City of Westminster to Bristol train

Trains from City of Westminster to Bristol start at €23.43 and take 2h 9m at their fastest.

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The Trains from City of Westminster to Bristol starts at €23.43 and takes 2h 9m door to door, run by 2 operators over 196 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 9mDoor to door
  • 1h 25mMoving
  • €28.39 to €47.64From
  • 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 6.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€28.39 to €47.64 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 City of Westminster and Bristol.

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South Western Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €43.79Mon21
  2. about €39.94Tue22
  3. about €47.64Wed23
  4. about €44.34Thu24
  5. about €38.84Fri25
  6. about €44.89Sat26
  7. about €43.24Sun27
  8. about €30.04Mon28
  9. about €30.04Tue29
  10. about €28.39Wed30
  11. about €32.24Thu1
  12. about €30.04Fri2
  13. about €34.99Sat3
  14. about €28.94Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€23.43
  1. First Great Western FG560107:3033m08:03City of Westminster stationReading Station
  2. Great Western Railway GW573909:4752m10:39Reading StationBristol Temple Meads

Changes at Reading, with 104 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 53mCO2 5.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€26.19
  1. South Western Railway SW606206:411h 25m08:06City of Westminster stationBristol Temple Meads

Door to door 2h 9mCO2 6.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Great Western Railway€26.19
South Western Railway€23.44

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A hotel room

A room in Bristol for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book City of Westminster to Bristol

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

  1. €28.9390 days
  2. €27.2960 days
  3. €20.6945 days
  4. €20.1430 days
  5. €25.6421 days
  6. €28.9414 days
  7. €43.247 days
  8. €47.643 days
  9. €43.791 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 137 percent. The most expensive point is €47.64, 3 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.
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. €28.94Sun
  2. €30.04Mon
  3. €30.04Tue
  4. €28.39Wed
  5. €32.24Thu
  6. €30.04Fri
  7. €34.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bristol

Rail
  • Bristol Temple Meads
  • Bedminster
  • Lawrence Hill
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 196 km against 170 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 Swindon, High Wycombe, Basingstoke, Reading. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 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 City of Westminster at 06:30 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about City of Westminster to Bristol

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 City of Westminster to Bristol take?

The Train from City of Westminster to Bristol takes 2h 9m door to door, of which 1h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 196 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 City of Westminster to Bristol cost?

The Train from City of Westminster to Bristol starts at €23.43 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €26.19. 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 City of Westminster to Bristol?

2 operators run the Train from City of Westminster to Bristol: Great Western Railway, South Western Railway. Between them they file around 6 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 City of Westminster to Bristol use?

The Train from City of Westminster to Bristol leaves from City of Westminster station and arrives at Bristol Temple Meads. 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 City of Westminster to Bristol?

Fares for the Train from City of Westminster to Bristol bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from City of Westminster to Bristol produce?

The Train from City of Westminster to Bristol produces about 6.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 196 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 City of Westminster to Bristol?

Operators on the Train from City of Westminster to Bristol publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 9m 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 labeled 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 City of Westminster to Bristol on September 20, 2026: 196 km of route against 170 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.43, and 2h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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