Travelling from Southampton to Ipswich by train

The fastest trains from Southampton to Ipswich take around 3 hours and 29 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 212 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Southampton and Ipswich.

Journeys between Southampton and Ipswich usually involve one change of train.

We usually find around 28 departures on the route from Southampton to Ipswich every weekday that leave enough time to change trains without waiting around for longer than necessary.

There are typically fewer departures at weekends, when we found around 24 departures. The duration is normally about 3 hours and 29 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.

On weekdays the earliest train to Ipswich is usually scheduled to depart Southampton around 04:52 and the last train is around 23:00. At weekends the first train of the day leaves Southampton around 06:00, and the last at 23:00.