Fastest€18.49
- Cross Country CC115614:5038m15:28Portsmouth HarbourReading Station
Door to door 1h 22mCO2 2.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Portsmouth to Reading train
Trains from Portsmouth to Reading start at €11.88 and take 1h 22m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Portsmouth to Reading on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Portsmouth to Reading starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 22m door to door, run by 3 operators over 77 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 22mDoor to door
- 38mMoving
- €11.88 to €21.24From
- 06:08 to 14:50First and last departure
- 7Per day
- 2.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 18, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €21.24 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €17.39Wed16
- about €21.24Thu17
- about €18.49Fri18
- about €17.94Sat19
- about €15.74Sun20
- about €14.09Mon21
- about €11.89Tue22
- about €13.54Wed23
- about €14.64Thu24
- about €14.09Fri25
- about €15.19Sat26
- about €13.54Sun27
- about €11.89Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
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 September 18, 2026
Rail operators
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When to book Portsmouth to Reading
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.883 days
- €11.891 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 0 percent. The most expensive point is €11.89, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Portsmouth
Rail
- Portsmouth Harbour
- Portsmouth Harbour railway station
- Portsmouth and Southsea railway station
Reading
Rail
- Reading Station
- Winnersh Station
- Reading West
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 77 km against 74 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Slough, Chichester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 79 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 06:08 and the last at 14:50, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 22m | 38m | 44m | €11.88 | 2.5 kg | 7 |
| Ferry | 4h 2m | 2h 32m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 8.9 kg | 3 |
Questions about Portsmouth to Reading
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 Reading take?
The Train from Portsmouth to Reading takes 1h 22m door to door, of which 38m is spent moving. The route runs 77 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 Reading cost?
The Train from Portsmouth to Reading starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €19.04. 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 Reading?
3 operators run the Train from Portsmouth to Reading: Cross Country, Great Western Railway, South Western Railway. Between them they file around 7 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 Reading use?
The Train from Portsmouth to Reading leaves from Portsmouth Harbour and arrives at Reading 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 Reading?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Portsmouth to Reading, at €11.88 and 1h 22m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Portsmouth to Reading?
Fares for the Train from Portsmouth to Reading bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Portsmouth to Reading produce?
The Train from Portsmouth to Reading produces about 2.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 77 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 Reading?
Operators on the Train from Portsmouth to Reading publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 22m 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 Portsmouth to Reading on September 15, 2026: 77 km of route against 74 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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