Visiting The Sarah Duffen Centre by train
Portsmouth is well-serviced by a range of rail services.
Of the two railway stations in Portsmouth, Portsmouth and Southsea Station is the
closest to The Sarah Duffen Centre - a short walk or a few minutes by taxi [map
and directions included in PDF].
Travelling by rail within Britain
- South West trains offer regular services from London Waterloo (2 every hour at most
times).
- Wales and West and First Great Western offer regular services from south Wales and
the South West.
- Virgin trains offer services to Portsmouth from the Midlands and the North, including
Birmingham (approx. 3½-4 hours), Manchester (approx. 5 hours), Liverpool (approx.
5 hours), Glasgow (approx. 8½ hours or 12 hours on sleeper) and Edinburgh (approx.
7-8 hours or 12 hours on sleeper).
Travelling by rail from Europe
Eurostar offers regular services through the Channel Tunnel to London Waterloo from
Paris and Brussels. There are regular connections from London Waterloo to Portsmouth.
Total travel times from Paris to Portsmouth average around 5 hours, and from Brussels
to Portsmouth average around 4½ hours. Connecting services offer easy travel from
throughout France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Italy.
Further information
Download directions
For more information, you can download this information about
visiting The Sarah Duffen Centre by train [PDF file, size 106 KB, low resolution
graphics] or the complete 'Visiting The Sarah
Duffen Centre' booklet [PDF file, size 1.6 MB, printable graphics]
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free download from Adobe).
Railway websites
For more information about trains to/from Portsmouth, visit these websites: