There are 12 ways to get from Arbroath to Reading by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London Paddington to Reading
6h 53m£91–239Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dundee Seagate Bus Station to Edinburgh Bus Station Gate F-Stance 11
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirRa1
14h 16m£69–129Drive 449.5 mi
- Drive from Arbroath to Reading449.5 mi
7h 54m£112–161Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
5h 21m£109–356Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Arbroath to Birmingham New StreetAberdeen - Plymouth / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to ReadingManchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
8h 58m£198–701Bus, train
- Take the bus from Slessor Gardens to Haymarket StationE1
- Take the train from Haymarket to Coventry
- Take the train from Coventry to Reading
10h 32mFly Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)DND - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
4h 40m£110–409Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
6h 14m£86–264Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)EDI - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Reading
5h 57m£101–301Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)EDI - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
5h 46m£133–334Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)ABZ - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
5h 38m£101–387Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Reading
6h 21m£84–359
Arbroath to Reading by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Arbroath to Reading is to bus which costs £65 - £130 and takes 14h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Arbroath to Reading is to fly and train which takes 4h 40m and costs £110 - £410.
No, there is no direct bus from Arbroath station to Reading. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Reading RailAir via Dundee Seagate Bus Station, Edinburgh, Bus Station and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Arbroath to Reading. However, there are services departing from Arbroath and arriving at Reading via Edinburgh Waverley, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 53m.
The distance between Arbroath and Reading is 506 miles. The road distance is 452.1 miles.
The best way to get from Arbroath to Reading without a car is to train which takes 6h 53m and costs £90 - £240.
It takes approximately 6h 53m to get from Arbroath to Reading, including transfers.
Arbroath to Reading bus services, operated by Megabus UK, depart from Dundee Seagate Bus Station.
Arbroath to Reading train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Arbroath station.
The best way to get from Arbroath to Reading is to train which takes 6h 53m and costs £90 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £130 and takes 14h 16m.
What companies run services between Arbroath, Scotland and Reading, England?
You can take a train from Arbroath to Reading via Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 6h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Reading RailAir via Dundee Seagate Bus Station, Edinburgh, Bus Station, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 14h 16m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–240
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–80
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £20–27
- 1st Class
- £30–50
Train from Arbroath to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–29
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £60–85
Train from Arbroath to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–15
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–60
- 1st Class
- £65–95
Train from Arbroath to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £170–250
- 1st Class
- £390–550
Train from Birmingham New Street to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Coventry to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £30–50
- 1st Class
- £50–70
Train from Birmingham International to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–270
Train from Arbroath to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–270
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Coventry
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Dundee Seagate Bus Station to Edinburgh Bus Station Gate F-Stance 11
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Slessor Gardens to Haymarket Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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More Questions & Answers
Arbroath to Reading bus services, operated by Megabus UK, arrive at Edinburgh Bus Station Gate F-Stance 11.
Arbroath to Reading train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
Yes, the driving distance between Arbroath to Reading is 452 miles. It takes approximately 7h 54m to drive from Arbroath to Reading.
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