How Many Minutes By Bus?

[cleoval]

Hi How many minutes would it take by Bus to travel 2.4 miles please.? Thanks

[bhg481]

Rough guess, about 15. We live on the outskirts of Reading and the 4+ mile journey to the centre takes about 30 mins. All depends on traffic and how busy the bus is.

[bednobs]

and how often it stops On the outskirts of reading the bus probably stops quite a few times, whereas on the a4 it'd do the distance quicker as the stops are spread out

[pastafreak]

It all depends on traffic, how many stops etc.
It takes me 12-15 minutes to travel 1.5 miles on local bus.
Can you check a timetable...that might help by giving departure and arrival times.

[barry1010]

Is the bus route 2.4 miles or is that the way you would walk/drive to the destination?
My bus service travels over 5 miles to get 2 and a half miles.

[Canary42]

10-15 minutes urban, 4-8 minutes rural. Rough estimate. But very difficult to predict not knowing the route etc.

The two most common journeys which I make vary considerably. The 5-mile (as the crow flies) journey takes 20-25 minutes on a good day (Hayling Island to Havant). The 3-mile (ditto) journey takes 35-40 minutes (Havant to Waterlooville).

[THECORBYLOON]

Would the bus timetable for that route not tell you?

It might be the direct route is 2.4 miles but a bus might take any number of detours in between.

[Buenchico]

I've just checked a timetable for a town route in Ipswich. A journey of 2.3 miles (which is not much different to the one you're asking about) takes 15 or 16 minutes, depending upon the exact route taken.

However a similar length journey on the route through our small town (using a straight country road with very few stops or other hold ups) takes only about 8 minutes.