30 days of travel at the Belgian Railways website,
www.b-rail.be.
Simply find the online booking system, select Arlon (which
may show up as 'Arlon o Stockem') to Luxembourg, choose date of
travel, pay by credit card and print out your own ticket in
.PDF format. Once bought the ticket is non-refundable,
and although valid on any train between Arlon and Luxembourg
on the date chosen, the date cannot be changed.
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You can also buy
an Arlon-Luxembourg ticket at
www.raileurope.co.uk,
for £9 each way, with no booking or postage fee.
Alternatively,
you can book both tickets by phone with Rail Europe on 0844 848 5 848 (lines
are open 08:00-21:00 Mondays-Fridays, 09:00-18:00 Saturdays,
no longer open on Sundays) or any
other European rail agency -
Click
here for a list.
On board the Brussels - Luxembourg train...
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| A modern air-conditioned
InterCity train from Brussels to Luxembourg... |
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2nd class
on the Brussels-Luxembourg train... |
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1st class
on the Brussels-Luxembourg train... |
On board Eurostar...
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A
Eurostar at St Pancras International...
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Eurostar
1st class...
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Eurostar
2nd class...
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You can travel to Luxembourg via
Paris if you prefer, using one of several daily high-speed
TGV trains between Paris & Luxembourg. This route is
less frequent, as there's only a few daily TGVs
Paris-Luxembourg, compared to InterCity trains
Brussels-Luxembourg every hour. It's less flexible,
as TGVs are 'reservation compulsory' and your ticket will
only be valid on one specific train, whereas the InterCity
trains from Brussels are 'walk up, hop on' with flexible
fares valid on any train. It's also usually more
expensive than going via Brussels, but if you book in
advance you can get special cheap deal on the TGV that
make the price similar to the Brussels route. The
key advantage is that as the Eurostar & TGV are ticketed
separately, you can arrange to stop off in Paris if you
like. To check train times & fares and book
London-Luxembourg tickets via Paris online, simply use
www.raileurope.co.uk.
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Find
a hotel
in Luxembourg...
You can pre-book hotels using
www.hotelscombined.com, just use the search box
below.
This is not a hotel booking website, but a free search tool
which checks all the main hotel booking sites for you (AsiaRooms,
Opodo, Expedia, Travelocity, LateRooms and many others) to
find the cheapest hotel rates on the net. Set up in
2005, it's an amazing system and probably the best place to
start for booking any hotel online in any country, worldwide.
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    Take a good guidebook.
For the independent traveller, I think this usually means either the Lonely Planet or the Rough Guide. I
personally prefer the Lonely Planet, others prefer
the Rough Guide. Both guidebooks provide the same excellent
level of practical information and historical background.
However, for Luxembourg the Bradt guide is also worth considering as
it covers Luxembourg in depth, not just
as an adjunct to Belgium. Whichever you buy, you won't regret buying one!
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at Amazon...
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