There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Reading by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, 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 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
4h 51m£85–296Train to Bremen Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- 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 28m£73–379Train via Dortmund
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof 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
9h 23m£241–490Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
17h 53m£88–128Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hanover to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
8h 31m£230–282Fly 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 27m£201–416Fly 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 25m£130–362Train 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 36m£93–303Train
- Take the train from Hannover 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
11h 50m£106–239Train #2
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from Farringdon Without to Readingtrain
11h 54m£232–388Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
9h 35m£140–245
Hanover to Reading by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Reading is to bus which costs £85 - £130 and takes 17h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Reading is to fly and train which takes 4h 51m and costs £85 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Reading. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Reading RailAir via London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 53m.
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 9h 23m.
The distance between Hanover and Reading is 478 miles.
The best way to get from Hanover to Reading without a car is to train via Dortmund which takes 9h 23m and costs £240 - £490.
It takes approximately 4h 51m to get from Hanover to Reading, including transfers.
Hanover to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, 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 via Dortmund which takes 9h 23m and costs £240 - £490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £130 and takes 17h 53m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Reading, England?
You can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Reading via Dortmund Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 9h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Reading RailAir via London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 17h 53m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–430
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–430
Flights from Hannover Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £22–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–430
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Farringdon Without to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–27
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- RailAir
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Hanover to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Reading is 1h behind Hanover. It is currently 11:18 PM in Hanover and 10:18 PM in Reading.
Hanover to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dortmund Hbf station.
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