Cheapest€12.44
- GWR GW790906:3440m07:14Reading StationSalisbury railway station
Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Reading to Salisbury train
Trains from Reading to Salisbury start at €13.54 and take 1h 24m at their fastest.
The Trains from Reading to Salisbury starts at €13.54 and takes 1h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 82 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 24mDoor to door
- 40mMoving
- €13.54From
- 2.7 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GWR | €12.44 | 1h 23m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Reading to Salisbury
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €12.4460 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8930 days
- €15.1921 days
- €16.2914 days
- €21.797 days
- €23.443 days
- €28.941 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 144 percent. The most expensive point is €28.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €15.74Sun
- €16.84Mon
- €14.09Tue
- €16.29Wed
- €21.79Thu
- €17.39Fri
- €18.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Reading
Rail
- Reading Station
- Winnersh Station
- Reading West
Salisbury
Rail
- Salisbury railway station
- Dean railway station
- Wylye 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 82 km against 72 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kingswood, Mendip, Bath, Poole. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Reading at 06:34 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 Reading to Salisbury
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 Reading to Salisbury take?
The Train from Reading to Salisbury takes 1h 24m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving. The route runs 82 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 Reading to Salisbury cost?
The Train from Reading to Salisbury starts at €13.54 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €26.18. 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 Reading to Salisbury?
1 operators run the Train from Reading to Salisbury: GWR. 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 Reading to Salisbury use?
The Train from Reading to Salisbury leaves from Reading Station and arrives at Salisbury 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 Reading to Salisbury?
Fares for the Train from Reading to Salisbury bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Reading to Salisbury produce?
The Train from Reading to Salisbury produces about 2.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 82 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 Reading to Salisbury?
Operators on the Train from Reading to Salisbury publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 24m 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 Reading to Salisbury on September 9, 2026: 82 km of route against 72 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.54, and 1h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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