Minimum connection time on CIV tickets

[tc99]

Can anyone advise me how long I need to allow from Marylebone to St Pancras using a CIV ticket to connect to Eurostar for the connection to be deemed ‘legal’?

Many thanks!

 

[CyrusWuff]

Can anyone advise me how long I need to allow from Marylebone to St Pancras using a CIV ticket to connect to Eurostar for the connection to be deemed ‘legal’?

Many thanks!

From BR Times:

• Minimum connection time at Marylebone is 10 minutes
• Fixed link time to London International (CIV) is 20 minutes for most of the day (25 minutes between 0529 and 0659, and between 1901 and 2359; 30 minutes between 0001 and 0529)
• Minimum connection time at London International (CIV) is 35 minutes

So I'd say that would be 65 minutes most of the time.

 

[P Binnersley]

Eurostar recommended Check in Times are:

London St Pancras International​

	Standard & Standard Premier	Business Premier	Accessible travel
How long before departure should I arrive? (mins)	90	45-60	60
How long before departure does the gate close? (mins)	30	15	30

 

[AlbertBeale]

Would the 30-minute minimum check-in time at St P be part of the 35-mins minimum connection time at London International (CIV)? Or am I misunderstanding?

If it is, then it'd be an arrival at Marylebone 30-40 mins before that (depending on time of day), ie max 75 mins before St P train departure.

[As per other threads: where the recommended "before departure" arrival at St P is massively longer than the 30-minute gate cut-off, the experience of many people suggests that such early arrivals just clog up the system and make matters worse. There seems to be a consensus that 30 mins (absolute max) prior to the 30-min gate cut-off is more than enough. However, I appreciate that the question here is about technical connection times to maintain ticket validity, not about when is, in practice, a good time to turn up at St P.]

 

[Watershed]

From BR Times:

• Minimum connection time at Marylebone is 10 minutes
• Fixed link time to London International (CIV) is 20 minutes for most of the day (25 minutes between 0529 and 0659, and between 1901 and 2359; 30 minutes between 0001 and 0529)
• Minimum connection time at London International (CIV) is 35 minutes

So I'd say that would be 65 minutes most of the time.

Worth noting that on a Sunday, the fixed "Tube" link applies from 0700 and is 25 minutes all day. It's perhaps surprising that a minimum connection time would vary by day of week, but it does!

 

[30907]

Would the 30-minute minimum check-in time at St P be part of the 35-mins minimum connection time at London International (CIV)? Or am I misunderstanding?

Yes, it is, which is why it's relatively high. It hasn't been altered to reflect the post-Brexit advice from ES, though.