Cheapest€10.07
- FlixBus FB904306:502h 10m09:00Birmingham DigbethReading bus station
Door to door 2h 54mCO2 4.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Birmingham to Reading bus
Buses from Birmingham to Reading start at €10.63 and take 2h 54m at their fastest.
The Buses from Birmingham to Reading starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 150 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 54mDoor to door
- 2h 10mMoving
- €10.63From
- 4.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €10.07 | 2h 46m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
Reading sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Rooms within reach of Reading Station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Birmingham to Reading
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.0745 days
- €11.1830 days
- €10.0821 days
- €11.7314 days
- €14.487 days
- €15.583 days
- €24.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 142 percent. The most expensive point is €24.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.58Sun
- €10.63Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €11.73Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €16.68Fri
- €14.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Birmingham
Bus
- Birmingham Digbeth
- Birmingham Coach Station
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 150 km against 131 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at High Wycombe, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Cheltenham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Birmingham at 06:50 and the last at 06:50, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses 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 57m | 1h 13m | 44m | €22.34 | 5.0 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 2h 54m | 2h 10m | 44m | €10.63 | 4.0 kg | 1 |
Questions about Birmingham to Reading
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Birmingham to Reading take?
The Coach from Birmingham to Reading takes 2h 54m door to door, of which 2h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 150 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 Coach from Birmingham to Reading cost?
The Coach from Birmingham to Reading starts at €10.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €10.07. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Birmingham to Reading?
1 operators run the Coach from Birmingham to Reading: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 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 Coach from Birmingham to Reading use?
The Coach from Birmingham to Reading leaves from Birmingham Digbeth and arrives at Reading bus station. Allow about 44m 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 Coach the best way from Birmingham to Reading?
Traveling from Birmingham to Reading by Train costs €22.34 and takes 1h 57m door to door, against 2h 54m by Coach. 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 Coach from Birmingham to Reading?
Fares for the Coach from Birmingham to Reading bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 142 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Birmingham to Reading produce?
The Coach from Birmingham to Reading produces about 4.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 150 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Birmingham to Reading?
Operators on the Coach from Birmingham to Reading publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 54m 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 modeled 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 Birmingham to Reading on September 9, 2026: 150 km of route against 131 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Reading is somebody else's catalog.
What to book in Reading before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Reading, with free cancellation on most of it.
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