Cheapest€11.88
- Brittany Ferries BF757006:032h 41m08:44Thames RiverCruiseBarking Riverside
Door to door 4h 11mCO2 8.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Reading to Barking ferry
Ferries from Reading to Barking start at €11.88 and take 4h 11m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Reading to Barking starts at €11.88 and takes 4h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 77 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 11mDoor to door
- 2h 41mMoving
- €11.88From
- 8.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 14 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €11.88 | 4h 1m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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Rooms within reach of Barking Riverside
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Reading to Barking
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €12.993 days
- €12.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 9 percent. The dearest point is €12.99, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Reading
Ferry
- Thames RiverCruise
Barking
Ferry
- Barking Riverside
- Royal Wharf
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 77 km against 73 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Hounslow, Richmond, Slough, Brent. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Reading at 06:03 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 23m | 39m | 44m | €11.88 | 2.5 kg | 3 |
| Ferry | 4h 11m | 2h 41m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 8.9 kg | 3 |
Questions about Reading to Barking
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Reading to Barking take?
The Ferry from Reading to Barking takes 4h 11m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 77 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Reading to Barking cost?
The Ferry from Reading to Barking starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Reading to Barking?
1 operators run the Ferry from Reading to Barking: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Reading to Barking use?
The Ferry from Reading to Barking leaves from Thames RiverCruise and arrives at Barking Riverside. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Reading to Barking?
Travelling from Reading to Barking by Train costs €11.88 and takes 1h 23m door to door, against 4h 11m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Reading to Barking?
Fares for the Ferry from Reading to Barking bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 9 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Reading to Barking produce?
The Ferry from Reading to Barking produces about 8.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 77 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Reading to Barking?
Operators on the Ferry from Reading to Barking publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 11m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Reading to Barking on 9 September 2026: 77 km of route against 73 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Barking before you go
Day trips that leave Barking in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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