Reading → Cardiff
Reading to Cardiff by coach
Reading
Cardiff
A direct coach runs from Reading to Cardiff, scheduled from 2 h 35 min, with 7 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 35 min
- Departures in a timetable week
- 7
- Operator
- FlixBus
- Stations
- Reading (Mereoak Park and Ride) → Cardiff North Road (Friary Gardens)
- Straight-line distance
- 153 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inCardiff →- 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 Reading to Cardiff; 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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