One passenger pays between £23.38 and £46.62, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 493 km and are run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 26 October 2026
£23.38 to £46.62
- 190%Moves across the booking window
190%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £55.42Thu8
- about £52.13Fri9
- about £43.17Sat10
- about £40.34Sun11
- about £37.05Mon12
- about £34.69Tue13
- about £28.09Wed14
- about £35.63Thu15
- about £35.63Fri16
- about £36.57Sat17
- about £36.57Sun18
- about £27.63Mon19
- about £32.34Tue20
- about £29.04Wed21
- about £28.09Thu22
- about £31.39Fri23
- about £30.44Sat24
- about £27.15Sun25
- about £23.38Mon26
- about £25.73Tue27
- about £26.68Wed28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Reading. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Reading for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Belfast to Reading
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £19.1490 days
- £29.5160 days
- £24.3245 days
- £23.8530 days
- £26.6821 days
- £29.0414 days
- £28.097 days
- £43.173 days
- £55.421 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £19.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is £55.42, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Belfast to Reading and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
493 km
481 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
348,005 → 318,014
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 493 km against 481 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Birmingham, Liverpool. The gap between arriving and leaving is 85 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Reading Station
Most of the points near Reading Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Belfast to Reading
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 it take to get from Belfast to Reading?
Belfast to Reading covers 493 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Belfast to Reading?
The cheapest fare from Belfast to Reading is £23.38, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £49.41. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Belfast to Reading?
The cheapest way from Belfast to Reading is by ferry, at £23.38 for one passenger on 26 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Belfast to Reading?
Fares from Belfast to Reading bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £19.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 190 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Belfast to Reading?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Belfast to Reading, at £27.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 7 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Belfast to Reading?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Belfast to Reading, at £18.67 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Belfast to Reading?
4 operators sell services from Belfast to Reading across 2 modes: BA CityFlyer, Cross Country, FlixBus, Stena Line. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Belfast to Reading?
0 percent of the services we sell from Belfast to Reading are direct. The rest connect at Birmingham, Liverpool, with about 85 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Belfast to Reading produce?
Travelling from Belfast to Reading by ferry produces about 14.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 80.8 kg, roughly 6 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Belfast to Reading use?
Services from Belfast to Reading by flight leave from Belfast International Airport BFS and arrive at Reading Station. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Belfast to Reading?
3 of the 4 operators we sell from Belfast to Reading allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Reading a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Reading and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Reading in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Belfast reaches 25 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 3,044 km. Reading reaches 28 places in 6 countries, from 58 to 9,679 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Belfast
- 25Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 17Operators
4
17Arriving in Reading
Leaving Reading
- 28Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 8Operators