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Aberdeen to Reading

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Aberdeen to Reading. From $45.87, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $45.87 and $78.25, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 679 km and are run by 4 operators across 2 modes.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 26, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 October 26, 2026

$45.87 to $78.25

  • 168%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $103.50Thu8
  2. about $110.79Fri9
  3. about $101.68Sat10
  4. about $80.45Sun11
  5. about $65.89Mon12
  6. about $67.10Tue13
  7. about $65.89Wed14
  8. about $79.23Thu15
  9. about $58.01Fri16
  10. about $72.57Sat17
  11. about $68.31Sun18
  12. about $58.01Mon19
  13. about $59.22Tue20
  14. about $51.33Wed21
  15. about $58.01Thu22
  16. about $62.86Fri23
  17. about $64.07Sat24
  18. about $59.22Sun25
  19. about $45.87Mon26
  20. about $54.98Tue27
  21. about $53.15Wed28

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 hotel room

A room in Reading for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Reading Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Aberdeen to Reading

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. $38.5990 days
  2. $56.1960 days
  3. $53.1545 days
  4. $44.6630 days
  5. $53.1521 days
  6. $51.3314 days
  7. $65.897 days
  8. $101.683 days
  9. $103.501 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $38.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 168 percent. The most expensive point is $103.50, 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.
$103.50$38.59137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Aberdeen 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

679 km

637 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

198,590 → 318,014

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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 679 km against 637 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Leeds, Edinburgh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 lockers

Baggage storage near Reading Station

Most of the points near Reading Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Aberdeen 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 it take to get from Aberdeen to Reading?

Aberdeen to Reading covers 679 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 Aberdeen to Reading?

The cheapest fare from Aberdeen to Reading is $45.87, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $93.86. 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 Aberdeen to Reading?

The cheapest way from Aberdeen to Reading is by train, at $45.87 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Aberdeen to Reading?

Fares from Aberdeen to Reading bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $38.59. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 168 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Aberdeen to Reading?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Aberdeen to Reading, at $53.15. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Aberdeen to Reading?

November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Aberdeen to Reading, at $38.59 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 service from Aberdeen to Reading?

4 operators sell services from Aberdeen to Reading across 2 modes: Cross Country, Eastern Airways, FlixBus, ScotRail. 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 Aberdeen to Reading?

0 percent of the services we sell from Aberdeen to Reading are direct. The rest connect at Leeds, Edinburgh, with about 51 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 Aberdeen to Reading produce?

Traveling from Aberdeen to Reading by train produces about 22.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 90.5 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Aberdeen to Reading use?

Services from Aberdeen to Reading by flight leave from Aberdeen International Airport ABZ 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 Aberdeen to Reading?

3 of the 4 operators we sell from Aberdeen to Reading allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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 labeled 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.

A guided tour group

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

Aberdeen reaches 20 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 92 to 14,603 km. Reading reaches 28 places in 6 countries, from 58 to 9,679 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Aberdeen

  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Reading

Leaving Reading

  • 28Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 8Operators

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