help travelling Ipswich to Bath

qwert10

Looking for some help travelling Ipswich to Bath by train or possibly coach if they start up. Open to lots of changes etc
Looked it up and it says go Ipswich to Liverpool st to paddington to Bath.
Anybody on here know a better/cheaper way to go by public transport?
Thanks

gwynlas

I presume you could go by coach via London Victoria but the journey time from Bath is currently showing as almost 4 hours whilst this is more than the complete journey by train.

Rodders53

Best, fastest, most convenient and direct way is Liverpool St, Tube (Circle/Hammersmith & City) to Paddington, and on to Bath.  Could be circa £27 one way if you choose your travel day and time wisely as an Advance ticket.  Or a lot more if First Class open or you need to travel at a peak/most popular time.

National Express seem to be unable to take you from Ipswich to Bath...  You may have more luck searching than I.  I expect Covid issues with reduced no services at the moment?

qwert10

thanks so much both arranging a funeral so glad of this kind help.

qwert10

Rodders53 said:

Best, fastest, most convenient and direct way is Liverpool St, Tube (Circle/Hammersmith & City) to Paddington, and on to Bath.  Could be circa £27 one way if you choose your travel day and time wisely as an Advance ticket.  Or a lot more if First Class open or you need to travel at a peak/most popular time.

great found £22 one way looked at a coach but more hassle. thanks again both

yorkie2

When are you travelling? I looked at a random date in December on the Trainsplit site, and found fares starting at £22.30

qwert10

yorkie2 said:

When are you travelling? I looked at a random date in December on the Trainsplit site, and found fares starting at £22.30

thanks Dec 20th will look at Trainsplit!

jimbo6977

The alternative to going via London is probably something like

Ipswich-
Peterborough
-Leicester-
Birmingham
-Bristol-
Bath.

That's a lot of changes!

spenderdave

You can do Peterborough to Birmingham via Leicester direct (hourly service) so not quite such a lot.