Travelling from Southampton to Croydon by train

The fastest trains from Southampton to Croydon take around 1 hour and 32 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 100 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Southampton and Croydon.

Journeys between Southampton and Croydon usually involve one change of train. We have found some direct departures on this route but these are less frequent than routes requiring a change.

We usually find around 29 departures on the route from Southampton to Croydon every weekday that leave enough time to change trains without waiting around for longer than necessary.

Trains are typically more frequent on weekends, when we found around 40 departures. The duration is normally about 1 hour and 32 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.

On weekdays the earliest train to Croydon is usually scheduled to depart Southampton around 04:52 and the last train is around 23:12. At weekends the first train of the day leaves Southampton around 05:12, and the last at 22:55.