One passenger pays $33.74, every fee included. Services cover 263 km and are run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $33.74, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026
$33.74
- 179%Moves across the booking window
179%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Bristol and Cambridge.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $84.09Thu8
- about $73.17Fri9
- about $61.64Sat10
- about $58.01Sun11
- about $56.80Mon12
- about $51.94Tue13
- about $40.42Wed14
- about $55.58Thu15
- about $52.54Fri16
- about $53.75Sat17
- about $42.24Sun18
- about $39.20Mon19
- about $36.16Tue20
- about $38.58Wed21
- about $48.90Thu22
- about $48.90Fri23
- about $41.02Sat24
- about $40.42Sun25
- about $33.74Mon26
- about $34.95Tue27
- about $41.02Wed28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Cambridge for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bristol to Cambridge
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $30.0990 days
- $34.9560 days
- $35.5645 days
- $34.9530 days
- $41.0221 days
- $38.5814 days
- $40.427 days
- $61.643 days
- $84.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $30.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is $84.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bristol to Cambridge and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
263 km
204 km as the crow flies, 29% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
479,024 → 145,674
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 263 km against 204 km in a straight line, a detour of 29 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Coventry, London, Birmingham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Cambridge railway station
Most of the points near Cambridge railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Bristol to Cambridge
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Bristol to Cambridge?
Bristol to Cambridge covers 263 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Bristol to Cambridge?
The cheapest fare from Bristol to Cambridge is $33.74, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $48.90. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bristol to Cambridge?
The cheapest way from Bristol to Cambridge is by train, at $33.74 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Bristol to Cambridge?
Fares from Bristol to Cambridge bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $30.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bristol to Cambridge?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bristol to Cambridge, at $36.16. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bristol to Cambridge?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bristol to Cambridge, at $28.27 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Bristol to Cambridge?
4 operators sell services from Bristol to Cambridge across 1 mode: Arriva Cross Country, Arriva CrossCountry, Eurostar, Great Western Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bristol to Cambridge?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bristol to Cambridge are direct. The rest connect at Coventry, London, Birmingham, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bristol to Cambridge use?
Services from Bristol to Cambridge by train leave from Bristol Temple Meads and arrive at Cambridge railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bristol to Cambridge?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Bristol to Cambridge allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Cambridge a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Cambridge and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Cambridge in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bristol reaches 66 places in 18 countries on services we hold, over distances from 31 to 9,697 km. Cambridge reaches 30 places in 8 countries, from 74 to 8,726 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bristol
- 66Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 21Operators
18
21Arriving in Cambridge
Leaving Cambridge
- 30Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 4Operators