DLP to London indirect train booking question

[drdelsol]

We will be going to DLP in November and want to take the train over to London. We are not wanting to take the direct Eurostar because of timing. Everytime I put in times on the Eurostar or raileurope sites, I only get the direct train listings. I thought one time last month I got them with the time inbetween trains and everything but not again. What am I doing wrong?

 

[DLPdaft]

We will be going to DLP in November and want to take the train over to London. We are not wanting to take the direct Eurostar because of timing. Everytime I put in times on the Eurostar or raileurope sites, I only get the direct train listings. I thought one time last month I got them with the time inbetween trains and everything but not again. What am I doing wrong?

you won't get the indirect trains from France to London on the Eurostar UK site - Eurostar UK can't sell the indirect fare for trains starting in France rather than the UK (because it starts with the TGV train journey from DLP to Lille, then the Eurostar from Lille to London).

You also can't book the fare until 90 days before travel.

So, to book this, your choices are either book it through SNCF, or if your French is ok, you can book on the French Eurostar site. If you have a look on either of those sites now, you should at least find times for the indirect, and a rough idea of price. You'll have to wait until around August to book though.

 

[stk31]

The option to purchase Indirect trains on the Eurostar website will be available around 90 days before departure. I paid £ 71 return for Adults and £67 for children, although ticket prices seem to be more expensive on some departure times. It's worth checking a few days before that 90 day mark as I managed to get mine 3 days earlier.

I booked mine in November for my trip next week, there are about 6 or 7 trains most days of the week and purchasing them for your dates should be no real issue as it's off peak. You're obviously looking at the opposite way round, but it makes no difference, you can still book on the Eurostar website 90 days in advance for both legs of the journey as one price. Test it with some dates that are available over the next 90 days for prices, it probably won't change too much between now and when you can book your dates

 

[drdelsol]

Ok, that explains a lot. Thank you very much.