There are 13 ways to get from Reading to Venice by train, plane, 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 Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LHR - VCE
5h 33m€96–333Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane STN - VCE
6h 19m€87–338Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
22h 18m€196–346Train, bus
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
26h 37m€152–304Train, night train
- Take the train from Reading to Farringdon Withouttrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Amsterdam Centraal to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Venezia Santa Lucia Stationtrain 89
27h 42m€437–778Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LGW - VCE
6h 9m€91–268Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LTN - VCE
6h 11m€91–332Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane LHR - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain
7h€114–371Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRS - VCE
6h 29m€88–279Bus
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2bus Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Venezia, Tronchettobus
29h 52m€171–269Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Reading to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Venezia, Tronchettobus N28 / ...
32h 47m€174–304Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Reading to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Venicecar
16h 6m€402–527Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Reading to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Venicecar
17h 8m€296–482
Reading to Venice by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Venice is to train and fly which costs €90 - €270 and takes 6h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Venice is to train and fly which takes 5h 33m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Reading to Venice. However, there are services departing from Reading RailAir and arriving at Venezia, Tronchetto via Heathrow Central Bus Station, London Victoria and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Reading to Venice station. However, there are services departing from Reading and arriving at Venezia Santa Lucia Station via Farringdon, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Brennero - Brenner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 42m.
The distance between Reading and Venice is 1210 km.
The best way to get from Reading to Venice without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 22h 18m and costs €190 - €350.
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Reading to Venice, including transfers.
Reading to Venice bus services, operated by RailAir, depart from Reading RailAir station.
Reading to Venice train services, operated by Elizabeth Line (TfL), depart from Reading station.
Reading to Venice bus services, operated by RailAir, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 2 station.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Venice, Italy?
You can take a bus from Reading RailAir to Venezia, Tronchetto via Heathrow Terminal 2, Heathrow Central Bus Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 29h 52m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–320
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Farringdon Without
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Reading to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Venezia, Tronchetto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Venezia, Tronchetto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- RailAir
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Venice is 1h ahead of Reading. It is currently 4:17 AM in Reading and 5:17 AM in Venice.
Reading to Venice train services, operated by Elizabeth Line (TfL), arrive at Farringdon Without station.
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