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The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay

The Railwayman's Wife: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Railwayman's Wife runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fiona Hardingham and Steve West (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Railwayman's Wife at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,714 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 Railwayman's Wife is an audiobook by Ashley Hay: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Fiona Hardingham and Steve West, released April 5, 2016, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Fiona Hardingham, Steve West
Released
April 5, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
ISBN
9781508211860

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Railwayman's Wife as an audiobook?

The Railwayman's Wife runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is The Railwayman's Wife free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Railwayman's Wife?

The Railwayman's Wife is narrated by Fiona Hardingham and Steve West.