There are 11 ways to get from Bucharest to Preston by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
7h 5m£109–244Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain Manchester Airport - Preston / ...
23h 36m£38–57Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
42h£435–771Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
27h 56mFly Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
9h 10m£135–284Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BBU - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
9h 34m£50–191Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Prestontrain
8h 51m£112–289Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Liverpool (LPL)plane OTP - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
7h 57m£116–293Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus Uk030
37h 40m£140–230Bus, train via London
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain London Euston - Preston / ...
2d 1hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Prestoncar
29h 2m£389–581
Bucharest to Preston by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Preston is to bus and train which costs £35 - £60 and takes 23h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Preston is to fly and train which takes 7h 5m and costs £100 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Preston station. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Bus Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Preston. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Preston via Budapest-Keleti, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h.
The distance between Bucharest and Preston is 1472 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Preston without a car is to bus and train which takes 23h 36m and costs £35 - £60.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Bucharest to Preston, including transfers.
Bucharest to Preston bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Preston train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Preston is to train which takes 42h and costs £430 - £800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £230 and takes 37h 40m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Preston, England?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Preston via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 42h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bucharest to Bus Station via London Victoria in around 37h 40m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–380
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–95
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–100
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Manchester Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–60
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £240–420
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- 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
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridge
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Preston bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at London Victoria station.
Preston is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 11:57 PM in Bucharest and 9:57 PM in Preston.
Bucharest to Preston train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
There are 2191+ hotels available in Preston.
































































