Green Traveller's Guide to taking the train from London St Pancras International Railway Station to Turin, Italy.
Important: The Paris–Turin-Milan line has been blocked due to a landslide in the French Alps and is likely to remain so until Spring 2025. An alternative route is to go from Paris via Switzerland (changing at Geneva, Lauranne, Basel or Zurich) to Milan. If you leave on one of the early Eurostar departures from London St Pancras you can get to Turin the same day.
Journey Time: from 10 hours 40 minutes
Sample timetable: Depart London 9.22am, arrive Milan 9.50pm
Changes: 1
Transfer: Paris Gare du Nord to Paris Gare de Lyon
Frequency of Departures: 23/day
Carbon emissions: 18.51kg (flight would be 243.9kg)*
Tickets provided by Trainline, which allows you to buy tickets for multiple train operators in multiple European countries. It does charge a small booking fee, but offers several useful facilities, such as a free email alert service to let you know as soon as bookings open for your chosen route so you can snap up the cheapest tickets when they become available.
How to book train tickets as part of a package with accommodation
If you want someone to book the whole journey for you or combine it with staying in hotels en route, get in touch with the travel agent Byway through its page for booking enquiries.
What's the journey like?
You have to change stations in Paris from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon, which can take about half an hour on the Paris RER line (it's only two stops, though we recommend you leave at least 50 minutes for the entire transfer - you have about an hour and a quarter to get the connection). See our guide to How to transfer between train stations across Paris. At Gare de Lyon, you board a TGV high speed train to 'Torino Porta Susa' station.
Stopover hotels to break the journey in Paris
If you want to break the journey and stay overnight to see a bit more of Paris while you're travelling through, there are lots of lovely places to stay near both Gare du Nord and Gare de Lyon. Here are some examples of hotels that are conveniently near these stations:
Miss your connection in Paris?
Don’t panic. Railteam’s ‘Hop on the Next Available Train’ service means that if you have missed your connection between high speed trains because of a delay on the preceding leg of your journey, you’ll automatically be put on the next available high-speed TGV train. NB Remember to get your ticket stamped by your Train Manager. Whenever you’re connecting, always remember to validate your onward train ticket at the machine on the platform before departing (these are often coloured yellow).
For more train routes to Europe, see our Flight-Free Train/Ferry Journey Planner
On arrival at Torino Porta Susa station
Benvenuto a Torino! Turin is at the foot of the western Alps, and is one of Italy's greenest cities – alongside the Po river it has over 300km of tree-lined streets, lots of public parks and historic gardens. If you're looking to stay near to the station, at least for the first night, there are plenty of hotels within walking distance, see below:
Hotels near to Torino Porta Susa train station
Turin has many public green spaces: one of the best known is Parco del Valentino and the 18th century Botanical Garden on the banks of the River Po. Another green space it at Pellerina in the north-west of the city on the banks of the Dora Riparia. For more information about green travel in Turin see: Torino Green City.
Like many European cities, Turin has lots of places to hire bikes. For example, Turin Bikes is just two minutes from the Porta Nuova train station.
Buon Viaggio!