There are 10 ways to get from Preston to Austria by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train, fly to Vienna International Airport
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane MAN - VIE
5h 57m€74–231Train via Munich
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
17h 46m€440–800Bus via London
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus 060 / ...
30h 48m€129–213Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Viennacar
17h 34mTrain, fly to Salzburg Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane MAN - SZG
5h 25m€89–267Train, fly to Innsbruck Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane MAN - INN
5h 41m€87–273Train, fly to Munich International Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MAN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 14m€107–327Train
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidlingtrain Nj
21h 51m€465–890Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus 060 / ...
31h 47m€101–235Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Viennacar
18h 47m€290–466
Preston to Austria by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Austria is to train and fly which costs €70 - €240 and takes 5h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Austria is to train and fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct train from Preston to Austria. However, there are services departing from Preston and arriving at Stephansplatz via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, München Hbf and Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 46m.
The distance between Preston and Austria is 1530 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Austria without a car is to train via Munich which takes 17h 46m and costs €440 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Preston to Austria, including transfers.
Preston to Austria train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Preston station.
The best way to get from Preston to Austria is to train via Munich which takes 17h 46m and costs €440 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus via London, which costs €120 - €220 and takes 30h 48m.
Austria is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 6:31 AM in Preston and 7:31 AM in Austria.
Preston to Austria train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Austria?
You can take a train from Preston to Stephansplatz via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, and Westbahnhof in around 17h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Stephansplatz via London Victoria, Praha, Hlavní Nádraží, Vienna, International Busterminal (Vib), and Erdberg in around 30h 48m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €300–550
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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