Basingstoke to Croydon train

Trains from Basingstoke to Croydon start at €11.89 and take 1h 24m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Basingstoke to Croydon starts at €11.89 and takes 1h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 80 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 24mDoor to door
  • 40mMoving
  • €11.89From
  • 2.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. South Western Railway SW874806:2640m07:06Basingstoke railway stationOxted railway station

Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
South Western Railway€11.881h 22m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • South Western Railway

The train gets you into Croydon. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

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Rooms within reach of Oxted railway station

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Booking window

When to book Basingstoke to Croydon

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €12.4490 days
  2. €13.5460 days
  3. €12.9945 days
  4. €12.4430 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8914 days
  7. €19.597 days
  8. €27.843 days
  9. €29.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €29.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €14.09Sun
  2. €12.99Mon
  3. €11.89Tue
  4. €16.84Wed
  5. €19.04Thu
  6. €17.94Fri
  7. €17.94Sat
Terminals

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

Croydon

Rail
  • Oxted railway station
  • Woldingham railway station
  • Hurst Green railway station
The journey

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 80 km against 70 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Gosport, Worthing, Brighton, Portsmouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Croydon

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 the Train from Basingstoke to Croydon take?

The Train from Basingstoke to Croydon takes 1h 24m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving. The route runs 80 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 Croydon cost?

The Train from Basingstoke to Croydon starts at €11.89 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €23.43. 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 Croydon?

1 operators run the Train from Basingstoke to Croydon: 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 Croydon use?

The Train from Basingstoke to Croydon leaves from Basingstoke railway station and arrives at Oxted 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 Basingstoke to Croydon?

Fares for the Train from Basingstoke to Croydon bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Basingstoke to Croydon produce?

The Train from Basingstoke to Croydon produces about 2.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 80 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Basingstoke to Croydon?

Operators on the Train from Basingstoke to Croydon publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 24m 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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basingstoke to Croydon on September 8, 2026: 80 km of route against 70 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.89, and 1h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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