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?

It's a 10-15 minute walk and quite possibly easier to do on the surface than navigating different platforms and escalators to do the 1 tube stop. Not sure if a taxi would take you for such a short distance, but it could be worth a try and if you plan to tip well.

How will you manage 3 suitcases and a double buggy with 2 adults? Will the 6 year old need to manage one of them? I would try and downsize that to 2 so you have one adult managing the buggy (with a rucksack) and the other with a suitcase in each hand (plus a rucksack) and the 6 year old does hands on the buggy or one of the suitcases and carries their own small rucksack of books and toys for the journey.

Yes, my toddler goes out daily on a bus in a double buggy..

Black cab for one parent and luggage and either twins&stroller or mobile DC. Other parent walks with mobile DC or twins&stroller.

Don't take the bus that is as ridiculous as taking the tube.

But check, if you can get to a departure point that uses EMR they go into St P and all you need to do is take the lift down to the check-in for Eurostar

2 suitcases only. Walk. <gavel>.

3 suitcases on the train will be a massive PITA as well.

Double buggies are a nightmare on buses, if they can even get on.

I've walked it with a single buggy containing a baby, a 6 year old and a 4 year old and my ex.

We had one large case on wheels managed by the adult who wasn't pushing the buggy, a small rucksack for each adult and a small case on wheels managed by the 6 year old. It was fine.

What about Kings Cross, have you checked trains going there?

I lived in London with a double buggy and used the bus plenty of times. It was fine.

Not that it makes any sense in this scenario because bringing less luggage and walking is the only sensible option but in general it's fine.

You would do more walking to get the underground there. They are right next to each other, an easy flat walk.

Is the double buggy needed at the destination? Or just for the journey?

If you don’t need it at the destination, my solution for one adult, a 6yo and a 3yo through London interchange was 3yo in a fabric sling on my back, leaving me one hand for 6yo and one for a wheeled duffle bag. I had handbag/nappy bag slung over my shoulder across my body (over the sling) and 6yo had a mini backpack.

It was all about containment and speed for the 3yo, and they came out of the sling (which folded down into the duffle) as soon as we were on the train. Could you each have a 3yo on your back, leaving 3 hands free for luggage and one hand for the 6yo? You’d need to swop the adult backpacks for crossbody bags, too.

It might feel fine to the one pushing the buggy. I do agree that the luggage seems excessive though.

Easy walk but with luggage, I'd just jump in a cab.

@Donimo depending on where you are in the Midlands you may be able to go via a station where you can change trains easily and end up at Kings X and avoid the interchange? Otherwise some good advice from other posters already.

As other ppl said if you are driving to station at your end anyway, just drive further so you go from a station that gets into St Panc - much easier. Although you’ll need to get downstairs - hopefully the lifts will be working!

Or walk Euston to St Panc. It’s 10 mins and super easy. I’d test out walking up your road with the combo of kids, luggage and rucksacks and see how you get on. Find the best way of wheeling etc before you get there.

That much luggage is going to be stressful to manage on a train, even without three children and a double buggy to wrangle.

The three suitcases are the biggest issue, either get bigger ones so you aren't juggling three or revise what you've packed.

Packing cubes are cheap on Amazon and make travelling with multiple people much easier. You can have a different colour per person / age of clothing if the twins are sharing. Everything packs into the suitcase easier and as clothes get dirty you can pack them away and put them back in the suitcase neatly, so the last day is easy to sort.

Imagine if everyone tried to take that much luggage? 🫣

I've walked it with a single buggy containing a baby, a 6 year old and a 4 year old and my ex.
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Man, you must have a big buggy (and a lazy ex).

Can you replace suitcase with a rucksack so one person with cases and the other with children ( with a daysack for the snacks and supplies )

And cut down as much as possible - surely 2 cases should be enough

Then I'd just walk to save hassle

Just wondering how you'll manage that much luggage at the other end OP? Even if you manage to get it from Euston to St Pancras and onto the Eurostar (other passengers might not be impressed as there won't be much room left for anyone else's luggage), what will you do at your destination? Would you be able to fit that much luggage into a hire car or a taxi?

That much luggage would stress me out. Reduce the luggage as a matter of urgency. There really isn't a lot of luggage space on Eurostar

OP why are you taking so much?

I've travelled with small people in a similar way and we take a small rucksack per person.

You can always find a laundrette at your destination.

I wouldn’t even entertain the underground. There’s no lift access to platforms at Euston, and you won’t fit the double buggy on the escalators. As others have said, walk or taxi. Both are easy enough.

You can it in about ten minutes. I did it last week very easy

Don't get the bus with that much luggage and a double (?) buggy. They might not let you on.

I'd walk. Go round the back way. Turn left out of Euston station and walk along Eversholt Street, cross the road and take a right into Phoenix Way - the map shows narrowings along the route, which I'm taking to mean pedestrian only footpaths. Check this on a map first. You hit Midland Road towards the back of St Pancras Station. There is a station entrance on that road, so no need to go round the front to Euston Road. Please do check this out - I'm not in London else I'd try it for you.

BTW it's usually a good idea to walk one block behind any main road in London. It's much quieter, no teeming masses and you might find all manner of quirky things on the way.