There are 12 ways to get from Limerick to Preston by plane, train, bus, busferry, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly Shannon Airport to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)SNN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
5h 23m£36–164Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2712
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Preston
15h 18mBus, ferry, train via Crewe
- Take the bus from Upper Mallow Street to SETU Cork Road
- Take the bus from SETU Cork Road to Rosslare Europort370
- Take the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Fishguard Harbour0
- Take the train from Fishguard Harbour to Crewe
- Take the train from Crewe to Preston
17h 33mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Limerick to Dublin Terminal 1
- Take the car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Holyhead
- Drive from Holyhead to Preston
8h 13m£99–127Bus to Cork Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Manchester Airport (MAN)ORK - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
6h 26m£43–163Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)KIR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
6h 11m£66–196Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Liverpool (LPL)DUB - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
6h 6m£57–171Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)DUB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
6h 49m£49–140Fly Shannon Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Liverpool (LPL)SNN - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Warrington Central
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
5h 45m£89–285Bus to Cork Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Liverpool (LPL)ORK - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
6h 48m£86–194Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2712
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
16h 43mBus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Bus Station to Waterford Bus Station55
- Take the bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort40 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Fishguard Harbour0
- Take the train from Fishguard Harbour to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
17h 38m£165–273
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Limerick to Preston is to bus and fly and train which costs £45 - £140 and takes 6h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Preston is to fly and train which takes 5h 23m and costs £35 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Limerick to Preston station. However, there are services departing from Limerick Arthur's Quay and arriving at Bus Station via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Belfast, Europa Buscentre and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 43m.
The distance between Limerick and Preston is 342 miles.
The best way to get from Limerick to Preston without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train which takes 15h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Limerick to Preston, including transfers.
Limerick to Preston bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Limerick Arthur's Quay station.
Limerick to Preston bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 station.
There are 2146+ hotels available in Preston.
What companies run services between Limerick, Ireland and Preston, England?
There is no direct connection from Limerick to Preston. However, you can take the line 343 bus to Shannon Airport, walk to Shannon Airport (SNN) airport, fly to Manchester Airport (MAN), walk to Manchester Airport, then take the train to Preston. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Preston via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Europa Bus Centre, Upper Queen Street, Stena Line terminus, Belfast Stena Line Terminus, Glasgow Buchanan, and Glasgow Central in around 15h 18m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Kerry Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–80
Flights from Shannon Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £26–120
Flights from Kerry Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £23–90
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £23–90
- 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
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Warrington Central
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–6
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- 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
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Warrington Central
- Ave. Duration
- 13 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–75
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
Train from Crewe to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–270
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Fishguard Harbour to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–140
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £100–140
Train from Fishguard Harbour to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £110–160
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Warrington Central
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 87 413 9208
- info@piltowncoaches.com
- Website
- piltowncoaches.com
Bus from Upper Mallow Street to SETU Cork Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- http://piltowncoaches.com/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from SETU Cork Road to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Limerick Bus Station to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–19
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
Bus from Limerick Bus Station to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Fishguard Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £39
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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