Travel optionsfrom Croydon to Reading
How to get to Reading from Croydon by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Croydon to Reading is by taking a train because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
8:001h43Croydon9:43Reading£271One-way0 changes
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8:001h43Croydon9:43Reading£271One-way0 changes
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8:001h43Croydon9:43Reading£271One-way0 changes
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6:281h45Croydon8:13Reading£281One-way0 changes
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This is compared to other travel options from Croydon to Reading:
A train is £2 less than a coach for this route with tickets for a coach from Croydon to Reading costing on average £30.
Other travel options to Reading take longer:
Coach takes on average 3h 9m.
- Around 6 trains per day.
- Around 1 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Croydon and Reading as scheduled services by train and coach can vary by season or day of the week.
- Trains mostly depart from East Croydon (ECR) and arrive in Reading station (RDG).
- Coaches mostly depart from London, Victoria Coach Station and arrive in Three Mile Cross, Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride.
- Travel with Metrobus to go to Reading by coach.
- Travel with Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, Thameslink, Southern to go to Reading by train.
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