Trains to Bath Spa

Bath Spa Train Station was built in 1840 and designed by Britain’s extraordinary engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Brunel purposely intended for the station to blend into the city’s illustrious Georgian architecture, which still looks marvellous today. Even now, the station is one of the UK’s most iconic and most beloved. It’s no wonder, then, that when your train arrives at Bath Spa, you’ve just entered a Grade II listed building.

Bath Spa Train Station is the busiest station in Somerset, and the second busiest in South West England after Bristol Temple Meads.

Bath Spa Train Station’s grand architecture aside, the station also provides passengers with a range of services and amenities, including:

A ticket office (opening times: Monday to Saturday: 6.00am – 8.00pm; Sunday: 7.45am – 8.00pm). You can book train tickets as well as monthly and annual season tickets at the ticket office.

• Self-service ticket machines and accessible ticket machines. Plus, you can collect tickets you have bought online from the self-service machines.
• First class lounge (opening times: Monday to Friday: 6am – 7.30pm; Saturday: 8am – 6pm; Sunday 9.30am – 7.30pm).
• Step-free access to all platforms.
• Boards to check the real-time train timetable.
• ATMs, shops, and hospitality.
• Public telephones, public Wi-Fi, and post boxes.
• 103 bicycle storage stands at the rear side of the station.

Bath Spa Train Station is located on Dorchester Street, near the banks of the gleaming River Avon in the city centre of Bath. It’s only a few minutes walk from Bath City Parade Gardens or The Roman Baths to the train station. A taxi rank is at the station’s entrance, and local buses also stop nearby.

Great Western Railway (GWR) operates services between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. GWR also serves routes to local and regional destinations in the south west, including services to Weston-Super-Mare, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Taunton, and Penzance.

Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa

It takes only twelve to seventeen minutes to reach Bath Spa from Bristol Temple Meads with GWR. Trains leave twice per hour and once per hour on Sundays.

London Paddington to Bath Spa

Getting from London Paddington to Bath Spa takes one hour and eighteen minutes with GWR. Trains leave around every half an hour during peak times.

Keynsham to Bath Spa

It takes only seven to ten minutes to get from Keynsham to Bath Spa with GWR. Trains leave every hour or so.

Reading to Bath Spa

With GWR, getting from Reading to Bath Spa takes approximately fifty-three minutes. Two trains leave per hour on weekdays, except only once per hour on Sundays.

GWR is the only operator at this station. It primarily serves routes between Bristol Temple Meads, only seventeen minutes from Bath Spa, and London Paddington. The station also serves regional and local destinations, like Cardiff, Chippenham, Freshford, and Taunton.

GWR’s frequent connections to Reading allow for ongoing connections to both Gatwick and Heathrow Airport. Meanwhile, its links to Bristol Temple Meads allow for access to Bristol Airport.

Few other cities in the world are quite like Bath. It’s the only city in the UK to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in its entirety. It’s picturesque and has so many exciting things to see and do.

Right from the station, you’ll find the two renowned and celebrated around-the-world Palladian bridges, restaurants so tasty they’ll make your mouth chatter, the lavish Bath Abbey, and the luxury spa of the Royal Crescent Hotel, a mere five-minute walk from the station.

Around two thousand years ago, the Romans built a temple to the Goddess Minerva on the site of a hot spring, where ordinary people would come to give offerings to the goddess. Now, today, the hot springs are still pulling in tourists from around the world at the legendary Roman Baths, from which the city gets its name.

The city is also home to the great British author Jane Austen, who lived there between 1801 and 1806, and included Bath in her novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. You can even follow her footsteps by visiting The Pump Room for afternoon tea, or Sydney Gardens for a stroll. Or, if you’d like to know more about one of Britain’s greatest writers, head to The Jane Austen Centre.

There is so much to explore in Bath. If you’d like to explore the UK by rail more often but feel trains are too expensive in the UK, use TrainPal to find cheap train tickets.

What’s the postcode for Bath Spa Train Station?

The full address for Bath Spa Train Station is Dorchester Street, Bath Spa, Somerset, BA1 1SU.

How far is it from Bath Spa Train Station to the City Centre?

Bath Spa Train Station is in the city centre. It’s only a five-minute walk to some of the city’s most iconic locations.

What train line is Bath Spa Train Station located on?

Bath Spa Train Station runs on the Great Western Main Line between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington, as well as the Wessex Main Line, and the Heart of Wessex Line.

*Information is subject to change. Please check the latest train timetable before your trip.