There are 10 ways to get from Altona to Preston by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HAM - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 39m£49–190Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
12h 54m£151–586Bus, train
- Take the bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 540 / ...
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
25h 15m£59–164Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Altona to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
12h 18mTrain to Bremen Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BRE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
7h 54m£92–305Fly Hamburg Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane HAM - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
10h 12m£81–218Fly Hamburg Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Liverpool (LPL)plane HAM - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
7h 54m£96–241Train
- Take the train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
14h 36m£153–710Bus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Hanover central bus stationbus 182 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Preston Coach Stationbus
27h 40m£72–195Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Altona to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Prestoncar
13h 19m£200–295
Altona to Preston by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Altona to Preston is to fly and train which costs £45 - £190 and takes 5h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Altona to Preston is to fly and train which takes 5h 39m and costs £45 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Altona to Preston station. However, there are services departing from Bf. Altona and arriving at Preston Coach Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Hanover central bus station and London Victoria Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Altona to Preston. However, there are services departing from Hamburg-Altona and arriving at Preston via Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 54m.
The distance between Altona and Preston is 561 miles.
The best way to get from Altona to Preston without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 54m and costs £150 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Altona to Preston, including transfers.
Altona to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Altona to Preston train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hamburg-Altona station.
The best way to get from Altona to Preston is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 54m and costs £150 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £70 - £200 and takes 27h 40m.
What companies run services between Altona, Germany and Preston, England?
You can take a train from Hamburg-Altona to Preston via Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 12h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bf. Altona to Preston Coach Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Hanover central bus station, and London Victoria Coach Station in around 27h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–220
Flights from Bremen Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–340
Flights from Bremen Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Bremen Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–120
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–45
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–24
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £270–310
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £60–95
- 1st Class
- £130–220
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Preston Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18–25
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Altona to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Preston is 1h behind Altona. It is currently 9:11 PM in Altona and 8:11 PM in Preston.
Altona to Preston train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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