Trains from Portsmouth to Brighton

Portsmouth to Brighton train information

• There are a lot of train operators across the United Kingdom & Europe but the trains from Portsmouth in England to Brighton in England are provided by Southern.
• Travelling by train is a fast and easy option to go to Brighton from Portsmouth. The average travel duration between Portsmouth to Brighton is 1h27m to travel the 42 miles.
• The cheapest ticket price we've found for the next 180 days is £20.10 one way.

Best prices for Portsmouth to Brighton train tickets

Portsmouth - Brighton prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Portsmouth to Brighton by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

Portsmouth - Brighton: the best time to book cheap trains

Cost of the train when booking in advance or at the last minute

Booking your ticket in advance is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. Yet, as you can notice in the graph above, the cost of train tickets Portsmouth to Brighton do not tend to change a lot and cost £16.

Best prices for Portsmouth to Brighton trains

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

Discount Portsmouth - Brighton train tickets

Do you want to travel at the lowest fares? Many railcards and tricks can be obtained to pay less for your Portsmouth Brighton train ticket and make even more savings on your tickets: special train fares for children, railcards for all ages, group travel, or charity discount. There are 5 types of railcards available: 16-25 railcard, Two together railcard, Family and Friends Railcard, Senior railcard, Disabled persons railcard.

• The main benefit of getting a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to earn as much money as you spent.

  You will need to pay at least £88 of train tickets across the whole 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 book afterwards, you will make savings.

  As an example, train tickets from Portsmouth to Brighton cost on average £20.10 (1). By dividing £88 by £20.10 (£88/£20.10 = 4.38), it appears that after only 5 one way journeys from Brighton to Portsmouth, the railcard will have paid for itself.

• All railcards cost £30 except the Disabled persons railcard that costs £20. Railcards enable you to get 34% off most rail fares, thus you will save 1/3 on most train fares.

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