There are 13 ways to get from Germany to Preston by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Frankfurt to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane FRA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 28m£91–253Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CGN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 9m£51–227Train via Cologne
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
13h 22m£272–695Bus, train
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
28h 34m£118–236Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Berlin to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
13h 47m£311–406Fly Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HAM - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 28m£72–193Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 25m£87–184Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
6h 10m£57–188Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Marienplatz to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MUC - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
6h 15m£91–200Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Prestontrain
7h 2m£103–229Train
- Take the train from Berlin-Spandau to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
15h 8m£262–535Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus Uk030
29h£95–233Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Prestoncar
14h 48m£201–334
Germany to Preston by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Preston is to fly and train which costs £55 - £190 and takes 6h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Preston is to fly and train which takes 5h 9m and costs £50 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Preston station. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Grunerstr. and arriving at Bus Station via Berlin Südkreuz train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Preston. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Preston via S Spandau Bhf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 22m.
The distance between Germany and Preston is 570 miles.
The best way to get from Germany to Preston without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 22m and costs £270 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Germany to Preston, including transfers.
Germany to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Südkreuz train station.
Germany to Preston train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from S Spandau Bhf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Preston is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 22m and costs £270 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £240 and takes 29h.
What companies run services between Germany and Preston, England?
You can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Preston via S Spandau Bhf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 13h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Grunerstr. to Bus Station via Reichartstr., Berlin Südkreuz train station, and London Victoria in around 29h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–23
- 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
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- 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
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Marienplatz to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Germany to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Germany to Preston train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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