Fastest€16.29
- Cross Country CC365914:2834m15:02Reading StationSwindon railway station
Door to door 1h 18mCO2 2.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Reading to Swindon train
Trains from Reading to Swindon start at €11.88 and take 1h 18m at their fastest.
The Trains from Reading to Swindon starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 66 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 18mDoor to door
- 34mMoving
- €11.88From
- 2.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 14, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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Rooms within reach of Swindon railway station
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When to book Reading to Swindon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.083 days
- €11.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 16 percent. The most expensive point is €11.73, 1 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.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
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
Swindon
Rail
- Swindon railway station
- Swindon Town railway station
- Purton railway 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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 66 km against 57 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cheltenham, Slough, High Wycombe, Winchester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:15 and the last at 14:28, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 18m | 34m | 44m | €11.88 | 2.2 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 1h 41m | 57m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.8 kg | 2 |
Questions about Reading to Swindon
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 Train from Reading to Swindon take?
The Train from Reading to Swindon takes 1h 18m door to door, of which 34m is spent moving. The route runs 66 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 Train from Reading to Swindon cost?
The Train from Reading to Swindon starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €16.29. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Reading to Swindon?
2 operators run the Train from Reading to Swindon: Cross Country, Great Western Railway. Between them they file around 6 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 Train from Reading to Swindon use?
The Train from Reading to Swindon leaves from Reading Station and arrives at Swindon railway 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 Train the best way from Reading to Swindon?
Traveling from Reading to Swindon by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 1h 41m door to door, against 1h 18m by Train. 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 Train from Reading to Swindon?
Fares for the Train from Reading to Swindon bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 16 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Reading to Swindon produce?
The Train from Reading to Swindon produces about 2.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 66 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Reading to Swindon?
Operators on the Train from Reading to Swindon publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 18m 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 Reading to Swindon on September 10, 2026: 66 km of route against 57 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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