There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Reading by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAJ - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 11m£89–277Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Mereoak Lane - Park & Ridebus Uk042 / ...
18h 6m£57–170Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Utrecht Centraaltrain 77
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
10h£130–556Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hanover to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
8h 31mFly Hannover Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to London City Airport (LCY)plane HAJ - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 48m£167–346Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAM - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
6h 38m£88–266Fly Hannover Airport to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane HAJ - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
7h 12m£153–308Train to Bremen Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BRE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 43m£97–364Train via Dortmund
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain 55 / ...
- 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
10h 7m£146–438Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Doverbus
- Take the bus from Dover to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
19h 1m£90–125Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
9h 35m£145–209
Hanover to Reading by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Reading is to bus which costs £55 - £170 and takes 18h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Reading is to fly and train which takes 5h 11m and costs £85 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Reading. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Bridge Street via London Victoria and Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Reading. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Reading via Dortmund Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 7m.
The distance between Hanover and Reading is 478 miles.
The best way to get from Hanover to Reading without a car is to train which takes 10h and costs £130 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Hanover to Reading, including transfers.
Hanover to Reading bus services, operated by Atlantic Travel GB Ltd, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Reading is to train which takes 10h and costs £130 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £170 and takes 18h 6m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Reading, England?
You can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Reading via Utrecht Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., St Pancras International Station, Paddington Station, and London Paddington in around 10h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Bridge Street via London Victoria and Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride in around 18h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Hannover Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- 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
- £14–22
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- 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
- 5 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £9–14
- 1st Class
- £15–25
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £190–380
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from London Victoria to Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–30
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- 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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Hanover to Reading bus services, operated by Atlantic Travel GB Ltd, arrive at London Victoria station.
Reading is 1h behind Hanover. It is currently 8:45 AM in Hanover and 7:45 AM in Reading.
Hanover to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dortmund Hbf station.
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