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The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

The Railway Children: Audiobook

by Edith Nesbit · narrated by Karen Savage · unabridged · 2017

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Railway Children runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen Savage (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
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Based on 5 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Karen Savage

Karen Savage narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 320 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

354 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2013 recording read by Virginia Leishman runs 1.7 hours longer (6.7 hours).
  • The 2009 recording read by Johanna Ward runs 1 hours longer (6.1 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Simon Hester runs 1.6 hours longer (6.6 hours).
  • The 2018 recording read by Rosalyn Landor runs 1.4 hours longer (6.4 hours).
  • The 2006 recording read by Kate Mcenery and Victoria Carling runs 3.2 hours shorter (1.8 hours).

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Railway Children is an audiobook by Edith Nesbit: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Savage, released January 1, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Karen Savage
Released
January 1, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Railway Children as an audiobook?

The Railway Children runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.

Is The Railway Children free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Railway Children?

The Railway Children is narrated by Karen Savage.