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Reading

Name: Reading punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Reading arrived on average 7 min late over the last 30 days, based on 470 timed arrivals out of 961 services; 72% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

72%
within 5 min, of 470: 7 min
late on average: 6
cancelled, of 961

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Next departures

Board as of 10:07 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

Gatwick Airport
09:54 · Platform 5 · updated 10:0609:54Departed

Bristol Temple Meads
09:55 · Platform 9 · Great Western Railway · updated 10:0609:55Departed

Didcot Parkway
09:56 · Platform 14B (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:0509:59Departed

Abbey Wood
09:58 · Platform 13 (expected) · updated 10:0409:58Departed

Cheltenham Spa
09:58 · Platform 8B (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:0509:59Departed

Paignton
10:02 · Platform 7 · Great Western Railway · updated 10:0710:01Departed

London Paddington
10:02 · Platform 10 · updated 10:0710:02Departed

Heathrow Airport T3 (Bus)
10:05 · Platform BUS (expected) · updated 08:5910:05On time

All 85 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Reading arrived on average 7 min late over the last 30 days, based on 470 timed arrivals out of 961 services; 72% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were within 1 min and four in five were within 8 min. 6 services were cancelled (0.6%). The platform changed after being announced on 3% of 889 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 09:00–10:00 (63 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (7 min late on average).

Punctuality at Reading, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	961	961	961
Within 5 minutes	72% of 470	72% of 470	72% of 470
Average delay	7 min of 470	7 min of 470	7 min of 470
Half were within	1 min	1 min	1 min
Four in five were within	8 min	8 min	8 min
Cancelled	6 of 961	6 of 961	6 of 961
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	3% of 889	3% of 889	3% of 889
Busiest hour	09:00–10:00 (63)	09:00–10:00 (63)	09:00–10:00 (63)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (7 min)	14 September 2026 (7 min)	14 September 2026 (7 min)

Routes from here

Reading to Heathrow Airport T3 (Bus)50 services
Reading to Abbey Wood48 services · 95% within 5 min of 39
Reading to Basingstoke38 services · 68% within 5 min of 31
Reading to London Waterloo35 services · 97% within 5 min of 31
Reading to Gatwick Airport33 services · 86% within 5 min of 22
Reading to Newbury22 services

Routes to here

Heathrow Airport T3 (Bus) to Reading50 services
Abbey Wood to Reading46 services · 88% within 5 min of 24
Basingstoke to Reading37 services · 90% within 5 min of 29
London Waterloo to Reading37 services · 88% within 5 min of 32
Gatwick Airport to Reading33 services · 75% within 5 min of 24
Newbury to Reading21 services

Operators

Great Western Railway4,301 calls in the last 30 days
Elizabeth line625 calls in the last 30 days
CrossCountry428 calls in the last 30 days
South Western Railway405 calls in the last 30 days
Heathrow Express32 calls in the last 30 days
Other operator13 calls in the last 30 days
LS3 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: RDG
Coordinates: 51.4588, -0.9722

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.