Travel optionsfrom Stafford to Reading
How to get to Reading from Stafford by train, bus, flight or ferry.
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The best way to travel from Stafford to Reading is by taking a train because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
8:392h26Stafford11:05ReadingFind prices1 change
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10:222h14Stafford12:36Reading£1371One-way0 changes
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This is compared to other travel options from Stafford to Reading:
A coach is £51 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Stafford to Reading costing on average £85.
Other travel options to Reading take longer:
Coach takes on average 8h 35m.
- Around 8 trains per day.
- Around 1 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Stafford and Reading as scheduled services by train and coach can vary by season or day of the week.
- Coaches mostly depart from Stoke-On-Trent, Hanley Bus Station and arrive in Three Mile Cross, Mereoak Lane - Park & Ride.
- Trains mostly depart from Stafford station (STA) and arrive in Reading station (RDG).
- Travel with CrossCountry, Avanti West Coast, Cross Country, West Midlands Trains to go to Reading by train.
- 3 direct trains per day with CrossCountry, Cross Country.
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