Trains from Reading to Brighton

Reading to Brighton train information

• The route connecting Reading, which is in England and Brighton, located in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.
• Using the train is a fast and convenient way to travel the 56 miles from Reading to Brighton.
• Prices may vary quickly. We suggest you to make a search to look at the latest available offers.

Best prices for Reading to Brighton train tickets

Reading - Brighton prices calendar

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

Reading - Brighton: the best time to book cheap trains

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

Getting your train ticket beforehand is often cheaper than leaving it to the day you travel. However, as you may see in the chart above, the price of train tickets Reading to Brighton tend to remain approximately the same and cost £32.

Best prices for Reading to Brighton trains

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

Discount Reading - Brighton train tickets

National Railcards can offer great value for money if you're travelling by train. Depending on your age and your situation, you can get one of the five existing railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can help you save money for your Reading Brighton train ticket.

What are the benefits of a railcard?

If you want to understand how much you can save with a railcard, you have to evaluate how many trips you need to save money. You will see that most of the time, only a few trips are needed.

For your evaluation, you need to include the railcard cost, for instance £30, how much you're saving on each trip (i.e.: 34%) and the cost of your ticket. The average fare of a Reading Brighton ticket is £50.00 (1).

Divide the railcard cost by the saving: £30/34%= £88. Now divide £88 by £50.00: £88/£50.00 = 1.76. It will take you approximately 2 trips from Brighton to Reading (one way journey) with your railcard to be profitable.

How much does a railcard cost?

The price to buy a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to have the 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to save 34% off most adult fares for an entire year.

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