Trains from Birmingham to Southend-on-Sea

Birmingham to Southend-on-Sea train information

Which operators can I use?

The route connecting Birmingham, which is in England and Southend-on-Sea, located in England is well served by trains. Use our travel search engine to search for your ticket and see the rail company for this journey.

How much times does it take?

On average, it takes around 3h12m by train because of the 129 miles to travel to Southend-on-Sea from Birmingham. The journey time will change depending if the train is direct or with stops.

What is the price of the train?

We found tickets from £45.00 to travel in the next month. Prices can vary depending on when you travel or how long in advance you buy your ticket.

Best prices for Birmingham to Southend-on-Sea train tickets

Birmingham - Southend-on-Sea prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Birmingham to Southend-on-Sea by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

Birmingham - Southend-on-Sea: the best time to book cheap trains

Cost of the train when booking in advance or at the last minute

The chart above illustrates the best prices found over the last six months depending on how much time in advance the ticket is purchased. Buying your train from Birmingham to Southend-on-Sea in advance will enable you to pay less for your train.

The cheapest tickets we found were from £14 when purchasing your train 15 days in advance which is 79% cheaper than the best price we found when purchasing your seat on the day you're travelling.

Best prices for Birmingham to Southend-on-Sea trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Birmingham and Southend-on-Sea by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Southend-on-Sea to Birmingham and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

Discount Birmingham - Southend-on-Sea train tickets

The easiest way to spend less on your Birmingham Southend-on-Sea train ticket is probably to buy a railcard. While regional railcards are available in some areas, National railcards enable you to spend less on most rail fares across the UK. Everyone is eligible to at least a certain railcard, even non-UK citizens. National railcards available: 16-25 railcard, Senior discount card, Two together railcard, Family and Friends discount card and Disabled persons railcard.

In order to understand the benefits of a railcard, you can estimate the number of journeys you need to break even. You will see that usually only a few trips are needed.

For your assessment, you have to include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, your savings on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average price of a Birmingham Southend-on-Sea ticket is £91.23 (1).

Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £91.23: £88/£91.23 = 0.96. You will need to make about 1 trips from Southend-on-Sea to Birmingham (one way trip) with your railcard to break even.

The cost to get a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to buy a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most rail fares for a complete year.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey