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By air:
British Airways, British Midland, and Lufthansa fly from London Heathrow (LHR) (28 miles from Reading) to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS). Flight times are about 90 minutes.
The journey from Reading to Heathrow is about one hour by RailAir coach (run by First Great Western Trains) from Reading station, and coaches run every 20-30 minutes. The journey from Düsseldorf airport to the city centre is less than 15 minutes by train. Allowing for check-in times and other delays, a typical journey time is likely to be about 6 hours.
Flybe.com fly to Düsseldorf from Southampton (Reading 47 miles).
Ryanair fly from London Stansted (Reading 85 miles) to Düsseldorf (Weeze) (NRN) (Düsseldorf 49 miles). Some flights are very cheap but the travel to airports may make the journey difficult.
By train:
You can travel by train from Reading to Düsseldorf changing at London Paddington, London Waterloo, Brussels and Cologne (Köln), typically taking about 8 hours from station to station. For details, consult the Deutsche Bahn website. The advice at Seat61 also looks useful.
By car:
The quickest route is probably via Eurotunnel. The distance from Reading to Folkestone is about 112 miles, the journey in Le Shuttle should take about 35 minutes (not including loading, customs, immigration and other delays), and the distance from Calais to Düsseldorf is about 255 miles.
If you prefer the ferry to the tunnel, then you can drive to Dover (120 miles) and take the ferry (see ferrysavers.com, ferries.co.uk or P&O Stena Line Ferries) to Calais (75 minutes), so this route will take around an hour longer.
If you prefer to minimise the driving distance and take a longer break half way, you can drive to Harwich (125 miles), take the ferry to Hoek van Holland (3 hours 40 minutes) and then drive to Düsseldorf (165 miles).
Overall travel times will depend on your driving speed, how often you take rest breaks, and whether you prefer the ferry or the tunnel.
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7 June 2007