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 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 28m£67–193Fly 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 7m£51–216Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- 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
14h 5m£277–620Bus, 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 26m£114–241Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Berlin to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
13h 49m£311–406Fly 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 24m£82–184Fly Frankfurt to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane FRA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 28m£91–274Fly 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£57–198Fly Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MUC - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
6h 3m£81–210Fly 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
6h 59m£97–239Train
- Take the train from Berlin-Spandau 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 58m£167–405Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus Uk030
28h 40m£90–233Drive, 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 51m£200–329
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 - £200 and takes 6h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Preston is to fly and train which takes 5h 7m and costs £50 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Preston station. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at Bus Station via Berlin Südkreuz train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 40m.
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 Berlin Hbf, Hagen Hbf, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 5m.
The distance between Germany and Preston is 558 miles.
The best way to get from Germany to Preston without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 5m and costs £270 - £650.
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 Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Berlin-Spandau station.
The best way to get from Germany to Preston is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 5m and costs £270 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £240 and takes 28h 40m.
What companies run services between Germany and Preston, England?
You can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Preston via Berlin Hbf, Hagen Hbf, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 14h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. to Bus Station via Berlin Südkreuz train station and London Victoria in around 28h 40m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- 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
- £30–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- 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
- £12–23
- 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 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- 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
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 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 4m
- 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
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- 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
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 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
- £35–95
- 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
- £6–40
- 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 Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Amsterdam Centraal station.
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