Cheapest€19.59
- First Great Western FG570706:261h 18m07:44Cardiff CentralBasingstoke railway station
Door to door 2h 2mCO2 5.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Cardiff to Basingstoke train
Trains from Cardiff to Basingstoke start at €25.09 and take 2h 2m at their fastest.
The Trains from Cardiff to Basingstoke starts at €25.09 and takes 2h 2m door to door, run by 1 operator over 169 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 2mDoor to door
- 1h 18mMoving
- €25.09From
- 5.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€26.73
- Arriva Cross Country AC430707:3024m07:54Cardiff CentralBristol Temple Meads
- First Great Western FG748909:101h 1m10:11Bristol Temple MeadsBasingstoke railway station
Changes at Bristol, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 3h 25mCO2 5.5 kgChanges 1Refundable
Rail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 First Great Western | €19.59 | 1h 58m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Rooms within reach of Basingstoke railway station
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When to book Cardiff to Basingstoke
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3390 days
- €21.7760 days
- €25.0845 days
- €20.1430 days
- €26.7421 days
- €25.0914 days
- €30.597 days
- €44.893 days
- €58.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €58.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €27.84Sun
- €25.64Mon
- €27.84Tue
- €26.74Wed
- €37.74Thu
- €29.49Fri
- €30.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cardiff
Rail
- Cardiff Central
- Cardiff Riverside Branch
- Cardiff Bay railway station
Basingstoke
Rail
- Basingstoke railway station
- Hook railway station
- Ropley 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 169 km against 147 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 Weston-super-Mare, Mendip, Bristol, Bath. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Cardiff at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Cardiff to Basingstoke
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 Cardiff to Basingstoke take?
The Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke takes 2h 2m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 169 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 Cardiff to Basingstoke cost?
The Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke starts at €25.09 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €25.63. 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 Cardiff to Basingstoke?
1 operators run the Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke: First Great Western. Between them they file around 4 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 Cardiff to Basingstoke use?
The Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke leaves from Cardiff Central and arrives at Basingstoke 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 Cardiff to Basingstoke?
Fares for the Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke produce?
The Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke produces about 5.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 169 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 Cardiff to Basingstoke?
Operators on the Train from Cardiff to Basingstoke publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 2m 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cardiff to Basingstoke on September 9, 2026: 169 km of route against 147 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.09, and 2h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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