Trains in Great Britain

Rail network

Visitors to Great Britain will find it easy to travel around England, Scotland and Wales on the extensive and well-developed train system. Britain's train network criss-crosses the land with services to even small towns and villages with almost 20,000 train services on a typical weekday.

Visit the Rail Delivery Group website for an overview of train companies in the UK. Your Interrail pass is valid on trains from these companies. Eurostar trains require the Interrail Global Pass. 

Main stations & connections

London Euston

Trains to: 

Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Holyhead, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle

London King's Cross

Trains to:

Cambridge, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, York

London Paddington

Trains to:

Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Oxford, Penzance, Plymouth
You can use your Interrail Pass on Heathrow Connect to travel between Paddington and Heathrow Airport.

London Victoria

Trains to:

Brighton, Dover, Portsmouth, Southampton

London Waterloo

Trains to:

Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton, Weymouth, Windsor

Liverpool Lime Street

Trains to:

London, Manchester, Glasgow

Manchester Piccadilly

Trains to:

London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow

Birmingham New Street

Trains to: 

London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Penzance

Reservations

A valid Pass for Great Britain can be used on several train services operated by several private railway companies.

Please note: All customers with a Global Pass are eligible to travel on the Eurostar (between London and Paris, London and Brussels, and London and Amsterdam/Rotterdam respectively), with a compulsory reservation. However, Interrail Great Britain Pass is not valid on Eurostar. Reservations in Great Britain can be made online at ACP (€7 fee) or locally for free.

Below is a list of train types that a IR Pass for Great Britain is valid to use

No reservations required:

• c2c
• Chiltern Railways
• Gatwick Express
• Great Northern
• Heathrow Express
• London Northwestern Railway
• London Overground
• Merseyrail
• Northern
• ScotRail
• Southern
• South Western Railway
• TfL Rail/Crossrail
• Thameslink
• West Midlands Railway

Mandatory reservations required:

• Caledonian Sleeper
• Cross Country
• East Midlands Trains
• Grand Central
• Greater Anglia
• Great Western Railway
• Hull Trains
• London North Eastern Railway
• Southeastern (mandatory supplement to travel on High-Speed services out of St. Pancras)
• TransPennine Express
• Virgin Trains West Coast

Nice to know: Bicycles are generally allowed on British trains, but conditions vary between companies.