Arrival points

Train station to city centre: walk, metro, taxi compared

A main station is rarely where you are staying. Each page compares the walk, the metro or tram and the taxi from the platform to the centre, with fares, times and where to find the rank.

At a glance

Arrival point	Cheapest	Fastest	Taxi
Roma Termini stationRome	FreeWalk · 35 min	25 minOfficial taxi · €9–€13	€9–€1325 min
Paris Gare du Nord stationParis	FreeWalk to Châtelet · 45 min	20 minRER B or D · €2.55	€11–€1620 min
London St Pancras International station (Eurostar)London	FreeWalk to Covent Garden · 40 min	22 minTube from King's Cross St Pancras · £3.10	£15–£2525 min
Barcelona Sants stationBarcelona	FreeRodalies train (free with an AVE ticket) · 22 min	20 minBarcelona taxi · €10–€14	€10–€1420 min
Lisboa Oriente stationLisbon	€1.85CP urban train to Santa Apolónia · 25 min	20 minTaxi · €11–€16	€11–€1620 min
Athens Larissa stationAthens	FreeWalk · 35 min	15 minTaxi · €5–€9	€5–€915 min
Venezia Santa Lucia stationVenice	FreeWalk to Rialto and San Marco · 45 min	25 minPrivate water taxi · €70–€100	€70–€10025 min
Firenze Santa Maria Novella stationFlorence	FreeWalk · 15 min	15 minWalk · Free	€6–€1015 min
Napoli Centrale stationNaples	FreeWalk · 40 min	25 minOfficial taxi · €15.50	€15.5025 min
Amsterdam Centraal stationAmsterdam	FreeWalk through the old centre · 35 min	20 minTaxi from the Stationsplein rank · €18–€28	€18–€2820 min
Marseille Saint-Charles stationMarseille	FreeWalk down the steps · 20 min	12 minTaxi · €10–€15	€10–€1512 min
Brugge railway stationBruges	FreeWalk to the Markt · 25 min	10 minTaxi · €9–€14	€9–€1410 min
Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Central Station)Berlin	FreeWalk to the Brandenburg Gate · 20 min	15 minTaxi from the station rank · €11–€19	€11–€1915 min
Copenhagen Central Station (København H)Copenhagen	FreeWalk via Strøget · 30 min	15 minMetro M3 and M4 to Kongens Nytorv · DKK 24	DKK 90–DKK 13015 min