Cheapest€22.34
- South Western Railway SW528706:261h 17m07:43Poole railway stationOxted railway station
Door to door 2h 1mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Poole to Croydon train
Trains from Poole to Croydon start at €23.99 and take 2h 1m at their fastest.
The Trains from Poole to Croydon starts at €23.99 and takes 2h 1m door to door, run by 1 operator over 174 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 1mDoor to door
- 1h 17mMoving
- €23.99From
- 5.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€27.83
- Great Western Railway GW596807:3026m07:56Poole railway stationSouthampton Central
- South Western Railway SW422408:5558m09:53Southampton CentralOxted railway station
Changes at Southampton, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 3h 7mCO2 5.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Western Railway | €22.34 | 1h 59m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Croydon. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Oxted railway station
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When to book Poole to Croydon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.2490 days
- €20.6960 days
- €22.3345 days
- €23.4330 days
- €23.9921 days
- €31.1314 days
- €42.137 days
- €37.733 days
- €52.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €52.04, 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.
- €28.94Sun
- €25.64Mon
- €23.99Tue
- €27.28Wed
- €31.13Thu
- €36.63Fri
- €30.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Poole
Rail
- Poole railway station
- Wool railway station
- Swanage railway station
Croydon
Rail
- Oxted railway station
- Woldingham railway station
- Hurst Green 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 174 km against 151 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 Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke, Gosport. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Poole 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 Poole 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 Poole to Croydon take?
The Train from Poole to Croydon takes 2h 1m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 174 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 Poole to Croydon cost?
The Train from Poole to Croydon starts at €23.99 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €25.64. 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 Poole to Croydon?
1 operators run the Train from Poole to Croydon: South Western Railway. 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 Poole to Croydon use?
The Train from Poole to Croydon leaves from Poole 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 Poole to Croydon?
Fares for the Train from Poole to Croydon bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.69. 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 Poole to Croydon produce?
The Train from Poole to Croydon produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 174 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 Poole to Croydon?
Operators on the Train from Poole to Croydon publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 1m 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 Poole to Croydon on September 10, 2026: 174 km of route against 151 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 2h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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