There are 10 ways to get from Preston to Bled by train, plane, bus, night train, shuttle, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Ljubljana
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Ljubljana (LJU)MAN - LJU
6h 43m€139–306Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)MAN - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
9h 41m€89–516Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Preston to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen HbfTgv
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Villach HbfRj
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus station
19h 23m€249–788Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus station943
35h 43m€110–281Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Preston to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg HbfNj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach HbfIc
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus station
23h 54m€228–888Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Ljubljana (LJU)LBA - LJU
10h 29m€200–400Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)MAN - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
10h 46m€119–486Train, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bled bus station
37h 8m€100–255Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bled
18h 5mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bled
19h 12m€310–458
Preston to Bled by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Bled is to bus which costs €110 - €290 and takes 35h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Bled is to train and fly which takes 6h 43m and costs €130 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Preston station to Bled station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Bled bus station via London Victoria and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 43m.
The distance between Preston and Bled is 1539 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Bled without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 19h 23m and costs €240 - €800.
It takes approximately 6h 43m to get from Preston to Bled, including transfers.
Preston to Bled bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Preston to Bled bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bled is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 5:34 AM in Preston and 6:34 AM in Bled.
Book your Preston to Bled bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Bled, Slovenia?
You can take a bus from Bus Station to Bled bus station via London Victoria and Munich central bus station in around 35h 43m.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ljubljana via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Ljubljana via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- 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
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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
- €60–240
- 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
- €80–310
- 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
- €80–310
- 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 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €45–75
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.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 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €35–80
- Private
- €120–260
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–330
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €35–60
- Private
- €180–330
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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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