There are 13 ways to get from Munich to Reading by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MUC - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 41m£95–223Bus via Frankfurt am Main
cheapest- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
23h 6m£68–96Train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
11h 2m£140–600Night train, train
- Take the night train from Muenchen Ost 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
14h 46m£150–527Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SZG - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
7h 5m£126–360Fly Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MUC - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Readingtrain
6h 54m£102–292Train to Innsbruck Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Innsbruck Airport (INN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane INN - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
7h 13m£134–332Train to Innsbruck Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Innsbruck Airport (INN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane INN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
7h 49m£103–406Fly Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MUC - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
6h 28m£69–217Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane NUE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h 15m£91–295Bus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus N280
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
24h 56m£80–192Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Munich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
11h 47mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Munich to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
12h 51m£179–259
Munich to Reading by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Reading is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which costs £65 - £100 and takes 23h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Reading is to fly and train which takes 5h 41m and costs £95 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich to Reading. However, there are services departing from München, ZOB and arriving at Reading RailAir via Frankfurt, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Reading. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Reading via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 2m.
The distance between Munich and Reading is 639 miles.
The best way to get from Munich to Reading without a car is to train which takes 11h 2m and costs £140 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Munich to Reading, including transfers.
Munich to Reading bus services, operated by Trans Turist, depart from München, ZOB station.
Munich to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Reading is to train which takes 11h 2m and costs £140 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus via Frankfurt am Main, which costs £65 - £100 and takes 23h 6m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Reading, England?
You can take a train from München Hbf to Reading via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 11h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from München, ZOB to Reading RailAir via Frankfurt, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 23h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–290
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–420
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £28–100
- 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
- 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £55–80
- 1st Class
- £110–190
- 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
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–235
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £225–235
- Couchette Carriage
- £130–150
- Seating Carriage
- £55–70
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–45
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Birmingham International to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- +387 35 320-321
- info@transturist.ba
- Website
- transturist.ba
Bus from München, ZOB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- transturist.ba
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- 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 Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- 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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Munich to Reading bus services, operated by Trans Turist, arrive at Frankfurt station.
Reading is 1h behind Munich. It is currently 4:32 AM in Munich and 3:32 AM in Reading.
Munich to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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