Trains from Reading to Maidstone

Reading to Maidstone train information

The journey from Reading, situated in England and Maidstone, which is in England is well served by trains. Use our travel search engine to search for your ticket and see the rail company for this journey.

There are 66 miles between Reading to Maidstone. Train travel is most of the time the fastest way to travel to Maidstone from Reading, and it’s also a greener option than driving or taking the plane.

Depending how long in advance you buy your ticket or the day and hour of travel, the price of the ticket may vary.

Best prices for Reading to Maidstone train tickets

Reading - Maidstone prices calendar

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

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Cost of the train when booking in advance or at the last minute

Booking your ticket in advance is most of the time cheaper than leaving it to the day you intend to travel. Yet, as you can notice in the graph above, the cost of train tickets Reading to Maidstone do not tend to change a lot and cost £35.

Best prices for Reading to Maidstone trains

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

Discount Reading - Maidstone train tickets

The best way to pay less on your Reading Maidstone train ticket must be to have a railcard. While regional railcards exist in some areas, National railcards enable you to make savings on most rail fares across the United Kingdom. Everyone is eligible to at least one of the railcard, even non-UK residents. National railcards available: 16-25 discount card, Senior railcard, Two together discount card, Family and Friends railcard and Disabled persons discount card.

• To understand the savings that you can make with a railcard, you need to assess the number of journeys you need to make earnings. You will see that commonly only a few trips are needed.

  For your calculation, you must include the cost of your railcard, i.e £30, the discount on each journey (i.e.: 34%) as well as the cost of your ticket. The average cost of a Reading Maidstone ticket is £50.00 (1).

  Divide the cost of your railcard by the discount: £30/34%= £88. Then divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. You will need to make on average 2 trips from Maidstone to Reading (one way trip) with your railcard to start saving money.

• All railcards cost £30 except the Disabled persons railcard for which you will pay £20. Railcards give you 34% off most train fares, so you will save 1/3 on most rail fares.

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