There are 13 ways to get from Reading to Bonn by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
7h 19m€140–434Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LGW - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbftrain
6h 48m€93–305Bus
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2bus Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bonn UN Campusbus N280
17h 25m€99–207Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Reading to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bonncar
6h 43mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LHR - CGN
5h 21m€130–339Bus, train
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2bus Ra1
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Bonn Hbftrain 79
8h 21m€112–345Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Reading to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bonncar
7h 52m€134–194Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LHR - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbftrain
6h 12m€126–342Train, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Liverpool Street Stationtrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane STN - CGN
6h 9m€111–268Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LHR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
6h 17m€138–383Train to London City Airport, fly to Luxembourg, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LCY - LUX
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbftrain
8h 47m€172–454Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LHR - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 49m€158–380Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Luxembourg, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LHR - LUX
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbftrain
8h 38m€129–439
Reading to Bonn by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Bonn is to bus which costs €95 - €210 and takes 17h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Bonn is to train and fly which takes 5h 21m and costs €130 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Reading to Bonn. However, there are services departing from Reading RailAir and arriving at Bonn UN Campus via Heathrow Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Reading to Bonn. However, there are services departing from Reading and arriving at Bonn Hbf via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Koeln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 19m.
The distance between Reading and Bonn is 684 km.
The best way to get from Reading to Bonn without a car is to train which takes 7h 19m and costs €140 - €440.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Reading to Bonn, including transfers.
Reading to Bonn bus services, operated by RailAir, depart from Reading RailAir station.
Reading to Bonn train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Reading station.
The best way to get from Reading to Bonn is to train which takes 7h 19m and costs €140 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €210 and takes 17h 25m.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Bonn, Germany?
You can take a train from Reading to Bonn Hbf via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and Koeln Hbf in around 7h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Reading RailAir to Bonn UN Campus via Heathrow Terminal 2, Heathrow Central Bus Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, and London Victoria in around 17h 25m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from London Paddington to Liverpool Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–9
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €55–85
- 1st Class
- €110–200
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €22–40
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
- 1st Class
- €45–75
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–35
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €22–35
- 1st Class
- €30–50
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €12–19
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Bonn UN Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Reading to Bonn bus services, operated by RailAir, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 2 station.
Bonn is 1h ahead of Reading. It is currently 11:04 AM in Reading and 12:04 PM in Bonn.
Reading to Bonn train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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