There are 14 ways to get from Reading to Como by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, night train, 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.
Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
best- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LHR - LIN
6h 33m€107–343Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LGW - MXP
6h 46m€71–241Train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich HbTgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. GiovanniEc
13h 9m€210–718Bus
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
24h 21m€99–213Train, night train
- Take the train from Reading to Bond Street Station
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich HbNj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. GiovanniEc
23h 6m€287–1,018Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LHR - MXP
6h 22m€108–292Train to London City Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LCY - LIN
6h 59m€88–348Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LGW - LIN
7h 16m€85–262Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LTN - MXP
7h 6m€73–209Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)LHR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
8h 14m€165–388Train to London City Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
8h 35m€191–533Bus, train
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Zurich Bus Station299
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. GiovanniEc
26h 34m€176–380Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Reading to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Como
12h 51mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Reading to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Como
13h 53m€208–303
Reading to Como by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Como is to train and fly which costs €70 - €250 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Como is to train and fly which takes 6h 22m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Reading to Como. However, there are services departing from Reading RailAir and arriving at Como via Heathrow Central Bus Station, London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station and Lugano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Reading to Como. However, there are services departing from Reading and arriving at Como S. Giovanni via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 9m.
The distance between Reading and Como is 1078 km.
The best way to get from Reading to Como without a car is to train which takes 13h 9m and costs €210 - €750.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Reading to Como, including transfers.
Reading to Como bus services, operated by RailAir, depart from Reading RailAir station.
Reading to Como train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Reading station.
The best way to get from Reading to Como is to train which takes 13h 9m and costs €210 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €220 and takes 24h 21m.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Como, Italy?
You can take a train from Reading to Como S. Giovanni via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 13h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Reading RailAir to Como via Heathrow Terminal 2, Heathrow Central Bus Station, London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, and Lugano in around 24h 21m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–90
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–90
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Off Peak
- €13–21
- Peak
- €17–25
Train from Reading to Bond Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €23–29
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €120–190
- 1st Class
- €260–440
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- 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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Reading to Como bus services, operated by RailAir, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 2 station.
Como is 1h ahead of Reading. It is currently 9:16 PM in Reading and 10:16 PM in Como.
Reading to Como train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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