Cheapest€32.79
- Cross Country CC510006:322h 7m08:39Portsmouth HarbourStoke-on-Trent railway station
Door to door 2h 51mCO2 9.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent train
Trains from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent start at €32.79 and take 2h 51m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 295 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 51mDoor to door
- 2h 7mMoving
- €41.58 to €82.84From
- 06:32 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 9.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€41.58 to €82.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Portsmouth and Stoke-on-Trent.
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Cross Country runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €82.84Mon21
- about €71.84Tue22
- about €75.14Wed23
- about €71.84Thu24
- about €60.84Fri25
- about €69.09Sat26
- about €58.09Sun27
- about €48.74Mon28
- about €41.58Tue29
- about €42.68Wed30
- about €59.74Thu1
- about €44.34Fri2
- about €54.79Sat3
- about €48.18Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Country | €32.79 | 2h 48m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Stoke-on-Trent for the night the train gets in
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When to book Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €48.7490 days
- €32.7960 days
- €27.8445 days
- €29.4930 days
- €34.9921 days
- €48.1814 days
- €58.097 days
- €75.143 days
- €82.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 198 percent. The dearest point is €82.84, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €48.18Sun
- €48.74Mon
- €41.58Tue
- €42.68Wed
- €59.74Thu
- €44.34Fri
- €54.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Portsmouth
Rail
- Portsmouth Harbour
- Fratton
- Portsmouth & Southsea
Stoke-on-Trent
Rail
- Stoke-on-Trent railway station
- Alton Station
- Pinnox branch
What the journey looks like
- 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 295 km against 256 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 Dudley, Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Portsmouth at 06:32 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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent
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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent take?
The Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent takes 2h 51m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 295 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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent cost?
The Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent starts at €32.79 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.93. 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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent?
1 operators run the Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent: Cross Country. 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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent use?
The Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent leaves from Portsmouth Harbour and arrives at Stoke-on-Trent railway station. 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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent?
Fares for the Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.84. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent produce?
The Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent produces about 9.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 295 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 Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent?
Operators on the Train from Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 51m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Portsmouth to Stoke-on-Trent on 20 September 2026: 295 km of route against 256 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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