There are 12 ways to get from Reading to Prague by train, plane, bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), subway, 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
best- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LHR - PRG
5h 32mKč 2,273–6,746Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LTN - PRG
6h 11mKč 1,597–5,593Train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.train
17h 24mKč 2,880–8,551Bus
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5bus Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 10
21h 31mKč 2,712–4,025Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Reading to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Praguecar
12h 48mTrain to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LGW - PRG
5h 57mKč 1,602–5,201Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BHX - PRG
6h 4mKč 1,883–5,619Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BRS - PRG
6h 17mKč 2,062–6,120Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane STN - PRG
6h 16mKč 2,090–5,705Train via London
- Take the train from Reading to Bond Street Stationtrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.train
18h 3mKč 3,661–11,339Train, subway, bus
- Take the train from Reading to Ealing Broadwaytrain
- Take the subway from Ealing Broadway station to Upminster stationsubway
- Take the bus from Upminster to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
22h 3mKč 1,940–3,118Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Reading to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Praguecar
14h 2mKč 5,248–7,753
Reading to Prague by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Prague is to train and subway and bus which costs 1 900 Kč - 3 200 Kč and takes 22h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Prague is to train and fly which takes 5h 32m and costs 2 200 Kč - 7 000 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Reading to Prague. However, there are services departing from Reading RailAir and arriving at Praha, Hlavní Nádraží via Heathrow Terminal 5 and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Reading to Prague. However, there are services departing from Reading and arriving at Praha hl.n. via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int. and Brussel-Zuid. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 24m.
The distance between Reading and Prague is 1140 km.
The best way to get from Reading to Prague without a car is to train which takes 17h 24m and costs 2 800 Kč - 9 000 Kč.
It takes approximately 5h 32m to get from Reading to Prague, including transfers.
Reading to Prague bus services, operated by RailAir, depart from Reading RailAir station.
Reading to Prague train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Reading station.
The best way to get from Reading to Prague is to train which takes 17h 24m and costs 2 800 Kč - 9 000 Kč. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 2 700 Kč - 4 100 Kč and takes 21h 31m.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Prague, Czechia?
You can take a train from Reading to Praha hl.n. via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St. Pancras Int., and Brussel-Zuid in around 17h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Reading RailAir to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží via Heathrow Terminal 5, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, and London Victoria in around 21h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–4,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–4,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–7,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–8,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–3,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–3,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–3,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–3,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,100
Flights from Luton Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–5,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–5,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–3,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–2,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–7,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–6,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–6,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–4,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–4,600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–4,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–2,800
Flights from Luton Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–2,700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,700–4,400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–4,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–7,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–3,700
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- Kč 550–700
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- Kč 750–1,100
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–1,400
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–2,900
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Ealing Broadway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 440–1,400
- 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
- Kč 320–650
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Off Peak
- Kč 320–490
- Peak
- Kč 420–650
Train from Reading to Bond Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–2,100
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to Ealing Broadway
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 440–1,400
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- 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
- Kč 1,300–4,700
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Kč 1,300–2,100
- 1st Class
- Kč 2,800–4,700
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–2,700
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- 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
Train from Reading to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 500–2,300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 220–600
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from Ealing Broadway station to Upminster station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 95–200
- Schedules at
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/?cid=tube
- Off Peak
- Kč 95–130
- Peak
- Kč 140–200
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–850
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–2,800
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Upminster to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–1,600
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,100
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- Kč 850–1,100
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- Kč 1,900–4,500
- On Foot
- Kč 850–1,100
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Reading to Prague bus services, operated by RailAir, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5 station.
Prague is 1h ahead of Reading. It is currently 6:15 AM in Reading and 7:15 AM in Prague.
Reading to Prague train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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