There are 12 ways to get from Whitehaven to Reading by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Readingtrain
7h 9m£38–172Bus
- Take the bus from Main Street to Bus Stationbus 600
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 594
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
10h 31m£64–105Drive 287.6 mi
- Drive from Whitehaven to Readingcar 287.6 mi
5h 23m£69–99Train, train to Newcastle, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NCL - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
6h 48m£84–316Train via Manchester
- Take the train from Corkickle to Manchester Piccadillytrain Corkickle - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Readingtrain Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
7h 38m£47–195Bus, train
- Take the bus from Workington to Penrith Rail Stationbus X4 / ...
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Readingtrain
9h 20m£40–221Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GLA - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
6h 38m£109–359Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Southampton Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane NCL - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
7h 11m£96–274Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
7h 3m£109–379Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MAN - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
7h 11m£98–334Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Luton Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GLA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h 6m£93–279Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Southampton Airport
- Take the train from Whitehaven to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane MAN - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
7h 34m£95–282
Whitehaven to Reading by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Whitehaven to Reading is to drive which costs £65 - £100 and takes 5h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Whitehaven to Reading is to drive which takes 5h 23m and costs £65 - £100.
No, there is no direct bus from Whitehaven to Reading. However, there are services departing from Opera Bingo and arriving at Reading RailAir via Main Street, Bus Station and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Whitehaven to Reading. However, there are services departing from Whitehaven and arriving at Reading via Carlisle and Birmingham New Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 9m.
The distance between Whitehaven and Reading is 331 miles. The road distance is 289.3 miles.
The best way to get from Whitehaven to Reading without a car is to train which takes 7h 9m and costs £35 - £180.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Whitehaven to Reading, including transfers.
Whitehaven to Reading bus services, operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, depart from Main Street station.
Whitehaven to Reading train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, depart from Whitehaven station.
The best way to get from Whitehaven to Reading is to train which takes 7h 9m and costs £35 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £110 and takes 10h 31m.
What companies run services between Whitehaven, Cumbria, England and Reading, England?
You can take a train from Whitehaven to Reading via Carlisle and Birmingham New Street in around 7h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Opera Bingo to Reading RailAir via Main Street, Bus Station, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 10h 31m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–95
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £21–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–310
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Whitehaven to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Corkickle to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–70
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–29
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Bus from Main Street to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- railair.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- https://www.railair.com/
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- west.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Workington to Penrith Rail Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Whitehaven to Reading bus services, operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, arrive at Bus Station.
Whitehaven to Reading train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, arrive at Carlisle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Whitehaven to Reading is 289 miles. It takes approximately 5h 23m to drive from Whitehaven to Reading.
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