Wolverhampton to Portsmouth train

Trains from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth start at €37.74 and take 2h 27m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth starts at €37.74 and takes 2h 27m door to door, run by 1 operator over 243 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 27mDoor to door
  • 1h 43mMoving
  • €37.74From
  • 8.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€28.39
  1. Cross Country CC457607:301h08:30Wolverhampton railway stationSwindon railway station
  2. Cross Country CC826209:5356m10:49Swindon railway stationPortsmouth Harbour

Changes at Swindon, with 83 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 3mCO2 8.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€32.24
  1. Cross Country CC862106:381h 43m08:21Wolverhampton railway stationPortsmouth Harbour

Door to door 2h 27mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Cross Country€32.242h 27m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Portsmouth

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Booking window

When to book Wolverhampton to Portsmouth

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

  1. €27.2990 days
  2. €22.8960 days
  3. €30.5945 days
  4. €31.1430 days
  5. €42.1421 days
  6. €48.1914 days
  7. €59.737 days
  8. €63.593 days
  9. €73.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 221 percent. The most expensive point is €73.48, 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.
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. €37.74Sun
  2. €38.84Mon
  3. €39.39Tue
  4. €41.04Wed
  5. €48.19Thu
  6. €44.89Fri
  7. €47.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Wolverhampton

Rail
  • Wolverhampton railway station
  • Wolverhampton Low Level railway station
  • Wolverhampton Temporary railway station

Portsmouth

Rail
  • Portsmouth Harbour
  • Portsmouth Harbour railway station
  • Portsmouth and Southsea railway station
The journey

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 243 km against 211 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 Swindon, Southampton, Reading, Coventry. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 5 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 Wolverhampton at 06:38 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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth

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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth take?

The Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth takes 2h 27m door to door, of which 1h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 243 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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth cost?

The Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth starts at €37.74 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €32.24. 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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth?

1 operators run the Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth: 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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth use?

The Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth leaves from Wolverhampton railway station and arrives at Portsmouth Harbour. 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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth?

Fares for the Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth produces about 8.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 243 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 Wolverhampton to Portsmouth?

Operators on the Train from Wolverhampton to Portsmouth publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 27m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Wolverhampton to Portsmouth on September 10, 2026: 243 km of route against 211 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.74, and 2h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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