Crawley to Bournemouth train

Trains from Crawley to Bournemouth start at €20.69 and take 1h 55m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Crawley to Bournemouth starts at €20.69 and takes 1h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 146 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 55mDoor to door
  • 1h 11mMoving
  • €20.69From
  • 4.8 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€19.04
  1. South Western Railway SW834906:261h 11m07:37Crawley railway stationBournemouth railway station

Door to door 1h 55mCO2 4.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€22.33
  1. South Western Railway SW736307:3041m08:11Crawley railway stationPortsmouth Harbour
  2. Great Western Railway GW944409:1732m09:49Portsmouth HarbourBournemouth railway station

Changes at Portsmouth, with 66 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 3mCO2 4.7 kgChanges 1Refundable

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€19.041h 48m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • South Western Railway

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Booking window

When to book Crawley to Bournemouth

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

  1. €17.9490 days
  2. €17.3960 days
  3. €21.2445 days
  4. €20.6930 days
  5. €20.1421 days
  6. €28.3814 days
  7. €36.087 days
  8. €37.183 days
  9. €43.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €43.79, 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.
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. €24.54Sun
  2. €21.79Mon
  3. €20.69Tue
  4. €23.99Wed
  5. €28.38Thu
  6. €31.13Fri
  7. €25.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Crawley

Rail
  • Crawley railway station
  • Roffey Road Halt
  • Ifield railway station

Bournemouth

Rail
  • Bournemouth railway station
  • Bournemouth West railway station
  • Bournemouth East original 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 146 km against 127 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 Gosport, Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Crawley 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 Crawley to Bournemouth

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 Crawley to Bournemouth take?

The Train from Crawley to Bournemouth takes 1h 55m door to door, of which 1h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 146 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 Crawley to Bournemouth cost?

The Train from Crawley to Bournemouth starts at €20.69 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €22.33. 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 Crawley to Bournemouth?

1 operators run the Train from Crawley to Bournemouth: 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 Crawley to Bournemouth use?

The Train from Crawley to Bournemouth leaves from Crawley railway station and arrives at Bournemouth 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 Crawley to Bournemouth?

Fares for the Train from Crawley to Bournemouth bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 152 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Crawley to Bournemouth produce?

The Train from Crawley to Bournemouth produces about 4.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 146 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 Crawley to Bournemouth?

Operators on the Train from Crawley to Bournemouth publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 55m 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 Crawley to Bournemouth on September 10, 2026: 146 km of route against 127 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 1h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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