Reading Buses

Great Knollys St, Reading, RG1 7HH Directions

   Open today 08:30 - 18:00

Business overview

Reading Buses are proud to have been transporting customers in and around Reading for over 100 years. We are the main bus company in Reading providing a comprehensive network of services 7 days a week and even 24 hours a day on our purple 17 and claret 21.

You may have noticed our brightly coloured buses whilst out and about. Each route is colour coded for ease of use. We have over 150 buses in our fleet made up of some of the most modern and environmentally friendly technologies around which includes 31 electric hybrid and 34 gas buses.

In the last two years we have won 15 industry awards, including Top Bus Operator at the National Transport Awards and Top Shire Operator at the UK Bus Awards for the last two years running.

Photos

Our buses from Open Day 2013
Image 3 of Reading Buses
front of bus shop

Products & Services

disabled access

wheelchair accessible

wifi

enviromentally friendly

7 days a week starting early and finishing late

frequent services

smartcards

university fares

audio & visual next stop announcements

night buses

multi award winning operator

Reviews

not good

1
Useless service think that everybody in Caversham has a car 2 buses in to town yesterday evening not showing up and a bus this morning not showing up routes 23/24
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do better

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The Reading busses are absolutely shocking especially the 19a, 19b, and 19c they are never on time. i am constantly late for work and other functions. You guys need to make a change to your system it is annoying everyone in reading.
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Appreciate your municipal bus service!

5
Compared to bus services in other towns Reading Buses are outstanding. I think people should take a moment to appreciate the pleasant drivers, the useful app, the frequency of service and the reasonable prices. I am sure mistakes happen occasionally, and services do get delayed (the buses are subject to the same poor traffic management as anybody else trying to drive in Reading); but we are very lucky to still have a municipal bus company in this town.
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Only good for main routes. ALL others are atrocious

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0 stars unless you're using the 17. 16 never shows up. Would give a 0 if possible.
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Might as well just walk

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Absolute joke of a service. I wrote a review a few months ago complaining about the buses being 10-15 minutes late - but now it's even worse.

They just don't turn up on time, if at all. In the last 2-3 months almost every single bus coming out of Reading towards Bracknell has been at least 30 minutes late with no explanation.

Are the drivers simply not leaving on time? What could possibly cause so much delay, especially during non-rush hour times? I simply can't believe traffic is this big an issue all day, every day.

You have at times 30 people waiting at a bus stop because the previous bus(es) are all piled up somewhere following each other like ants.

Stupidly paid more than £500 for a yearly bus pass for this shocking service - never again.

All in all, don't bother checking the timetables (especially towards Bracknell) - you'll be left disappointed standing in whatever weather waiting up to 40 minutes.

Would give 0/5 if I could.
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