The 38th Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts returns to Worthy Farm from June 26th - 30th and they’re bringing Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA, and Shania Twain with them.
If you’re one of the lucky 140,000 that scored tickets to Glastonbury, then you’ll need a ride to and from this festival of music, dance, comedy, and cabaret.
Getting to Glastonbury by train is the way we roll: it’s a safe and sustainable way to party from the platform to the Pyramid compared to taking a cab or driving yourself.
Castle Cary train station — the closest train station to Glastonbury — is accessible from dozens of British railway stops. With the added availability of coaches connecting city railway stations to more rural villages, all of your Welsh, Scottish, and English mates can join you at the front of the stage.
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First Class Lounge
Three facts to know about getting to Glastonbury by train:
- There is no train station in the town of Glastonbury.
- Glastonbury Festival isn’t actually in Glastonbury town.
- Facts 1 & 2 don’t change the fact that it’s still easy to get to Glasto by train.
Castle Cary is the closest train station to Glastonbury Festival. From that station, a shuttle bus will transport rail riders the final seven-ish miles to the Festival site: Worthy Farm in Pilton.
Getting to Glastonbury by train from your home station? Piece of cake. Go from Glasgow to Glasto. See Burna Boy from Brum. Catch Shania Twain with the train in Tain.
Seriously, trains to Glastonbury are not few and far between. Check out these popular routes that are as speedy as they are sustainable.
| Departing | Stations(s) | Required Connections | Average Time |
| London |
London Paddington London Waterloo |
None None |
1h 37m 2h 46m |
| Reading | Reading | None | 1h 14m |
| Norwich |
Norwich Norwich |
Stratford (London) + London Paddington London Liverpool St. + London Paddington |
3h 55m 4h 13m |
| Cardiff | Cardiff Central | Bristol Temple Meads | 2h 32m |
| Manchester | Manchester Piccadilly | Reading | 4h 48m |
| Birmingham | Birmingham New Street | Bristol Parkway | 3h 8m |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle |
London Kings Cross + London Paddington |
5h 15m |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh (Waverley) |
London Kings Cross + London Paddington |
6h 43m |
| Glasgow | Glasgow Central | London Euston + London Paddington | 6h 47m |
| Inverness | Inverness |
Perth + Edinburgh (Waverley) + London Kings Cross + London Paddington |
11h 53m |
🚆 Trainline tip: Split your ticket, save your seat, score sustainability points.
SplitSave tickets get you from Point A to the Pyramid by breaking your journey into two cheaper tickets — all without you ever needing to lift a cheek from the seat.
You can also purchase Advance Tickets as early as possible to save the most money (up to 61% cheaper). Better yet, get your gang and cop a GroupSave train ticket to spend as little money as possible on getting the train to Glastonbury.
Connect with coach, cut out carbon
Not everyone lives in London like D-Block Europe and Jessie Ware, so whether you hail from Bridport like PJ Harvey or Wingrave like Baxter Dury, you can still take the train to Glastonbury with a little help from coach services like National Express.
Coach travel has many of the same comforts and conveniences as train travel: you can sit back, relax, and let someone else navigate the route while you figure out which sets you’ll have to stage-hop between. Those who need a little extra support, be it for accessible assistance or countryside convenience, can also rely on bus travel to green light their Glasto trip.
Plus, taking a bus, coach or train is more sustainable than driving your own vehicle — which aligns well with Glastonbury’s own green initiatives for an eco-friendly Festival.
Go green to Glasto
Trainliners have pledged to swap nearly 30,000 car journeys for the train. Swap driving for a single rail journey and you’re on your way to becoming a climate hero. So, kick CO2 to the curb, not the clouds, and go to Glasto as sustainably as possible.
We take pride in taking the train and you should, too.
Download the Trainline app and set a Ticket Alert now so you can catch the train to Glastonbury.
Departures and arrivals from Castle Cary
Departures
Arrivals
| Departing to | Train | Time | Platform | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to Weymouth | Great Western Railway | 07:17 | 2 | On time |
| to London Waterloo | South Western Railway | 07:36 | 3 | On time |
| to London Paddington | Great Western Railway | 07:48 | 1 | On time |
| to Gloucester | Great Western Railway | 07:52 | 3 | On time |
| to Gloucester | Great Western Railway | 08:37 | 3 | On time |
| Arriving from | Train | Time | Platform | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| from Westbury | Great Western Railway | 07:16 | 2 | On time |
| from Weymouth | Great Western Railway | 07:43 | 3 | On time |
| from Plymouth | Great Western Railway | 07:47 | 1 | On time |
| from Weymouth | Great Western Railway | 08:36 | 3 | On time |
| from Plymouth | Great Western Railway | 08:43 | 1 | On time |