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Compare coach and train for Carlisle to Reading
Omio recommends booking the train as it is the most popular option from Carlisle to Reading among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the coach with prices starting from £69. For those with little time consider booking a train which can get you there in 4h 31m. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a coach costs an average of £69, and a train costs an average of £138.
Distance: 404 km
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How to get to Reading from Carlisle by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Carlisle to Reading is by taking a train because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
2:545h54Carlisle8:48Reading£1811One-way1 change
Cheapest
- 2:545h54Carlisle8:48Reading£1811One-way1 change
Fastest
14:074h58Carlisle19:05Reading£2791One-way1 change
Other options
- 10:074h59Carlisle15:06Reading£2791One-way1 change
- 8:085h01Carlisle13:09Reading£2791One-way1 change
- 12:065h08Carlisle17:14Reading£2791One-way1 change
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FAQs: Carlisle to Reading
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This is compared to other travel options from Carlisle to Reading:
A coach is £70 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Carlisle to Reading costing on average £139.
Other travel options to Reading take longer:
Coach takes on average 8h 50m.
- Around 24 flights per day.
- Around 6 trains per day.
- Around 3 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Carlisle and Reading as scheduled services by coach and train can vary by season or day of the week.
- Coaches mostly depart from Carlisle, Bus Station (Lonsdale Street) and arrive in Reading, Blagrave Street.
- Trains mostly depart from Carlisle station (CAR) and arrive in Reading station (RDG).
- Flights mostly depart from Glasgow International Airport and arrive in London Heathrow Airport.
- Travel with FlixBus to go to Reading by coach.
- Travel with CrossCountry, Caledonian Sleeper, Avanti West Coast to go to Reading by train.
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