Trains from Hemel Hempstead to Reading

Hemel Hempstead to Reading train information

The journey from Hemel Hempstead, situated in England and Reading, which is in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.

The train duration to get to Reading from Hemel Hempstead will change depending if the train is direct or with stops. There are 30 miles between the 2 cities.

Depending how far in advance you purchase your ticket and the travel date, the price of the ticket can vary.

Best prices for Hemel Hempstead to Reading train tickets

Hemel Hempstead - Reading prices calendar

Find the cheapest tickets to travel from Hemel Hempstead to Reading by train, bus, ride sharing and plane.

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Price of the ticket when booking in advance or at the last minute

Getting your ticket beforehand is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. However, as you may see in the graph above, the price of train tickets Hemel Hempstead to Reading do not tend to change a lot and cost £26.

Best prices for Hemel Hempstead to Reading trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Hemel Hempstead and Reading by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Reading to Hemel Hempstead and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

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National Railcards can bring you great savings if you're taking the train. Depending on your age as well as your situation, you might want to get one of the 5 different railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can enable you to make great savings for your Hemel Hempstead Reading train ticket.

• The main benefit of using a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to be profitable.

  You will need to purchase at least £88 of train tickets throughout the duration of the railcard's validity for the card to break-even. This number corresponds to the cost of the railcard, £30, divided by the discount, 34%. On every ticket that you buy afterwards, you will save money.

  As an example, train tickets from Hemel Hempstead to Reading cost on average £50.00 (1). If you're dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), it turns out that after only 2 one way journeys from Reading to Hemel Hempstead, the railcard will have paid for itself.

• The cost to purchase a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to get a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most train fares for a complete year.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey