Cardiff → Reading
Cardiff to Reading by coach
Cardiff
Reading
A direct coach runs from Cardiff to Reading, scheduled from 2 h 45 min, with 7 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 45 min
- Departures in a timetable week
- 7
- Operator
- FlixBus
- Stations
- Cardiff North Road (Friary Gardens) → Reading (Mereoak Park and Ride)
- Straight-line distance
- 153 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inReading →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 29 Nov 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Cardiff to Reading; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): FlixBus GB. How Head Your Way works.
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Stations: Reading; Reading West; Reading Green Park · Ports: Thames & Kennet Marina
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