The Railway Man: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Railway Man runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bill Paterson (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bill Paterson
Bill Paterson narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 118 hours in all.
- His Dark Materials: The Complete BBC Radio Collection: Full-cast dramatisations of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass
- The Stuarts: The epic BBC Radio 4 Drama
- William Boyd: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Restless and more
- J. M Barrie: Peter Pan and other BBC Radio plays
- Daunt & Dervish: The Complete BBC Radio crime series
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
572 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness
- Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists
- 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
- The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
- Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
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 Man is an audiobook by Eric Lomax: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Paterson, released May 5, 2011, on the Military (Biography & Memoir) and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bill Paterson
- Released
- May 5, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (Biography & Memoir), Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781446469934
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Railway Man as an audiobook?
The Railway Man runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Railway Man free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Railway Man?
The Railway Man is narrated by Bill Paterson.