There are 12 ways to get from Copenhagen to Reading by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, night train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CPH - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 23m£68–298Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CPH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
6h 14m£58–292Train via Cologne
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
15h 28m£290–581Bus
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
24h 3m£113–167Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Copenhagen to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
13h 31m£334–431Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane CPH - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h 4m£134–471Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CPH - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
5h 55m£60–297Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CPH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Readingtrain
6h 34m£68–250Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CPH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Readingtrain
6h 37m£91–262Train
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from Farringdon Without to Readingtrain
17h 35m£272–501Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain 301
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
23h 29m£158–304Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Copenhagen to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
14h 35m£243–393
Copenhagen to Reading by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Copenhagen to Reading is to fly and train which costs £55 - £300 and takes 6h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Copenhagen to Reading is to fly and train which takes 5h 23m and costs £65 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Copenhagen to Reading. However, there are services departing from Copenhagen Busterminal and arriving at Reading RailAir via Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Copenhagen to Reading. However, there are services departing from København H and arriving at Reading via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 28m.
The distance between Copenhagen and Reading is 648 miles.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Reading without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 15h 28m and costs £290 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Copenhagen to Reading, including transfers.
Copenhagen to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Copenhagen Busterminal station.
Copenhagen to Reading train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from København H station.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Reading is to train via Cologne which takes 15h 28m and costs £290 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £170 and takes 24h 3m.
What companies run services between Copenhagen, Denmark and Reading, England?
You can take a train from København H to Reading via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 15h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Reading RailAir via Brussels-North train station, Brussels-Nord, Bruxelles-Midi, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, London Victoria Green Line Station, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 24h 3m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–350
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–400
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Farringdon Without to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £34
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £34
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £170–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- RailAir
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £46–50
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Copenhagen to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Reading is 1h behind Copenhagen. It is currently 2:20 AM in Copenhagen and 1:20 AM in Reading.
Copenhagen to Reading train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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