Rail sale: £35 Eurostar fares
Eurostar just kicked off a summer rail sale with one‑way fares from £35 to Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, but booking only runs through April 13, 2026 — a cheap window if you can lock dates now. For short European hops this can beat the hassle of airports, especially if you're flexible on timing. (travelandtourworld.com)
Eurostar has opened a four-day price window that puts one-way tickets from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Lille at £35, with booking closing on April 13, 2026 at 22:59 in the United Kingdom listing. (eurostar.com) The cheap seats are not for all summer dates. Eurostar says the sale fare applies to trips from April 22, 2026 through July 8, 2026, so the trade is simple: book fast now, travel later when the calendar opens up. (eurostar.com) The eye-catching part is Amsterdam, because that route often starts higher. Eurostar’s current London-to-Amsterdam page shows fares “from £39,” while the sale page cuts that floor to £35 for selected departures. (eurostar.com 1) (eurostar.com 2) Eurostar is selling this as city-centre travel rather than just a cheap seat. Its United Kingdom homepage pitches London departures to Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels with the same £35 fare and pairs that with “no airport transfers, no time wasted” in the company’s reasons-to-travel section. (eurostar.com) That matters on routes where the train is already competitive on time. Eurostar says London to Amsterdam can take as little as 3 hours 52 minutes, with direct trains listed at 4 hours 19 minutes, which is short enough that station-to-station travel can feel very different from an airport trip. (eurostar.com) The sale is also broader than the three headline cities. The official deal page includes Rotterdam direct and Lille alongside Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, which means the £35 number is really a network-wide push on Eurostar’s short London routes. (eurostar.com) If you miss this sale, Eurostar is still leaning hard on discount inventory. Its deals page is advertising Eurostar Snap with “up to 50% off” for flexible travelers who will accept a later-assigned departure to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam or Lille. (eurostar.com) The catch is that “from £35” does not mean every train, every day, or every return leg. Eurostar’s sale page says “Ts&Cs apply,” and its wider fare pages repeatedly frame these as lowest-fare seats, which usually means the cheapest buckets disappear first on peak Friday and Sunday departures. (eurostar.com 1) (eurostar.com 2) So this is less a blanket summer bargain than a short booking sprint. If your dates fall between April 22 and July 8 and you can book before April 13, 2026, Eurostar is briefly pricing some of its most popular cross-Channel trips at a level that can undercut the usual rail premium. (eurostar.com)
