Cheapest€36.64
- Cross Country CC607306:322h 24m08:56Portsmouth HarbourSheffield
Door to door 3h 8mCO2 11.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Portsmouth to Sheffield train
Trains from Portsmouth to Sheffield start at €36.64 and take 3h 8m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Portsmouth to Sheffield on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Portsmouth to Sheffield starts at €36.64 and takes 3h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 332 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 8mDoor to door
- 2h 24mMoving
- €43.79 to €100.99From
- 06:32 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 11.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€43.79 to €100.99 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.
Cross Country runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Portsmouth to Sheffield on your date, and you pay on their side.
See Portsmouth to Sheffield on Bookaway
Or compare on TrainlineOr compare on Trip.com
Partner link. We do not sell this ticket, and we earn nothing from this one.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €100.99Sat19
- about €75.14Sun20
- about €76.79Mon21
- about €65.24Tue22
- about €67.44Wed23
- about €77.89Thu24
- about €68.54Fri25
- about €61.94Sat26
- about €54.24Sun27
- about €47.64Mon28
- about €43.79Tue29
- about €48.74Wed30
- about €64.14Thu1
- about €49.84Fri2
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 October 6, 2026
Lowest CO2€42.68
- Cross Country CC209207:3040m08:10Portsmouth HarbourReading Station
- Cross Country CC858909:291h 48m11:17Reading StationSheffield
Changes at Reading, with 79 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 31mCO2 10.8 kgChanges 1Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Country | €36.64 | 3h 5m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Sheffield. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sheffield for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Sheffield and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Search Sheffield on Booking.comOr compare on Expedia
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Portsmouth to Sheffield
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.2990 days
- €29.4960 days
- €27.2945 days
- €35.5430 days
- €48.7421 days
- €49.8414 days
- €68.547 days
- €76.793 days
- €100.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 270 percent. The most expensive point is €100.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €54.24Sun
- €47.64Mon
- €43.79Tue
- €48.74Wed
- €64.14Thu
- €49.84Fri
- €61.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Portsmouth
Rail
- Portsmouth Harbour
- Fratton
- Portsmouth & Southsea
Sheffield
Rail
- Sheffield
- Sheffield station
- Sheffield Wicker railway station
What the journey looks like
- 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 332 km against 288 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 Leicester, Derby, Coventry, Reading. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 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 Portsmouth at 06:32 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 Portsmouth to Sheffield
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 Sheffield take?
The Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield takes 3h 8m door to door, of which 2h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 332 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 Sheffield cost?
The Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield starts at €36.64 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €41.04. 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 Sheffield?
1 operators run the Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield: Cross Country. 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 Portsmouth to Sheffield use?
The Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield leaves from Portsmouth Harbour and arrives at Sheffield. 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 Portsmouth to Sheffield?
Fares for the Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 270 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield produce?
The Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield produces about 11.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 332 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 Sheffield?
Operators on the Train from Portsmouth to Sheffield publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 8m 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 Sheffield on September 18, 2026: 332 km of route against 288 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 3h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Sheffield to Portsmouth trainCompare every mode from Portsmouth to SheffieldArchway to Sheffield trainAshton-under-Lyne to Sheffield trainBirkenhead to Sheffield trainBirmingham to Sheffield trainBlackburn to Sheffield trainBlackpool to Sheffield trainBradford to Sheffield trainBrent to Sheffield trainBristol to Sheffield trainBurnley to Sheffield trainBury to Sheffield trainCardiff to Sheffield train
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Sheffield is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Sheffield and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Sheffield in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
See Sheffield on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.