There are 11 ways to get from Split to Preston by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), night train, car, car train, 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.
Fly to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SPU - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
6h 44m£83–286Bus, train via Freiburg im Breisgau
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Freiburg Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
30h 45m£338–578Train
- Take the train from Split to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Muenchen Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
31h 19m£419–879Night train, train
- Take the night train from Split to Wien Meidlingnighttrain En
- Take the night train from Wien Meidling to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
37h 51m£361–672Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SPU - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
9h 3m£105–308Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SPU - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Prestontrain
8h 31m£100–336Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SPU - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
8h 23m£111–400Bus
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Bus Stationbus
43h 56m£131–277Bus, train
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanica to Brusselsbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
45h 13mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Split to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
23h 33mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Split to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Prestoncar
24h 39m£305–482
Split to Preston by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Split to Preston is to fly and train which costs £80 - £290 and takes 6h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Split to Preston is to fly and train which takes 6h 44m and costs £80 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Split to Preston station. However, there are services departing from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Newhall St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Split to Preston. However, there are services departing from Split and arriving at Preston via Zagreb Glavni Kol., München Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 19m.
The distance between Split and Preston is 1146 miles.
The best way to get from Split to Preston without a car is to bus and train via Freiburg im Breisgau which takes 30h 45m and costs £330 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Split to Preston, including transfers.
Split to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Split to Preston train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Split station.
The best way to get from Split to Preston is to train which takes 31h 19m and costs £410 - £900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £280 and takes 43h 56m.
What companies run services between Split, Croatia and Preston, England?
You can take a train from Split to Preston via Zagreb Glavni Kol., Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 31h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Birmingham, and Newhall St in around 43h 56m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Split Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Split Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Split Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Split Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Split Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Split Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
Flights from Split Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Split Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–420
Flights from Split Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Split Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Split Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Split Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–420
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Split to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Night train from Split to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–230
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Meidling to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 711 3041678
- lubina.busfahrten@t-online.de
- Website
- lubina-busfahrten.de
Bus from Split Bus Station to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £78
- Schedules at
- lubina-busfahrten.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Newhall St to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- jelinak@gmail.com
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- £21–25
- Phone
- +387 35 630-532
- info@halilovicbus.ba
- Website
- halilovicbus.ba
Bus from Zenica, Glavna Autobuska Stanica to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- halilovicbus.ba
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Split to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Preston is 1h behind Split. It is currently 5:08 PM in Split and 4:08 PM in Preston.
Split to Preston train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
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