There are 10 ways to get from Preston to Luthern by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- 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 Luzerntrain
6h 8mCHF 76–231Train
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
11h 55mCHF 287–535Bus
- 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 Luzernbus
23h 40mCHF 77–124Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lutherncar
13h 47mTrain 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 Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
6h 56mCHF 89–251Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 19mCHF 113–298Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzerntrain
9hCHF 130–421Train via Strasbourg
- 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 l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
11h 58mCHF 268–582Train, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 540 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausannebus
- Take the train from Lausanne to Luzerntrain Ic
29h 17mCHF 172–422Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lutherncar
14h 52mCHF 203–323
Preston to Luthern by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Luthern is to bus which costs SFr 75 - SFr 130 and takes 23h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Luthern is to train and fly which takes 6h 8m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 240.
No, there is no direct bus from Preston station to Luthern. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Luzern via Birmingham and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Preston to Luthern. However, there are services departing from Preston and arriving at Luzern via London St Pancras Intl, Paris l'Est, Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 58m.
The distance between Preston and Luthern is 1140 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Luthern without a car is to train which takes 11h 55m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Preston to Luthern, including transfers.
Preston to Luthern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Preston to Luthern train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Preston station.
The best way to get from Preston to Luthern is to train which takes 11h 55m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 130 and takes 23h 40m.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Luthern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Preston to Luzern via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 11h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Luzern via Newhall St, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, and Brussels-North train station in around 23h 40m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- 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
- CHF 15–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- 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
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- 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
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- 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
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- 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 Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- 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
- CHF 25–29
- 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
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- 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
- CHF 7–19
- 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
- CHF 5–30
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Preston to Luthern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Newhall St station.
Luthern is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 9:55 AM in Preston and 10:55 AM in Luthern.
Preston to Luthern train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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