There are 11 ways to get from Gothenburg to Reading by plane, train, bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), 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 Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GOT - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
5h 34m£84–299Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GOT - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 1m£61–328Train, bus via Copenhagen
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Köpenhamn Htrain
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
22h 26m£289–547Bus
- Take the bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus stationbus 173
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
31h 47m£140–214Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Gothenburg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
16h 37m£359–467Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GOT - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h 20m£165–342Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane GOT - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
6h 25m£74–233Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane GOT - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
7h 23m£120–321Train
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- 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
22h 57m£318–531Train, bus
- Take the train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- 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
26h 2m£184–358Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Gothenburg to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
17h 41m£268–430
Gothenburg to Reading by train, foot, bus, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Gothenburg to Reading is to fly and train which costs £60 - £330 and takes 6h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Gothenburg to Reading is to fly and train which takes 5h 34m and costs £80 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Gothenburg to Reading. However, there are services departing from Gothenburg and arriving at Reading RailAir via Hanover central bus station, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 47m.
No, there is no direct train from Gothenburg station to Reading. However, there are services departing from Göteborg Centralstation and arriving at Reading via Hamburg Hbf, Bremen Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, London St Pancras Intl and Farringdon Without. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 57m.
The distance between Gothenburg and Reading is 713 miles.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Reading without a car is to train and bus via Copenhagen which takes 22h 26m and costs £280 - £550.
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Gothenburg to Reading, including transfers.
Gothenburg to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gothenburg station.
Gothenburg to Reading train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Göteborg Centralstation.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Reading is to bus which takes 31h 47m and costs £140 - £220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £310 - £550 and takes 22h 57m.
What companies run services between Gothenburg, Sweden and Reading, England?
You can take a bus from Gothenburg to Reading RailAir via Hanover central bus station, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 31h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Göteborg Centralstation to Reading via Hamburg Hbf, Bremen Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, London St Pancras Intl, Farringdon, and Farringdon Without in around 22h 57m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–220
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £22–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–380
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London City Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–240
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- 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 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 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)
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Köpenhamn H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Öresundståg
- 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
- 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 Molndal station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- 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
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 Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- 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
- +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 Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
Gothenburg to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Reading is 1h behind Gothenburg. It is currently 11:17 AM in Gothenburg and 10:17 AM in Reading.
Gothenburg to Reading train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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