Reading railway station

Reading is a major interchange: 196 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Paddington, with 403 trains a day.

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Reading is the nearest station for postcodes in RG1, RG4. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Reading

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Paddington	403	372	237
Didcot Parkway	206	217	156
Maidenhead	185	156	104
Twyford	185	156	104
Slough	172	158	129
Swindon	159	147	99
Wokingham	148	159	127
Oxford	129	125	91
Reading West	121	113	45
Basingstoke	111	105	71
Ealing Broadway	106	79	65
West Drayton	106	79	65
Burnham	101	75	68
Newbury	100	82	47
Hayes and Harlington	96	79	65
Southall	96	79	65
Abbey Wood	94	69	57
Bond Street	94	69	57
Canary Wharf	94	69	57
London Liverpool Street	94	69	57
Paddington	94	69	57
Tottenham Court Road	94	69	57
Woolwich	94	69	57
Farringdon	94	69	57
Whitechapel	94	69	57
Langley	91	75	64
Taplow	91	75	63
Thatcham	79	67	33
Theale	79	67	33
Bramley	76	73	28
Mortimer	76	73	28
Reading Green Park	76	73	28
Ascot	75	85	68
Bracknell	75	85	68
Martins Heron	75	85	68
Winnersh	75	83	67
Cholsey	74	71	33
Egham	74	85	68
Goring & Streatley	74	71	33
Sunningdale	74	85	68

and 156 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Reading is

14,324,664 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 33rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 4,057,839 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Reading and London Paddington than any other pair: 4,438,238 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Reading gains 9 destinations including Dunbar, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Motherwell, Glasgow Central, Haymarket and loses 1 including Newquay.

Nearest other stations

Reading West 0.9 miles
Reading Green Park 2.6 miles
Tilehurst 2.6 miles
Earley 2.7 miles
Winnersh Triangle 3.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Reading, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Coley branch line · 0.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.