There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Reading by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane FRA - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
4h 56m£76–245Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CGN - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
5h 28m£64–227Train via Dortmund
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
12h 11m£269–540Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
23h 18m£96–166Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Berlin to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
10h 49mFly Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUS - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
4h 57m£71–196Fly Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAM - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 11m£71–214Fly Stuttgart Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane STR - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 10m£82–227Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CGN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
5h 22m£90–300Fly Frankfurt to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane FRA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
5h 43m£91–279Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
13h£124–460Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
11h 58m£159–244
Germany to Reading by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Reading is to bus which costs £95 - £170 and takes 23h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Reading is to fly and train which takes 4h 56m and costs £75 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Reading. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at Reading RailAir via Berlin Südkreuz train station, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Reading. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Reading via Berlin Hbf, Dortmund Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 11m.
The distance between Germany and Reading is 446 miles.
The best way to get from Germany to Reading without a car is to train via Dortmund which takes 12h 11m and costs £260 - £550.
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Germany to Reading, including transfers.
Germany to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Südkreuz train station.
Germany to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Reading is to train via Dortmund which takes 12h 11m and costs £260 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £170 and takes 23h 18m.
What companies run services between Germany and Reading, England?
You can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Reading via Berlin Hbf, Dortmund Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 12h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. to Reading RailAir via Berlin Südkreuz train station, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 23h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–130
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
- 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
- £17–35
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- 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
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £150–250
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £5–14
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Germany to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Germany to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dortmund Hbf station.
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