Cheapest
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The best way to find a cheap train ticket from London to Swindon is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
49 m
Average
50 m
Trains per day
5
Distance
115 km
Of the 5 trains that leave London for Swindon every day 5 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 71 miles (114 km) | |
Average train ticket price | $55 (€49) | |
Train frequency | 77 a day | |
Direct train | Yes, there are 77 direct trains a day | |
Train companies | Great Western Railway |
Trains from London to Swindon cover the 71 miles (114 km) long route taking on average 53 min with our travel partners like Great Western Railway. Normally, there are 77 trains operating per day, including direct services available. While the average ticket price for this route costs around $55 (€49), you can find the cheapest train ticket for as low as $55 (€49). Travelers depart most frequently from London Victoria and arrive in Swindon.
The central travel hub for Wiltshire, Swindon lies on the main rail route west from London, so rail connections from the capital to the county town are very good. Travelers heading to Swindon can use frequent daily direct services from London Paddington Station, with journey times of around an hour. Departures from Paddington start early in the morning and there is a regular rail service to Swindon throughout the day and evening until the final connection a little before midnight.
Great Western Railway, the main train company linking London with western England, operates all the direct trains on the route from London Paddington to Swindon. Given the frequency of direct trains, indirect services are not a consideration on this route.
The fastest Great Western Railway services from Paddington to Swindon take 53 minutes to cover the 82-mile route west from the capital. Most other GWR connections take up to eight minutes longer to reach Swindon, with late night trains taking around one hour and 15 minutes.
The Great Western Railway weekday schedule begins with the first departure from London Paddington around 7:00 a.m. There are trains roughly every 15 minutes throughout the day and early evening, with frequency decreasing to hourly services in the late evening. The final service to Swindon leaves Paddington around 11:30 p.m. Sunday trains are less frequent, with a later first departure from Paddington and trains to Swindon roughly every half hour throughout the day and evening.
Departure train station: London Paddington is located just west of the center of London and has numerous public transport links, with bus connections from nearby stops on Praed Street and Underground rail services available on five lines. The station concourse has food stores, fast food outlets, coffee shops, free WiFi, and a baggage storage center.
Arrival train station: Swindon Station, the town's main rail station, is located north of the center, with local bus services departing from stops on Station Road and Fleming Way. The station facilities include a coffee shop, fast food snack bar, ATMs, free WiFi, and taxi stands.
When departing from London, you have various train station options to start your journey from including London Victoria, London St Pancras International and London Paddington. When arriving in Swindon, you can end your trip in train stations like Swindon, Swindon, Bus Station and Swindon.
Passengers board the train most frequently from London Victoria, which is located around 1.8 miles (2.9 km) away from the city centre, and they get off the train at Swindon, located 1.1 miles (1.7 km) away from the city centre.
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