There are 11 ways to get from Alicante to Preston by plane, train, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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 Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ALC - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
6h 32m£41–139Train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Camp De Tarragonatrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
21h 4m£357–617Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airportbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
30h 17m£313–548Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Alicante to Santandercar
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Prestoncar
33h 48m£270–869Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Liverpool (LPL)plane ALC - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
6h 57m£59–210Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane ALC - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
8h 41m£45–159Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ALC - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Prestontrain
8h 12m£61–174Fly to East Midlands Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane ALC - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Prestontrain
9h 6m£62–199Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Santandertrain Alv
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Take the train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Prestontrain
36h 3m£319–936Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus
39h 10m£158–282Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Alicante to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
23h 38m£421–564
Alicante to Preston by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Preston is to fly and train which costs £40 - £140 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Preston is to fly and train which takes 6h 32m and costs £40 - £140.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Preston station. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant and arriving at Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Preston. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Preston via Camp De Tarragona, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 4m.
The distance between Alicante and Preston is 1100 miles.
The best way to get from Alicante to Preston without a car is to train which takes 21h 4m and costs £350 - £650.
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Alicante to Preston, including transfers.
Alicante to Preston bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant station.
Alicante to Preston train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Preston is to train which takes 21h 4m and costs £350 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £150 - £290 and takes 39h 10m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Preston, England?
You can take a train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Preston via Camp De Tarragona, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 21h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria in around 39h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Crewe to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–27
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Crewe to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Derby to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Crewe to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–140
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
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Booking & Getting There
Alicante to Preston bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Preston is 1h behind Alicante. It is currently 10:34 AM in Alicante and 9:34 AM in Preston.
Alicante to Preston train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Camp De Tarragona station.
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