There are 12 ways to get from Preston to Austria by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)MAN - SZG
5h 24m€82–277Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)MAN - INN
5h 41m€60–383Train via Munich
- Take the train from Preston to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf83
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof969 / ...
17h 45m€234–853Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Newhall St
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)060 / ...
31h 47m€84–135Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Vienna
17h 37mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)MAN - VIE
5h 54m€66–201Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)MAN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
7h 22m€98–496Train to Liverpool, fly to Vienna International Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)LPL - VIE
6h 9m€93–256Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Bratislava Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)MAN - BTS
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Aspern Nord
7h 38m€79–211Train
- Take the train from Preston to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien MeidlingNj
22h 24m€229–713Bus via London
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Prague
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)060 / ...
35h 17m€106–276Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Vienna
18h 45m€318–466
Preston to Austria by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Austria is to bus which costs €80 - €140 and takes 31h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Austria is to train and fly which takes 5h 24m and costs €80 - €280.
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 l'Est, Muenchen Hbf and Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 45m.
The distance between Preston and Austria is 1316 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Austria without a car is to train via Munich which takes 17h 45m and costs €230 - €900.
It takes approximately 5h 24m 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 45m and costs €230 - €900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €140 and takes 31h 47m.
Austria is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 5:10 PM in Preston and 6:10 PM 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 l'Est, München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, and Westbahnhof in around 17h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Stephansplatz via Newhall St, Birmingham, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Vienna, International Busterminal (Vib), and Erdberg in around 31h 47m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bratislava Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Liverpool to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Liverpool to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- 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
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- 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
- €70–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–95
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €300–350
- 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
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- 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 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- 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 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Ostbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €28–35
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Aspern Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €95–140
- 1st Class
- €150–220
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €55–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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