There are 12 ways to get from Preston to Slovakia by train, plane, bus, train (Eurostar), night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)MAN - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
6h 49m€70–180Train to Manchester Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)MAN - KRK
- Take the bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Žilina
10h 16m€68–191Train
- 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 Frankfurt79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien HauptbahnhofIce
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna StanicaRe
19h 10m€256–869Bus
- 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 Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy260 / ...
32h 30m€80–124Train, 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 Wien HbfNj
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Bratislava901 / ...
23h 19m€235–837Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Bratislava Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)MAN - BTS
6h 29m€80–199Train to Liverpool, fly to Vienna International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)LPL - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
6h 45m€126–248Train to Liverpool, fly to Košice International Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Košice International Airport (KSC)LPL - KSC
6h 42m€111–337Train to Liverpool, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LPL - KRK
- Take the bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Žilina
10h 7m€99–229Bus via Antwerp
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Antwerp814
- Take the bus from Antwerp to BratislavaN36
37h 5m€116–245Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bratislava
18h 21mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bratislava
19h 28m€330–478
Preston to Slovakia by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Slovakia is to bus which costs €80 - €130 and takes 32h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Slovakia is to train and fly which takes 6h 29m and costs €80 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Preston station to Slovakia. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy via Birmingham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Preston to Slovakia. However, there are services departing from Preston and arriving at Bratislava Hlavna Stanica via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 10m.
The distance between Preston and Slovakia is 1569 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Slovakia without a car is to train which takes 19h 10m and costs €250 - €900.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Preston to Slovakia, including transfers.
Preston to Slovakia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Preston to Slovakia train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Preston station.
The best way to get from Preston to Slovakia is to train which takes 19h 10m and costs €250 - €900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €130 and takes 32h 30m.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Slovakia?
You can take a train from Preston to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, and Wien Hbf in around 19h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy via Newhall St, Birmingham, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 32h 30m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bratislava Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Liverpool to Košice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Liverpool to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Liverpool to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Liverpool to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
- 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
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Vienna International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- 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/
- 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/
Train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–21
- 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- 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 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €90–110
- 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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- 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 Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- 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
- +421 2 55 422 734
- staznosti@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.slovaklines.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Preston to Slovakia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Slovakia is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 9:30 PM in Preston and 10:30 PM in Slovakia.
Preston to Slovakia train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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