There are 5 ways to get from Preston to Point Cook by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane MAN - MEL
28h 36m$768–3,495Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LHR - MEL
28h 39m$641–2,618Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BHX - MEL
28h 2m$882–3,262Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane EDI - MEL
28h 27m$988–3,677Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Mount Gambier Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Mount Gambier Airport (MGB)plane MAN - MGB
- Take the bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard Stbus
- Take the train from Ballarat Station to Footscray Stationtrain
34h 30m$921–2,531
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Point Cook is to train and fly which costs $600 - $2,700 and takes 28h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Point Cook is to train and fly which takes 28h 2m and costs $850 - $3,300.
The distance between Preston and Point Cook is 17078 km.
It takes approximately 28h 36m to get from Preston to Point Cook, including transfers.
Point Cook is 11h ahead of Preston. It is currently 10:13 AM in Preston and 9:13 PM in Point Cook.
There are 4480+ hotels available in Point Cook.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Point Cook, VIC, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Preston to Point Cook. However, you can take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Melbourne Airport (MEL), walk to Melbourne Airport T1 Skybus/Arrival Dr, take the bus to Skybus Coach Terminal, walk to Southern Cross Station, take the train to Williams Landing Station, walk to Williams Landing Station, then take the line 949 bus to Atlantis Dr/Point Cook Rd. Alternatively, you can take the train to Birmingham International, walk to Birmingham Airport (BHX) airport, fly to Melbourne Airport (MEL), walk to Melbourne Airport T1 Skybus/Arrival Dr, take the bus to Skybus Coach Terminal, walk to Southern Cross Station, take the train to Williams Landing Station, walk to Williams Landing Station, then take the line 949 bus to Atlantis Dr/Point Cook Rd.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Perth, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–4,800
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Abu Dhabi, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–1,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,000
- 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
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- 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
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Ballarat Station to Footscray Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $8–12
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $4–29
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Timetables/Train-coach-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Plan-trip-buy-tickets
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