Reading to Truro

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Reading to Truro. From €23.98, fastest 11h 8m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Reading to Truro costs €23.98 at the cheapest and takes 11h 8m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 331 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
331 km
Fastest
11h 8m
Average
11h 48m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€23.98
CO2 per passenger
38.1 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Ferry11h 55m10h 25m1h 30m€26.1938.1 kg3
  • 11h 55mFastest, by Ferry
  • €26.19Cheapest, by Ferry
  • 38.1 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
  • 331 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€23.98
  1. Brittany Ferries BF786807:306h 49m14:19Thames RiverCruiseStarcross
  2. Brittany Ferries BF950315:374h 1m19:38StarcrossTrelissick Pontoon

Changes at Exmouth, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 13h 38mCO2 38.4 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€44.33
  1. Great Western Railway GW696107:301h 52m09:22Reading StationPlymouth
  2. Brittany Ferries BF512210:162h 27m12:43Plymouth MillbayTrelissick Pontoon

Changes at Plymouth, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 20mCO2 16.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Reading to Truro
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Reading to TruroThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Ferry€49.84€54.79€44.89€40.49€33.89€36.09€29.49€36.64€32.24€36.64€34.99€30.04€28.94€26.19
Train€86.14€86.69€61.94€65.24€53.68€48.74€45.99€61.39€58.64€47.64€48.74€39.39€36.64€38.29

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €23.98

Truro sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Truro railway station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Reading to Truro

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

  1. €25.6490 days
  2. €19.0460 days
  3. €21.7945 days
  4. €23.4430 days
  5. €27.2821 days
  6. €26.1914 days
  7. €29.497 days
  8. €44.893 days
  9. €49.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 162 percent. The most expensive point is €49.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€49.84€19.041371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €34.99Sun
  2. €30.04Mon
  3. €28.94Tue
  4. €27.28Wed
  5. €36.64Thu
  6. €33.34Fri
  7. €36.64Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €36.09Sep
  2. €24.53Oct
  3. €21.24Nov
  4. €19.59Dec
  5. €19.59Jan
  6. €17.94Feb

The route

ReadingReadingTruroTruro
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 331 km against 316 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 St Austell, Plymouth, Exeter, Exmouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 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 Reading at 06:21 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.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Reading

Rail
  • Reading Station
  • Winnersh Station
  • Reading West
Ferry
  • Thames RiverCruise

Truro

Rail
  • Truro railway station
  • Grampound Road railway station
  • Truro
Bus
  • Truro Bus Station
Ferry
  • Trelissick Pontoon
  • Malpas Ferry Terminal
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Brittany Ferries€26.1911h 8m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Ferry fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€19.9983%
Taxes€2.008%
Our service fee€1.998%
Total you pay€23.98100%

We cannot promise Truro railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Truro railway station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Reading to Truro

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 Reading to Truro?

The fastest journey from Reading to Truro takes 11h 8m door to door, of which 10h 25m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 11h 48m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Reading to Truro?

The cheapest fare from Reading to Truro is €23.98, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €33.89. 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 Reading to Truro?

The cheapest way from Reading to Truro is by Ferry, at €26.19 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 11h 55m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Reading to Truro?

Fares from Reading to Truro bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €19.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 162 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Reading to Truro, at €27.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Reading to Truro?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Reading to Truro, at €17.94 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 Reading to Truro?

1 operators sell services from Reading to Truro across 1 modes: Brittany Ferries. 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 Reading to Truro?

20 percent of the services we sell from Reading to Truro are direct. The rest connect at St Austell, Plymouth, Exeter, Exmouth, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

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

Services from Reading to Truro by Ferry leave from Thames RiverCruise and arrive at Trelissick Pontoon. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Reading to Truro?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Reading to Truro allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Reading to Truro on September 9, 2026: 331 km of route against 316 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.98, and 11h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Truro are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

What to book in Truro before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Truro, with free cancellation on most of it.

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