Cheapest€12.99
- South Western Railway SW575506:2646m07:12Basingstoke railway stationNewhaven Town
Door to door 1h 30mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Basingstoke to Brighton train
Trains from Basingstoke to Brighton start at €14.09 and take 1h 30m at their fastest.
The Trains from Basingstoke to Brighton starts at €14.09 and takes 1h 30m door to door, run by 1 operator over 94 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 30mDoor to door
- 46mMoving
- €14.09From
- 3.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Western Railway | €12.99 | 1h 28m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Basingstoke to Brighton
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8960 days
- €14.0945 days
- €14.0930 days
- €14.0921 days
- €19.5914 days
- €26.747 days
- €28.943 days
- €37.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 213 percent. The dearest point is €37.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €16.29Sun
- €14.64Mon
- €14.09Tue
- €17.39Wed
- €19.59Thu
- €20.69Fri
- €21.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Basingstoke
Rail
- Basingstoke railway station
- Hook railway station
- Ropley railway station
Brighton
Rail
- Newhaven Town
- Brighton railway station
- Hove railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 94 km against 82 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gosport, Sutton, Portsmouth, Waterlooville. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Basingstoke at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Basingstoke to Brighton
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton take?
The Train from Basingstoke to Brighton takes 1h 30m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving. The route runs 94 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton cost?
The Train from Basingstoke to Brighton starts at €14.09 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €22.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton?
1 operators run the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton: South Western Railway. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton use?
The Train from Basingstoke to Brighton leaves from Basingstoke railway station and arrives at Newhaven Town. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton?
Fares for the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 213 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton produce?
The Train from Basingstoke to Brighton produces about 3.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 94 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton?
Operators on the Train from Basingstoke to Brighton publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 30m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Basingstoke to Brighton on 10 September 2026: 94 km of route against 82 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 1h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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