There are 11 ways to get from Budapest to Reading by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BUD - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
6h 18m£106–247Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
28h 6m£41–97Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
22h 41m£174–545Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
16h 37mFly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BUD - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h£80–260Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BUD - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 56m£93–222Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BUD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Readingtrain
7h 6m£68–235Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BUD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
7h 5m£60–175Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BUD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Readingtrain
7h 21m£68–325Bus via Antwerp
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Antwerp Rooseveltplaatsbus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
31h 46m£114–299Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
17h 41m£262–379
Budapest to Reading by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Reading is to bus which costs £40 - £100 and takes 28h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Reading is to fly and train which takes 6h 18m and costs £100 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Reading. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenföld and arriving at Reading RailAir via London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Reading. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Reading via Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 41m.
The distance between Budapest and Reading is 969 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to Reading without a car is to bus which takes 28h 6m and costs £40 - £100.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Budapest to Reading, including transfers.
Budapest to Reading bus services, operated by Trans Nicolaescu, depart from Budapest-Kelenföld station.
Budapest to Reading train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
Budapest to Reading bus services, operated by Trans Nicolaescu, arrive at London Victoria station.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Reading, England?
You can take a bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Reading RailAir via London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 28h 6m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
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/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–90
- 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
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £140–170
- Seating Carriage
- £75–100
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- 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/
Train from Birmingham International to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £10–50
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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