Need to wake up in London in May and get to Southampton for a 5:00pm cruise. Best options to get there?
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Southwest trains run directly from London Waterloo to Southampton Central. If you book a SW train well in advance on megatrain.com rather than on the SW site, you can get a discount fare as low as £1.00. Depart at 11:39 and arrive at 13:15. Or depart at 13:39 and arrive at 15:12.
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
Be sure to go to http://www.cruisecritic.com. In addition to getting answers to your question, you can sign up for the "roll call" of others on your sailing, and probably find someone to split a car service ride from London.
Posted by
OP
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
255 posts
Will look into all. Thanks
Posted by
Los Angeles, California
1986 posts
Many eons ago I arrived by ship in Southampton from the Colonies and there was a train at the docks waiting for our "mail ship'- doesnt look like they do that any more. Spomeone in England may know.
Posted by
London, United Kingdom
4684 posts
There are direct trains to the docks now from northern England and Scotland but not from London - the journey's too short for it to attract enough passengers.