There are 11 ways to get from Copenhagen to Preston by plane, train, train (Eurostar), night train, bus, 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 Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CPH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
5h 45m£43–177Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg-Altonatrain Rj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
17h 49m£327–582Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain 301
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Bus Stationbus
26h 23m£176–248Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Copenhagen to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
16h 27m£404–540Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Liverpool (LPL)plane CPH - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
6h 25m£64–188Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane CPH - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
8h£83–257Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CPH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Prestontrain
7h 30m£71–222Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CPH - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Prestontrain
8h£94–257Train
- Take the train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraaltrain 77
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
19h 20m£329–618Bus
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham - Jennens Roadbus
- Take the bus from Millennium Point to Bus Stationbus
29h 47m£118–179Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Copenhagen to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Prestoncar
17h 28m£316–498
Copenhagen to Preston by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Copenhagen to Preston is to fly and train which costs £40 - £180 and takes 5h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Copenhagen to Preston is to fly and train which takes 5h 45m and costs £40 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Copenhagen to Preston station. However, there are services departing from Copenhagen Busterminal and arriving at Bus Station via Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, London Victoria and Millennium Point. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 47m.
No, there is no direct train from Copenhagen to Preston. However, there are services departing from Koebenhavn H and arriving at Preston via Hamburg-Altona, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 49m.
The distance between Copenhagen and Preston is 670 miles.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Preston without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 17h 49m and costs £320 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Copenhagen to Preston, including transfers.
Copenhagen to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Copenhagen Busterminal station.
Copenhagen to Preston train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Koebenhavn H station.
The best way to get from Copenhagen to Preston is to train via Cologne which takes 17h 49m and costs £320 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £180 and takes 29h 47m.
What companies run services between Copenhagen, Denmark and Preston, England?
You can take a train from Koebenhavn H to Preston via Hamburg-Altona, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 17h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Bus Station via Brussels-North train station, Brussels-Nord, Bruxelles-Midi, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, London Victoria Green Line Station, London Victoria, and Millennium Point in around 29h 47m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–120
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- 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
Train from Newcastle to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- 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
Train from Carlisle to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £33
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £33
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £190–310
- 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 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 Carlisle to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- 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 Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Carlisle to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Night train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £53
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £53
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Carlisle to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 1524 732100
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Coast Railways
Train from Carlisle to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- West Coast Railways
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–49
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham - Jennens Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Millennium Point to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Copenhagen to Preston bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Preston is 1h behind Copenhagen. It is currently 9:18 PM in Copenhagen and 8:18 PM in Preston.
Copenhagen to Preston train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Hamburg-Altona station.
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