Cheapest€20.69
- First Great Western FG891506:491h 32m08:21Cardiff CentralElsted railway station
Door to door 2h 16mCO2 6.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Cardiff to Waterlooville train
Trains from Cardiff to Waterlooville start at €20.69 and take 2h 16m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Cardiff to Waterlooville on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Cardiff to Waterlooville starts at €20.69 and takes 2h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 189 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 16mDoor to door
- 1h 32mMoving
- €25.64 to €51.49From
- 06:49 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 6.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€25.64 to €51.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
First Great Western runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €51.49Sat19
- about €44.34Sun20
- about €34.99Mon21
- about €36.63Tue22
- about €33.89Wed23
- about €47.09Thu24
- about €32.79Fri25
- about €38.84Sat26
- about €36.08Sun27
- about €27.84Mon28
- about €25.64Tue29
- about €34.99Wed30
- about €31.14Thu1
- about €30.03Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026
Lowest CO2€29.48
- Arriva Cross Country AC156107:3026m07:56Cardiff CentralBristol Temple Meads
- First Great Western FG596409:011h 4m10:05Bristol Temple MeadsElsted railway station
Changes at Bristol, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 3h 19mCO2 6.2 kgChanges 1Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 First Great Western | €20.69 | 2h 5m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Waterlooville. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Waterlooville for the night the train gets in
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When to book Cardiff to Waterlooville
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.1490 days
- €16.8460 days
- €17.3945 days
- €21.2430 days
- €25.6421 days
- €30.0314 days
- €32.797 days
- €34.993 days
- €51.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 206 percent. The most expensive point is €51.49, 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.
- €36.08Sun
- €27.84Mon
- €25.64Tue
- €33.89Wed
- €31.14Thu
- €30.03Fri
- €38.84Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Cardiff
Rail
- Cardiff Central
- Cardiff Bay
- Cathays
Waterlooville
Rail
- Elsted railway station
- Rogate railway station
- Privett railway station
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 189 km against 164 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 Mendip, Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 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 Cardiff at 06:49 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 Waterlooville
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 Waterlooville take?
The Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville takes 2h 16m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 189 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 Waterlooville cost?
The Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville starts at €20.69 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €27.83. 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 Waterlooville?
1 operators run the Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville: 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 Waterlooville use?
The Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville leaves from Cardiff Central and arrives at Elsted 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 Waterlooville?
Fares for the Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 206 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville produce?
The Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville produces about 6.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 189 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 Waterlooville?
Operators on the Train from Cardiff to Waterlooville publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 16m 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 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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cardiff to Waterlooville on September 18, 2026: 189 km of route against 164 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 2h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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