Portsmouth to Poole train

Trains from Portsmouth to Poole start at €13.54 and take 1h 18m at their fastest.

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Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905 Photograph of the exterior facades of the Wilcox Building, located in Downtown Los Angeles, on the southeast corner of 2nd Street (left, eastbound) and Spring Street (right, southbound) ca.1905. The building stands five-stories tall (plus basement). The roof has a concrete balustrade and a flagpole. There are two narrow balconies visible, one on the corner (center), and one on the right side of the building above the large arched Spring Street entrance. The streets are bustling with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Horse drawn carriages and streetcars can be seen on the streets. The bell tower of Saint Vibiana's Cathedral can be seen at left. Legible signs include: "the El[...], Sig[...], rooms", "J.F. McEl[...], printer[s]", "First National Bank", "California railway", "Santa Fe", "Freight and Ticket Office", "200", "Vernon", "Equitable Life Assurance Society", "Fred A. Hines, A.P. Chipron, general agent, Douglas E. Poole, cashier", "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., incorporated by the state of New York, district office", "W.I. Hollingsworth & Co.", "real estate loans", "John T. Griffith Company", "real estate insurance, rentals, loans", "Dr. Cowles, chief medical examiner", "Germa[n] Bu[ilding]", "Union [...]efining", "Douglas, Lacey & Co.", "law offices of R. Wilson", "Doctor Solomon, eyes, ears, nose, and throat", "808, H. Jevne Co." The Wilcox Building was designed by the San Francisco firm of Pissis & Moore, with a Classical Revival facade of grey sandstone. Completed in 1896. The Bryson Block and Hollenbeck Hotel were "more flamboyant neighbors." After extensive damage during the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971, its upper four stories were demolished, leaving only the basement and the unrecognizable stripped facade of the ground floor. Call number: CHS-5129 Legacy record ID: chs-m1101; USC-1-1-1-1137 Filename: CHS-5129 Coverage date: circa 1905 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5129 Microfiche number: 1-9-52 Archival file: chs_Volume25/CHS-5129.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): buildings Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1905 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2; Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Wilcox Building Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Geographic subject (roadway): Spring Street & 2nd Street Subject (lcsh): Buildings Subject: Wilcox Building, built 1896

The Trains from Portsmouth to Poole starts at €13.54 and takes 1h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 67 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 18mDoor to door
  • 34mMoving
  • €11.88 to €21.79From
  • 06:03 to 06:13First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 2.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 21, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.88 to €21.79 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.

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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 €21.79Sat19
  2. about €16.84Sun20
  3. about €13.54Mon21
  4. about €15.74Tue22
  5. about €15.19Wed23
  6. about €17.39Thu24
  7. about €13.54Fri25
  8. about €12.44Sat26
  9. about €12.99Sun27
  10. about €12.44Mon28
  11. about €11.88Tue29
  12. about €11.89Wed30
  13. about €15.74Thu1
  14. about €12.44Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

Fastest€13.54
  1. Great Western Railway GW704606:0334m06:37Portsmouth HarbourPoole railway station

Door to door 1h 18mCO2 2.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

The train gets you into Poole. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

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Booking window

When to book Portsmouth to Poole

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.887 days
  8. €11.883 days
  9. €13.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 14 percent. The most expensive point is €13.54, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
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. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €11.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Portsmouth

Rail
  • Portsmouth Harbour
  • Fratton
  • Portsmouth & Southsea

Poole

Rail
  • Poole railway station
  • Wool railway station
  • Swanage railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 67 km against 64 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cowes, Southampton, Chichester, Weymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Portsmouth at 06:03 and the last at 06:13, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 18m34m44m€13.542.2 kg2
Ferry3h 49m2h 19m1h 30m€11.887.7 kg5

Questions about Portsmouth to Poole

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 Portsmouth to Poole take?

The Train from Portsmouth to Poole takes 1h 18m door to door, of which 34m is spent moving. The route runs 67 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 Portsmouth to Poole cost?

The Train from Portsmouth to Poole starts at €13.54 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €15.47. 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 Portsmouth to Poole?

2 operators run the Train from Portsmouth to Poole: Great Western Railway, South Western Railway. Between them they file around 2 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 Portsmouth to Poole use?

The Train from Portsmouth to Poole leaves from Portsmouth Harbour and arrives at Poole 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.

Is the Train the best way from Portsmouth to Poole?

Traveling from Portsmouth to Poole by Ferry costs €11.88 and takes 3h 49m door to door, against 1h 18m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Portsmouth to Poole?

Fares for the Train from Portsmouth to Poole bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 14 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Portsmouth to Poole produce?

The Train from Portsmouth to Poole produces about 2.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 67 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 Portsmouth to Poole?

Operators on the Train from Portsmouth to Poole publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 18m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Portsmouth to Poole on September 18, 2026: 67 km of route against 64 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €13.54, and 1h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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