16 Reading Station ↔ Purley
Operated by Reading Buses. First bus 05:25, last bus 23:53. 237 journeys on weekdays.
✅ The 16 is confirmed in the national fare cap — single fares cost at most £3
until 31 Dec 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Source: GOV.UK.
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Timetable
Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.
towards Purley · Monday to Friday towards Purley · Saturday towards Purley · Sunday towards Reading Station · Monday to Friday towards Reading Station · Saturday towards Reading Station · Sunday
| Friar Street (stop FE) | 05:25 | 05:45 | 05:55 | 06:15 | 06:25 | 06:45 | 06:55 | 07:10 | 07:15 | 07:30 | 07:30 | 07:45 | 07:50 | 08:00 | 08:10 | 08:10 | 08:30 | 08:30 | 08:30 | 08:50 | 08:50 | 09:00 | 09:10 | 09:10 | 09:30 | 09:30 | 09:30 | 09:50 | 09:50 | 10:00 | 10:10 | 10:10 | 10:30 | 10:30 | 10:30 | 10:50 | 10:50 | 11:00 | 11:10 | 11:10 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:50 | 11:50 | 12:00 | 12:10 | 12:10 | 12:30 | 12:30 | 12:30 | 12:50 | 12:50 | 13:00 | 13:10 | 13:10 | 13:30 | 13:30 | 13:30 | 13:50 | 13:50 | 14:00 | 14:10 | 14:10 | 14:30 | 14:30 | 14:30 | 14:30 | 14:50 | 14:50 | 15:00 | 15:05 | 15:10 | 15:30 | 15:30 | 15:30 | 15:50 | 15:50 | 16:00 | 16:10 | 16:10 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:50 | 16:50 | 17:00 | 17:10 | 17:10 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:50 | 17:50 | 18:00 | 18:10 | 18:15 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 18:45 | 18:50 | 19:15 | 19:15 | 19:30 | 19:45 | 19:50 | 20:20 | 20:20 | 20:30 | 21:20 | 21:20 | 21:20 | 22:20 | 22:20 | 22:20 | 23:20 | 23:20 | 23:20 |
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| Cheapside (Stop CX) | 05:27 | 05:47 | 05:57 | 06:17 | 06:27 | 06:47 | 06:57 | 07:13 | 07:17 | 07:33 | 07:33 | 07:47 | 07:53 | 08:02 | 08:13 | 08:13 | 08:33 | 08:33 | 08:32 | 08:53 | 08:53 | 09:02 | 09:13 | 09:14 | 09:34 | 09:33 | 09:33 | 09:53 | 09:54 | 10:03 | 10:13 | 10:14 | 10:34 | 10:33 | 10:33 | 10:54 | 10:53 | 11:04 | 11:14 | 11:14 | 11:34 | 11:34 | 11:34 | 11:54 | 11:54 | 12:04 | 12:14 | 12:14 | 12:34 | 12:34 | 12:34 | 12:54 | 12:54 | 13:04 | 13:14 | 13:14 | 13:34 | 13:34 | 13:34 | 13:54 | 13:54 | 14:04 | 14:14 | 14:14 | 14:34 | 14:35 | 14:35 | 14:34 | 14:55 | 14:54 | 15:04 | 15:10 | 15:15 | 15:34 | 15:35 | 15:35 | 15:55 | 15:56 | 16:04 | 16:15 | 16:16 | 16:36 | 16:34 | 16:35 | 16:56 | 16:55 | 17:04 | 17:15 | 17:15 | 17:34 | 17:35 | 17:35 | 17:55 | 17:55 | 18:04 | 18:15 | 18:20 | 18:34 | 18:34 | 18:50 | 18:54 | 19:20 | 19:19 | 19:34 | 19:49 | 19:55 | 20:24 | 20:24 | 20:34 | 21:24 | 21:23 | 21:24 | 22:23 | 22:23 | 22:24 | 23:23 | 23:23 | 23:24 |
| Norcot Junction (NW-bound) | 05:34 | 05:56 | 06:04 | 06:26 | 06:35 | 06:56 | 07:06 | 07:23 | 07:26 | 07:44 | 07:42 | 07:56 | 08:05 | 08:11 | 08:22 | 08:27 | 08:46 | 08:42 | 08:41 | 09:05 | 09:02 | 09:11 | 09:22 | 09:25 | 09:45 | 09:43 | 09:44 | 10:04 | 10:05 | 10:13 | 10:24 | 10:25 | 10:45 | 10:43 | 10:44 | 11:05 | 11:04 | 11:16 | 11:25 | 11:27 | 11:46 | 11:47 | 11:45 | 12:07 | 12:05 | 12:16 | 12:25 | 12:27 | 12:47 | 12:46 | 12:45 | 13:07 | 13:05 | 13:16 | 13:25 | 13:27 | 13:45 | 13:46 | 13:47 | 14:07 | 14:05 | 14:16 | 14:25 | 14:27 | 14:46 | 14:48 | 14:48 | 14:47 | 15:08 | 15:07 | 15:16 | 15:24 | 15:28 | 15:46 | 15:49 | 15:48 | 16:08 | 16:11 | 16:16 | 16:28 | 16:31 | 16:52 | 16:46 | 16:48 | 17:12 | 17:08 | 17:16 | 17:31 | 17:28 | 17:46 | 17:50 | 17:48 | 18:10 | 18:08 | 18:16 | 18:29 | 18:33 | 18:48 | 18:46 | 19:02 | 19:07 | 19:32 | 19:31 | 19:45 | 20:00 | 20:07 | 20:35 | 20:35 | 20:45 | 21:35 | 21:33 | 21:35 | 22:33 | 22:32 | 22:34 | 23:33 | 23:32 | 23:34 |
| Dark Lane Foot (adj 337) | 05:39 | 06:03 | 06:10 | 06:33 | 06:42 | 07:03 | 07:14 | 07:31 | 07:33 | 07:53 | 07:50 | 08:03 | 08:16 | 08:19 | 08:29 | 08:37 | 08:55 | 08:49 | 08:49 | 09:14 | 09:09 | 09:19 | 09:29 | 09:34 | 09:54 | 09:51 | 09:52 | 10:12 | 10:14 | 10:21 | 10:32 | 10:34 | 10:54 | 10:51 | 10:52 | 11:14 | 11:13 | 11:25 | 11:34 | 11:36 | 11:55 | 11:56 | 11:54 | 12:16 | 12:14 | 12:25 | 12:34 | 12:36 | 12:56 | 12:55 | 12:54 | 13:16 | 13:14 | 13:25 | 13:34 | 13:36 | 13:54 | 13:55 | 13:56 | 14:16 | 14:14 | 14:25 | 14:34 | 14:36 | 14:55 | 14:57 | 14:57 | 14:56 | 15:17 | 15:16 | 15:25 | 15:34 | 15:37 | 15:55 | 15:59 | 15:57 | 16:17 | 16:21 | 16:25 | 16:37 | 16:41 | 17:02 | 16:55 | 16:57 | 17:22 | 17:18 | 17:25 | 17:41 | 17:38 | 17:55 | 18:00 | 17:58 | 18:20 | 18:18 | 18:25 | 18:38 | 18:42 | 18:57 | 18:55 | 19:11 | 19:16 | 19:41 | 19:40 | 19:53 | 20:08 | 20:16 | 20:43 | 20:43 | 20:54 | 21:44 | 21:40 | 21:43 | 22:40 | 22:39 | 22:42 | 23:40 | 23:39 | 23:42 |
| Denefield School (adj) | 05:41 | 06:05 | 06:12 | 06:35 | 06:44 | 07:05 | 07:17 | 07:34 | 07:35 | 07:56 | 07:53 | 08:06 | 08:19 | 08:22 | 08:32 | 08:40 | 08:58 | 08:52 | 08:52 | 09:17 | 09:12 | 09:22 | 09:32 | 09:37 | 09:57 | 09:54 | 09:55 | 10:15 | 10:17 | 10:24 | 10:35 | 10:37 | 10:57 | 10:54 | 10:55 | 11:17 | 11:16 | 11:28 | 11:37 | 11:39 | 11:58 | 11:59 | 11:57 | 12:19 | 12:17 | 12:28 | 12:37 | 12:39 | 12:59 | 12:58 | 12:57 | 13:19 | 13:17 | 13:28 | 13:37 | 13:39 | 13:57 | 13:58 | 13:59 | 14:19 | 14:17 | 14:28 | 14:37 | 14:39 | 14:58 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 14:59 | 15:20 | 15:19 | 15:28 | 15:37 | 15:40 | 15:58 | 16:02 | 16:00 | 16:20 | 16:24 | 16:28 | 16:40 | 16:44 | 17:05 | 16:58 | 17:00 | 17:25 | 17:21 | 17:28 | 17:44 | 17:41 | 17:58 | 18:03 | 18:01 | 18:23 | 18:21 | 18:28 | 18:41 | 18:45 | 19:00 | 18:58 | 19:14 | 19:19 | 19:44 | 19:43 | 19:56 | 20:11 | 20:19 | 20:46 | 20:46 | 20:57 | 21:47 | 21:43 | 21:46 | 22:43 | 22:42 | 22:45 | 23:43 | 23:42 | 23:45 |
| Goodliffe Gardens (Opp) | 05:42 | 06:07 | 06:13 | 06:37 | 06:46 | 07:07 | 07:19 | 07:36 | 07:37 | 07:58 | 07:55 | 08:08 | 08:21 | 08:24 | 08:34 | 08:42 | 09:00 | 08:54 | 08:54 | 09:19 | 09:14 | 09:24 | 09:34 | 09:39 | 09:59 | 09:56 | 09:57 | 10:17 | 10:19 | 10:26 | 10:37 | 10:39 | 10:59 | 10:56 | 10:57 | 11:19 | 11:18 | 11:30 | 11:39 | 11:41 | 12:00 | 12:01 | 11:59 | 12:21 | 12:19 | 12:30 | 12:39 | 12:41 | 13:01 | 13:00 | 12:59 | 13:21 | 13:19 | 13:30 | 13:39 | 13:41 | 13:59 | 14:00 | 14:01 | 14:21 | 14:19 | 14:30 | 14:40 | 14:41 | 15:00 | 15:03 | 15:03 | 15:01 | 15:23 | 15:21 | 15:30 | 15:40 | 15:42 | 16:00 | 16:05 | 16:02 | 16:22 | 16:27 | 16:30 | 16:42 | 16:47 | 17:08 | 17:00 | 17:02 | 17:28 | 17:23 | 17:30 | 17:46 | 17:43 | 18:00 | 18:05 | 18:03 | 18:25 | 18:23 | 18:30 | 18:43 | 18:47 | 19:02 | 19:00 | 19:16 | 19:21 | 19:46 | 19:45 | 19:58 | 20:13 | 20:21 | 20:48 | 20:48 | 20:59 | 21:49 | 21:45 | 21:48 | 22:45 | 22:44 | 22:47 | 23:45 | 23:44 | 23:47 |
| Chestnut Grove (adj 2) | 05:46 | 06:11 | 06:17 | 06:41 | 06:50 | 07:11 | 07:23 | 07:41 | 07:41 | 08:03 | 07:59 | 08:12 | 08:26 | 08:28 | 08:38 | 08:47 | 09:05 | 08:58 | 08:58 | 09:24 | 09:18 | 09:28 | 09:38 | 09:44 | 10:04 | 10:00 | 10:01 | 10:21 | 10:24 | 10:30 | 10:41 | 10:44 | 11:04 | 11:00 | 11:01 | 11:24 | 11:23 | 11:35 | 11:44 | 11:46 | 12:05 | 12:06 | 12:04 | 12:26 | 12:24 | 12:35 | 12:44 | 12:46 | 13:06 | 13:05 | 13:04 | 13:26 | 13:24 | 13:35 | 13:44 | 13:46 | 14:04 | 14:05 | 14:06 | 14:26 | 14:24 | 14:35 | 14:45 | 14:46 | 15:05 | · | 15:08 | 15:06 | 15:28 | 15:26 | 15:35 | 15:45 | 15:47 | 16:05 | 16:10 | 16:07 | 16:27 | 16:32 | 16:35 | 16:47 | 16:52 | 17:13 | 17:05 | 17:07 | 17:33 | 17:28 | 17:35 | 17:51 | 17:48 | 18:05 | 18:10 | 18:08 | 18:30 | 18:28 | 18:35 | 18:48 | 18:52 | 19:07 | 19:05 | 19:21 | 19:26 | 19:51 | 19:50 | 20:03 | 20:18 | 20:26 | 20:53 | 20:53 | 21:04 | 21:54 | 21:49 | 21:53 | 22:49 | 22:48 | 22:52 | 23:49 | 23:48 | 23:52 |
Route map
All stops on route 16
16 towards Purley
- Friar Street (stop FE) Reading Town Centre
- Cheapside (Stop CX) Reading Town Centre
- Waylen Street (Adj) Reading West
- George Street (opp) Reading West
- Reading West Rail Station - Oxford Road (adj) Reading West
- Beresford Road (opp) Reading West
- West Village - Tesco (opp) Reading West
- Wantage Road (adj) Reading West
- Brock Gardens (Adj) Reading West
- Pond House (Opp) Reading West
- Cold Store (adj 781) Norcot
- Norcot Junction (NW-bound) Norcot
- Romsey Road (adj) Kentwood
- Weald Rise (adj) Kentwood
- Kentwood Circle (N-bound) Kentwood
- Overlanders End (opp) Kentwood
- Oak Tree Copse (adj) Kentwood
- Brooksby Road (adj 173) Kentwood
- Dell Road (opp 277) Purley on Thames
- Tring Road Shops (opp) Kentwood
- Dark Lane Foot (adj 337) Kentwood
- Dark Lane Top (opp 197) Purley on Thames
- Fairford Road (opp) Purley on Thames
- Addiscombe Chase (adj) Purley on Thames
- Denefield School (adj) Purley on Thames
- Warley Rise (Adj) Purley on Thames
- Goodliffe Gardens (Opp) Purley on Thames
- Footpath to Highfield Road (adj) Purley on Thames
- New Hill (opp) Purley on Thames
- Brading Way (adj 4) Purley on Thames
- Colyton Way (NE-bound) Purley on Thames
- Chestnut Grove (adj 2) Purley on Thames
16 towards Reading Station
- Chestnut Grove (adj 2) Purley on Thames
- Wintringham Way (adj 21) Purley on Thames
- Colyton Way (SW-bound) Purley on Thames
- Footpath to Highfield Road (opp) Purley on Thames
- New Hill (adj) Purley on Thames
- Goodliffe Gardens (adj) Purley on Thames
- Talbot Way (Adj) Purley on Thames
- Warley Rise (opp) Purley on Thames
- Addiscombe Chase (opp) Purley on Thames
- Denefield School Inside Grounds Purley on Thames
- Denefield School (opp) Purley on Thames
- Dark Lane Top (on) Purley on Thames
- Fairford Road (adj) Purley on Thames
- Dark Lane Foot (adj 292) Kentwood
- Dell Road (adj 240) Purley on Thames
- Tring Road Shops (adj) Kentwood
- Brooksby Road (adj 160) Kentwood
- Oak Tree Copse (opp 103) Kentwood
- Overlanders End (adj) Kentwood
- Kentwood Circle (S-bound) Kentwood
- Weald Rise (opp) Kentwood
- Cold Store (Adj) Norcot
- The Restoration (Adj) Norcot
- Norcot Junction (SW-bound) Norcot
- Pond House (Adj) Reading West
- Brock Gardens (opp) Reading West
- Wantage Road (opp) Reading West
- West Village - Tesco (adj) Reading West
- Beresford Road (adj) Reading West
- Reading West Rail Station - Oxford Road (opp) Reading West
- George Street (adj) Reading West
- Waylen Street (Opp) Reading West
- Cheapside (Stop CV) Reading Town Centre
- Station Road (Stop SD) Reading Town Centre
Service history & registered changes
- ✏️ Changed effective 30 Aug 2026 Station Road, Lingwood, Norfolk → Nightingale Avenue, Silfield, Norfolk
- 🆕 Registered effective 21 Jun 2026 Operating between Maidenhead, Frascati Way and Windsor, High Street given service number 16 effective from 21 June 2026. To amend Route, Stopping Places and Timetable.
- 🆕 Registered effective 20 Apr 2026 Operating between Perth and Dundee given service number 16 / 16B effective from 20 April 2026. To amend Timetable.
- 🆕 Registered effective 12 Apr 2026 Operating between Tower Ramparts Bus Station, Ipswich, Suffolk and Tower Ramparts Bus Station, Crown Street, Ipswich given service number 16 effective from 12 April 2026. To amend Timetable.
From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first 16 bus?
The first 16 departure on weekdays leaves at 05:25 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last 16 bus?
The last 16 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 23:53. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the 16 bus cost?
The 16 is confirmed by GOV.UK as part of the national fare cap, so a single costs at most £3 until 31 December 2026, then £2 from 1 January 2027. Reading Buses day and weekly tickets can work out cheaper if you travel more than twice a day.
Who runs the 16 bus?
The 16 is operated by Reading Buses.
Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.