London to Leipzig/Berlin to London

[droggit]

Hello! I'm so sorry to say I only joined the forum in order to benefit from your expertise!! I found a year old discussion about travelling to Leipzig and I need your help.
I'm avoiding flying for medical reasons and need to travel from London, on September 1st, after 5pm, to Leipzig, to arrive in a fit state to work, on the 2nd by about 4pm, earlier if possible. Then on the Saturday, I need to get back to London from Berlin. I've tried the various websites and I'm hopeless - it's taken me 3 goes to get this thread posted!! Any info would be most gratefully received. I can't seem to find any overnight trains at all, which would keep the cost down - I don't want to travel through the night and am pondering the cost of a hotel in Paris/Brusselles - not being too knackered is very important.
A member called Railjet seemed to know everything about it, and mentioned a fare of 49 euros - please read this Railjet!!!
Many thanks to all and sorry to hijack your forum for my own evil ends...

 

[Railjet]

You won't get €49 fares, unfortunately, but the following is possible:

1st September
London St P 18:35
Brussels Midi 21:33

[overnight in Brussels]

2nd September
Brussels Midi 07:25
Frankfurt Hbf 10:30

Frankfurt Hbf 11:19
Leipzig Hbf 14:46

Currently available for €69 on the DB website.

Return you can do in one day, but it is more expensive:

4th September
Berlin Hbf 09:48
Cologne Hbf 14:15

Cologne Hbf 14:43
Brussels Midi 16:35

Brussels Midi 17:59
London St P 19:03

Currently available for €89.

These fares won't come up on an initial search. You have to force the overnight stop in Brussels (there is a "via" field; put in a stopover of minimum 9 hours). On the return, stick in a minimum stopover of 1 hour in Brussels, otherwise it only shows the shorter Thalys connection, on which these through fares are not available.

 

[droggit]

Amazing!!!
Thank you SO much, Railjet, you are a veritable enclyclopaedia of knowledge. I'll get onto that right away - it sounds like a really good option. Thank you for all the time you must have spent on this.
Best wishes