There are 12 ways to get from Preston to Tirana by train, plane, 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.
Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane MAN - TIA
7h 21m$78–305Train, bus
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guilleminstrain Ice
- Take the bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tiranabus
29h 19m$381–614Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Preston to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Tiranacar
30h 43m$651–893Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Preston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane BHX - TIA
8h 3m$121–510Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LPL - TIA
7h 34m$91–326Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LHR - TIA
8h 53m$183–585Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane STN - TIA
8h 57m$139–469Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LTN - TIA
9h 1m$112–443Train, bus via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
29h 30mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain Glasgow Central - London Euston / ...
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
34h 51mTrain, bus via Cologne
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tiranabus
35h 50mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Preston to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Tiranacar
31h 50m$518–842
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Tirana is to train and fly which costs $75 - $310 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Tirana is to train and fly which takes 7h 21m and costs $75 - $310.
The distance between Preston and Tirana is 2192 km.
The best way to get from Preston to Tirana without a car is to train and bus which takes 29h 19m and costs $380 - $650.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Preston to Tirana, including transfers.
Tirana is 1h ahead of Preston. It is currently 9:47 PM in Preston and 10:47 PM in Tirana.
There are 4047+ hotels available in Tirana.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Tirana, Albania?
There is no direct connection from Preston to Tirana. However, you can take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA), walk to Tirana, Airport, then take the bus to Tirana. Alternatively, you can take a train from Preston to Tirana via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Liege-Guillemins, and Liege Gare des Guillemins in around 29h 19m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Liverpool to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–360
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $23–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
Flights from Liverpool to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $156
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $156
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–27
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Liege Gare des Guillemins to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $147
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- [email protected]
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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