There are 10 ways to get from Vienna to Reading by plane, train, train (Eurostar), 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.
Fly Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane VIE - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 39m£95–287Fly Vienna International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane VIE - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
6h 25m£84–241Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- 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
13h 50m£291–610Bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 060 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
25h 53m£115–182Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from Farringdon Without to Readingtrain
18h 28m£195–379Fly Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane VIE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 17m£88–346Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Wien Simmering to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BTS - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h 54m£97–274Bus via Stephansplatz
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 060 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
31h 47m£147–223Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Vienna to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
14h 21m£324–419Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
15h 25m£235–381
Vienna to Reading by night train and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Reading is to bus which costs £110 - £190 and takes 25h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Reading is to fly and train which takes 5h 39m and costs £95 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to Reading. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at Reading RailAir via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Reading. However, there are services departing from Wien 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 13h 50m.
The distance between Vienna and Reading is 837 miles.
The best way to get from Vienna to Reading without a car is to train which takes 13h 50m and costs £290 - £650.
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Vienna to Reading, including transfers.
Vienna to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
Vienna to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Wien Hbf station.
The best way to get from Vienna to Reading is to train which takes 13h 50m and costs £290 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £190 and takes 25h 53m.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Reading, England?
You can take a train from Wien 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 13h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Reading RailAir via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 25h 53m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Farringdon Without to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Simmering to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–30
- Website
- RailAir
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Vienna to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Reading is 1h behind Vienna. It is currently 1:42 PM in Vienna and 12:42 PM in Reading.
Vienna to Reading train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
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