The Goring Gap is well-served by trains. Local trains run half-hourly (hourly on Sundays) between Didcot and London Paddington, with the direct service to Paddington taking less than an hour. Didcot, Goring & Streatley, Tilehurst and Reading stations all have customer lifts, Cholsey and Pangbourne do not. Click one of the stations on the map for more information.

Taking a train for part of the way increases how far you can travel in a day, and opens up interesting possibilities. Examples of train-assist rides from Goring include:

• Walk or cycle along The Ridgeway and National Cycling Network Route 544 to Didcot (12.1 mi). Return by train. From Rectory Road in Streatley to Didcot station this route is traffic-free, though not recommended for bikes in wet weather, when the chalk surface of The Ridgeway can be very slippery. For a downloadable GPX file, see the first part of the Abingdon via The Ridgeway route, which goes right past the front of Didcot station.
• Walk or cycle along The Thames Path (King Alfred’s Way for cyclists) through the woods to Whitchurch. Return by train from Pangbourne (4 mi)

The trains on the local GWR services from London Paddington through Goring & Streatley to Didcot are relatively bike-friendly.