There are 12 ways to get from Stockholm to Reading by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car 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 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ARN - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
6h 8m£89–303Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ARN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
6h 44m£77–237Train, bus
- Take the train from Stockholm C to Hamburg Hbftrain 083 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
24h 26m£198–474Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAirbus Ra1
37h 40m£178–260Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain 305
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from Farringdon Without to Readingtrain
27h 2m£357–672Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ARN - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
7h 33m£270–856Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ARN - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 33m£102–446Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane ARN - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
8h£141–314Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ARN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Readingtrain
9h 6m£150–363Train
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraaltrain 77
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
25h 20m£238–575Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Stockholm to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Readingcar
20h 21m£402–531Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Stockholm to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Readingcar
21h 25m£312–493
Stockholm to Reading by train, foot, bus, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Stockholm to Reading is to fly and train which costs £75 - £240 and takes 6h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Stockholm to Reading is to fly and train which takes 6h 8m and costs £85 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Stockholm to Reading. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at Reading RailAir via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Stockholm station to Reading. However, there are services departing from Stockholm Centralstation and arriving at Reading via Hamburg-Harburg, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 20m.
The distance between Stockholm and Reading is 967 miles.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Reading without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 26m and costs £190 - £480.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Stockholm to Reading, including transfers.
Stockholm to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
Stockholm to Reading train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Stockholm Centralstation.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Reading is to bus which takes 37h 40m and costs £170 - £260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £230 - £600 and takes 25h 20m.
What companies run services between Stockholm, Sweden and Reading, England?
You can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Reading RailAir via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 37h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Stockholm Centralstation to Reading via Hamburg-Harburg, Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington station, and London Paddington in around 25h 20m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £130–220
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–350
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- 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 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)
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)
- 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
- £21–40
- 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 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)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 911 / 240 388 – 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Reading RailAir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 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
- £45–49
- 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
Stockholm to Reading bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Reading is 1h behind Stockholm. It is currently 2:04 AM in Stockholm and 1:04 AM in Reading.
Stockholm to Reading train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Hamburg-Harburg station.
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