Trains from Cambridge to Chester

Cambridge to Chester train information

The trip between Cambridge, located in England and Chester, situated in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.

There are 143 miles from Cambridge to Chester. Taking the train is often the quickest option to get to Chester from Cambridge, and it’s also more environmentally friendly than driving your car or flying.

Depending how much time in advance you book your ticket as well as when you travel, the cost of the train will change.

Best prices for Cambridge to Chester train tickets

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Best prices for Cambridge to Chester trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Cambridge and Chester by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Chester to Cambridge and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

Discount Cambridge - Chester train tickets

Looking to travel for less? Many railcards and discounts are available to spend less for your Cambridge Chester train ticket and save even more money on your tickets: special train fares for children, railcards for all ages, group travel, or charity discount. There are five types of railcards available: 16-25 railcard, Two together railcard, Family and Friends Railcard, Senior railcard, Disabled persons railcard.

The main benefit of purchasing a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to break even.

You will need to buy at least £88 of train tickets in a year for the card to be worthwile. This number corresponds to the cost of the railcard, £30, divided by the discount, 34%. On every ticket that you purchase afterwards, you will spare money.

As an example, train tickets from Cambridge to Chester cost on average £50.00 (1). When dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), you can see that after only 2 one way journeys from Chester to Cambridge, the railcard will have paid for itself.

The cost to purchase a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to get a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most train fares for a complete year.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey