Cheapest
Average
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Fastest Journey
5 h 55 m
Average
5 h 55 m
Buses per day
1
Distance
256 km
Of the 1 buses that leave Liverpool for Reading every day 1 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 159 miles (256 km) | |
Average coach duration | 5 h 55 min | |
Average coach ticket price | £22 (€25) | |
Direct coach | Yes | |
Coach companies | Megabus or National Express |
Coaches from Liverpool to Reading cover the 159 miles (256 km) long journey taking on average 5 h 55 min with our travel partners like Megabus or National Express. There are direct coach services available. You can get the cheapest coach tickets for this route for as low as £22, but the average price of coach tickets is £22. Travellers depart most frequently from Liverpool Lime Street and arrive in Reading, Christchurch Green / Redlands Road (University of Reading).
Buy your official National Express coach tickets between Liverpool and Reading from £22 with Omio. Find coach times and tickets for over 1000 travel companies to compare and book the most affordable trip.
National Express is the UK’s leading long-distance coach provider operating over 550 coaches per day and serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express also operates coach services to all major UK airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol, 24 hours a day. All National Express coaches have air conditioning and provide free WiFi access along with onboard entertainment. Most coaches come with seat belts and power outlets at every seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. For your coach to Reading from Liverpool, you can select from three ticket fares: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare.
When departing from Liverpool, you have various coach station options to start your trip from including Liverpool, Liverpool One, Liverpool, One Bus Station, Canning Place and Liverpool, University. When arriving in Reading, you can end your journey in coach stations like Reading, Christchurch Green / Redlands Road (University of Reading), Reading, RBH Main Entrance and Reading, Station Road (Stop SD).
Omio customers book a coach from Liverpool Lime Street to Reading, Christchurch Green / Redlands Road (University of Reading) most frequently for this route.
Passengers board their coach most frequently from Liverpool Lime Street and travel around 0.4 miles (692 m) from the city centre to this coach station.
Passengers travelling this route most often arrive at Reading, Christchurch Green / Redlands Road (University of Reading) and need to travel approximately 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the coach station to the city centre in Reading.
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