Advice on travel route

Carpet diem

Hi,
Hope this is the best spot to post.
What is the best way to get from Dublin to Reading?

Definitely fly (with Ryanair or AL??) and then into maybe London or Bristol?

What ye reckon?

SCOOP 64

I would fly in to London heathrow, easy access on to M4 to Reading by coach.

LXFlyer

I would second that - there is a direct coach from Heathrow central bus station to Reading.

Both British Airways and Aer Lingus fly to Heathrow.

Gran Hermano

Aer Lingus into Heathrow. Walk through arrivals/customs, head down the stairs to the National Express Bus terminus. Get coach to Reading.
http://www.nationalexpress.com/wherewego/airports/heathrow-airport.aspx

Carpet diem

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Aer Lingus into Heathrow. Walk through arrivals/customs, head down the stairs to the National Express Bus terminus. Get coach to Reading.
http://www.nationalexpress.com/wherewego/airports/heathrow-airportu.aspx

What kind of time are we talking to get there with traffic ?

corktina

it's the Railair coach you want. direct non-stop to Reading railway station, 45 mins or so. you can book coach ticket online...despite what it shows, you can travel on any time coach.

circular flexing

You can get directly from Gatwick to Reading on the train.

Carpet diem

circular flexing wrote: »

You can get directly from Gatwick to Reading on the train.

Train be handy alrite but i think they don't do late flights after 8pm from Gatwick to Dublin ? Not sure do Heathrow do either for that matter ?

circular flexing

Carpet diem wrote: »

Train be handy alrite but i think they don't do late flights after 8pm from Gatwick to Dublin ? Not sure do Heathrow do either for that matter ?

Looks like there's a Ryanair flight at 21:55.

Carpet diem

A train sounds like a handy job and avoiding Heathrow be great as its so fecking big.

What ye think ?

Carpet diem

If I travelled night before and stayed in hotel or something at either airport and travel up early to reading next morning which would ye pick and why?

LXFlyer

Carpet diem wrote: »

A train sounds like a handy job and avoiding Heathrow be great as its so fecking big.

What ye think ?

It is SO easy to go from Heathrow to Reading - why endure a long train journey from Gatwick (with potential changes at Guildford en route) when you have a short direct express non-stop bus trip?

The central bus station is beside the Underground Station.

Follow the signs for the Underground and when you get to the entrance to the Underground station (which will be on the right), turn left up an escalator and you are in the bus station.

Time taken from aircraft gate (without collecting luggage) - 10/12 minutes.

LXFlyer

The bus timetables are here:
http://www.railair.com/timetables_monfri.php

Victor

Try the journey planner at www.nationalrail.co.uk

corktina

forget Gatwick, it's miles out of your way and a slow stopping train to endure and pay for

LXFlyer

corktina wrote: »

forget Gatwick, it's miles out of your way and a slow stopping train to endure and pay for

I would entirely agree with this.

There are late flights into/out of Heathrow as you seem to be interested in that time:

Ex-Dublin:
British Airways - 20:40
Aer Lingus - 20:50

Ex-Heathrow:
Aer Lingus - 20:45
British Airways - 21:15