Worthing Trains to London: 1h 25m, £6,236 a Year

Worthing has two direct trains an hour to London Victoria and the quickest take 1 hour 25 minutes. There is no fast line: every London train runs east along the coast, turns inland north of Brighton and comes up the Brighton main line through Burgess Hill and Gatwick. That geography is the single most important thing to understand about commuting from here, because it also means the City is a change of train, not a direct ride.

The direct service to Victoria

Southern runs the London service from Worthing. On a weekday it departs at :03 and :33 past each hour, and the journey to Victoria takes 1h 25m to 1h 29m depending on how many stops the service makes.

A typical weekday morning from Worthing, as timetabled for Tuesday 11 August 2026:

Note where the peak ends: the 08:33 is the first departure of the morning on which an Off-Peak Day Return is valid. Leave half an hour earlier and the cheapest return available is the Anytime fare, which costs £33 more.

Getting to the City and Thameslink

There is no direct train from Worthing to London Bridge, Blackfriars, Farringdon or St Pancras. The route is the Victoria train as far as Burgess Hill, then a Thameslink service north. Timetabled journeys on a weekday morning:

• London Bridge: 1h 32m, for example 07:03 from Worthing, change at Burgess Hill 07:36, arrive 08:35.
• London Blackfriars: 1h 38m, same first leg, arriving 08:41.

So the honest figure for a City commute from Worthing is about an hour and a half each way, and it depends on one connection at Burgess Hill with roughly six minutes to make it.

What it costs

Walk-up fares between Worthing and London Terminals, as published on the day of travel:

Advance singles on specific Southern trains were selling from £15.00 to £32.70 for the same journeys, so a planned day trip costs a fraction of the walk-up fare.

For commuters, the season ticket prices from Worthing are:

• London Terminals: £155.90 weekly, £598.70 monthly, £6,236.00 a year.
• London Terminals plus Travelcard Zones 1-6: £184.30 weekly, £707.80 monthly, £7,372.00 a year.

The annual season is worth about 40 weekly tickets, so it pays for itself if you travel more than about 40 weeks a year. At £6,236, the commute costs roughly a fifth of the £299,298 average Worthing house price every five years, which is the trade many people make when they move down the coast.

The other useful trains

Worthing is not only a London station. Two journeys matter more to daily life here than the capital does:

• Brighton: 23 minutes, several trains an hour, £7.60 for an Anytime Day Single and £8.40 for an Off-Peak Day Return.
• Gatwick Airport: 51 minutes direct, at :03 and :33 like the London trains, £18.30 Off-Peak Day Return and from £15.00 on an Advance single. No change, no coach, no airport parking.

West of the town, West Worthing and Durrington-on-Sea serve Goring and Durrington, and East Worthing serves the Broadwater side, all on the same coastal line. Check which is nearest before you drive to the main station.

Frequently asked questions

How long does the train from Worthing to London take?

1 hour 25 minutes on the fastest direct services to London Victoria, and 1h 29m on the slower ones. There are two direct trains an hour on a weekday.

Is there a direct train from Worthing to London Bridge?

No. You change at Burgess Hill onto a Thameslink service. The whole journey takes about 1 hour 32 minutes to London Bridge and 1 hour 38 minutes to Blackfriars.

How much is a season ticket from Worthing to London?

£6,236 a year to London Terminals, or £7,372 if you add a Zones 1-6 Travelcard. Monthly seasons are £598.70 and £707.80 respectively.

What time does the peak end at Worthing?

The 08:33 departure is the first of the morning on which an Off-Peak Day Return is valid. Before that you need an Anytime ticket at £76.90 return.

Which train company runs Worthing to London?

Southern operates the direct London Victoria service. Thameslink services are the ones you connect to at Burgess Hill for the City and north London.

Sources

• Timetabled departures and walk-up fares for Tuesday 11 August 2026 from traintimes.org.uk, which publishes National Rail timetable and fares data, for Worthing to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars, Gatwick Airport and Brighton
• Season ticket prices from Trainline’s Worthing to London Victoria season ticket page

Fares and times change. Checked on 10 August 2026; confirm before you travel.