Getting from Euston Station to St Pancras with pushchair and luggage

[Donimo]

My family are travelling on the eurostar for a holiday. This will include myself, dh, 6 year old and almost 3 year old twins. We will get the train from the midlands to London and the nearest station to St Pancras we can arrive at is Euston (correct me please of I am wrong here).

I am thinking of taking the double stroller mainly to keep the twins strapped in whilst traveling through London but will also be useful whilst on holiday. So we will most likely have 3 suitcase, a double pushchair (with toddlers strapped in) a couple of rucksacks and a 6 year old.

I am trying to decide on the best way to get from Euston to St Pancras. I believe to get to Euston underground involves escalators which won't be easy. So thinking of walking but how easy will this be through London streets on a Saturday morning with the luggage? Or taxi but would we all fit with the luggage? Any other suggestions?

Do not bother with bus! Absolutely not worth the faff with a double buggy and clearing space for your bags. I vote walking, and agree w less luggage if at all possible

Yeh @Donimo the luggage is really stressing me out.

Where are you going and for how long? You really do not need that much for five days in Paris. Even with the littlies. Wear your big warm clothes – one coat, one hoody, one pair of comfy shoes – then minimise the rest. I would say max of one big suitcase then a backpack for you, DH and your 6yo would be plenty unless you are off for a month or something.

Yep, I would definitely try to keep it to two cases plus rucksacks if at all humanly possible. We naively booked Ryanair flights a year ago with two DCs and 4 carry-on cases. We only just managed it - the tricky bit was getting on and off the plane as DC2 was too small to carry a case and DC1 wasn’t really able to manage a case on aeroplane stairs easily (though could manage in an airport). Basically, more luggage than adult hands = bad idea.

I’d either all walk, or one parent walk with the double buggy and the other take a cab or bus with the luggage (and older child go with whoever they prefer). As others have said, it’s not a long walk but there is no step free access to underground platforms at Euston and it would be virtually impossible with a double buggy.

Yes East mids to St P but west mids inc Birmingham (which I would say was deffo "the Midlands") is Euston.

Definitely walk. It will be quicker than waiting for a bus.
It's about 10 minutes. We usually go round the back way. I will see if I can show you on a map.

It's a really short, easy walk even with a double buggy. The tricky bit is managing 3 suitcases. Do you really need that many? Are you going away for a really long time? If they're 3 small cases, you might find it easier to put everything in 2 medium cases or one big case. One adult can pull a case, one adult can push double buggy. Otherwise you run out of adult hands quite quickly!

The journey from Euston to St P is fge least of your problems with all that luggage . Have you travelled by train recently? There is very little space for suitcases. How will you manage three suitcases, 3 children and a double pushchair?

Can’t you take less? Put everything into rucksacks, smaller cases, luggage that fits in the space over the seats.

If they are small suitcases then I'd walk. By far and away easiest as queue for taxis can be long.

Honestly if you can, try to start from one of the stations on the Corby to St Pancras line (Nottingham? Melton Mowbray?). Assuming you don't actually live right outside Birmingham International or similar and are going to have to drive to the station or get a cab in the first place, it'll be so much less faff.

Either that or divide and conquer when you get to the station if you really can't reduce your number of bags/cases (vacuum bags maybe?) - one of you hops in a cab with the luggage and the other walks the kids down the road to the station. London cabs are spacious but you're going to struggle with all of that in one cab.

I've done it before and it's fine, albeit the air quality on a hot day with all the traffic wasn't too nice. But the walk itself would've been no problem with a double buggy. 15 minutes with a dandering 6 year old.

So agree with others, the lugagge will be the deciding factor.

No, she’s not sure. She said so in the opening post.

This is the back route. As someone said above it's Phoenix Road and then Brill St and St Pancras has a side entrance.

Agree that going through Somerstown/Phoenix Rd is nicer than Euston Rd which is very busy.

I'd walk - you'd spend longer getting everything in and out of a taxi or the bus, plus time sitting in traffic. The pavement is very wide for the majority of the walk.

I agree with the advice to re-think the amount of luggage though - if you can't reduce what you're taking then could you pack using vacuum bags to try and cut down the amount of luggage space needed?

Easy walk for a parent and buggy with a backpack. If you can’t reduce the suitcases to two then I’d suggest the other parent gets a cab with them. The six year old can go with either.

I’ve done Birmingham International to Euston and walk to St Pancras a number of times with varying amounts of luggage and children- it’s always been fine. I find the underground more stressful.

Where are you travelling from?

Can you reduce your suitcases? I'm not even sure how one person could manoeuvre 3 suitcases while the other has a 6 year old and a double buggy. Especially getting on and off the train itself. I recently travelled with a single pushchair (umbrella fold), a big handbag and a small baby and even that was tricky folding stuff down, getting our seat etc.

I do this journey a lot with two kids. Definitely walk - go the back way. Very quick and perfectly pleasant. Bus or tube would take longer and be much more stressful! Try and take two suitcases rather than three, maybe?

Euston and St Pancras are extremely close. Walking would be the most hassle-free way of getting from one to the other.

Just walk. Make sure you can manage all the luggage and stroller between you first though
and leave plenty of time.

Definitely walking, pavements are wide and the back roads are quite easy to navigate. You'll come out at the side of St Pancras where you can walk straight through to Eurostar.

With a double buggy?

Why do you need so much luggage?

Walking will be the easiest BUT, are you sure you need that much luggage? You can always wash clothes overnight, and buy toiletries locally. The 3 suitcases but only 2 adults would be my main concern

I'm with everyone else - it's a piss easy walk but that is a heck of a lot of baggage and I would seriously revise it downwards. Or see if you can get a train into St P but the baggage point stands nonetheless.