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Cardiff–Portsmouth

Cardiff → Portsmouth · Wales · England

Wales to the Solent the slow, lovely way: the Severn Tunnel, Bath’s crescents, Salisbury’s spire and the harbour at Portsmouth.

Distance
230 km
Fastest time
≈ 3 h 25 min
Average speed
67 km/h
Top speed
145 km/h

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Cardiff–Portsmouth, Cardiff to Portsmouth
Photo · Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmCardiff Central +6
  2. 19 kmNewport +2
  3. 35 kmSevern Tunnel Junction
  4. 54 kmFilton Abbey Wood
  5. 61 kmBristol Temple Meads +2
  6. 78 kmBath Spa +1
  7. Show 7 more stations
    1. 94 kmBradford-on-Avon
    2. 99 kmTrowbridge
    3. 105 kmWestbury
    4. 113 kmWarminster
    5. 144 kmSalisbury +1
    6. 171 kmRomsey
    7. 184 kmSouthampton Central +1
  8. 207 kmFareham
  9. 217 kmCosham
  10. 223 kmFratton +1
  11. 224 kmPortsmouth and Southsea +1
  12. 225 kmPortsmouth Harbour +1

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

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Questions and answers

How long is the Cardiff–Portsmouth?

The Cardiff–Portsmouth runs 230 km from Cardiff to Portsmouth. It runs through Wales and England.

How long does the Cardiff–Portsmouth take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 25 min for the 230 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 145 km/h.

Who runs the Cardiff–Portsmouth?

GWR.

How old is the Cardiff–Portsmouth?

The line has been in service since 1841. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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