Trains from Swansea to Bournemouth

Swansea to Bournemouth train information

There are several train providers across the UK & Europe. By searching for your ticket using our travel search engine, you will be able to see the trains connecting Swansea in Wales to Bournemouth in England as well as the train operator for this journey.

There are 109 miles between both cities and the average train duration connecting Swansea to Bournemouth is normally 4h39m. Travelling by train is normally the quickest solution to go to Bournemouth from Swansea, and it's also more environmentally friendly than taking your car or using the plane.

Fares can change quickly. We recommend you to launch a search to check the latest available offers.

Best prices for Swansea to Bournemouth train tickets

Swansea - Bournemouth prices calendar

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

Swansea - Bournemouth: the best time to book cheap trains

Price of the ticket when booking in advance or at the last minute

Getting your ticket beforehand is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. However, as you may see in the graph above, the price of train tickets Swansea to Bournemouth do not tend to change a lot and cost £56.

Best prices for Swansea to Bournemouth trains

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

Discount Swansea - Bournemouth train tickets

The best way to spend less on your Swansea Bournemouth train ticket must be to have a railcard. While regional railcards exist in some areas, National railcards enable you to make savings on most rail fares across the United Kingdom. Everyone is eligible to at least one of the railcard, even non-UK citizens. National railcards available: 16-25 railcard, Senior discount card, Two together railcard, Family and Friends discount card and Disabled persons railcard.

• In order to understand the benefits of a railcard, you can estimate the number of journeys you need to break even. You will see that usually only a few trips are needed.

  For your assessment, you have to include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, your savings on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average price of a Swansea Bournemouth ticket is £50.00 (1).

  Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. You will need to make about 2 trips from Bournemouth to Swansea (one way trip) with your railcard to break even.

• The price to buy a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to have the 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to save 34% off most adult fares for an entire year.

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