There are 12 ways to get from Preston to Colmar by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, 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 via Strasbourg
best- 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 Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
8h 48m€290–612Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Colmarbus
21h 10m€70–108Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colmarcar
12h 10mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
7h 7m€88–269Train
- 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 Colmartrain Tgv
9h 11m€309–559Train, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Colmarbus
22h 36m€113–245Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colmarcar
13h 15m€181–307Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
8h 45m€127–390Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Basel (BSL)plane LBA - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
10h 1m€134–287Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane MAN - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
6h 6m€119–321Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MAN - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
8h 53m€141–323Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
9h 26m€156–482
Preston to Colmar by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Colmar is to bus which costs €70 - €110 and takes 21h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Colmar is to train and fly which takes 6h 6m and costs €110 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Preston station to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Colmar via Birmingham and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Preston to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Preston and arriving at Colmar via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 48m.
The distance between Preston and Colmar is 1290 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Colmar without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 8h 48m and costs €290 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Preston to Colmar, including transfers.
Preston to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Preston to Colmar train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Preston station.
The best way to get from Preston to Colmar is to train via Strasbourg which takes 8h 48m and costs €290 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €110 and takes 21h 10m.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Colmar, France?
You can take a train from Preston to Colmar via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, and Strasbourg in around 8h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Colmar via Newhall St, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, and Brussels-North train station in around 21h 10m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–450
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Manchester Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–450
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- 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
- €55–110
- 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
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- +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/
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- 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
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Preston to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Newhall St station.
Colmar is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 5:13 PM in Preston and 6:13 PM in Colmar.
Preston to Colmar train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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