Preston to Livingston runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:35 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €30.59, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 42m over 280 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €30.59, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€30.59
- 148%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Preston
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:35First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
TransPennine Express runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Preston to Livingston on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €74.59Wed16
- about €98.79Thu17
- about €63.04Fri18
- about €68.54Sat19
- about €71.29Sun20
- about €56.44Mon21
- about €40.49Tue22
- about €46.54Wed23
- about €53.69Thu24
- about €46.54Fri25
- about €47.09Sat26
- about €44.89Sun27
- about €37.19Mon28
- about €30.59Tue29
- about €36.09Wed30
- about €42.14Thu1
- about €43.79Fri2
- about €42.14Sat3
- about €39.39Sun4
- about €32.24Mon5
- about €37.19Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Livingston. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Livingston for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Livingston North and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Preston to Livingston
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.0490 days
- €38.2960 days
- €36.0945 days
- €37.1930 days
- €37.1921 days
- €30.5914 days
- €40.497 days
- €63.043 days
- €74.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €30.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €74.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Preston to Livingston and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
280 km
244 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
313,332 → 56,840
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 280 km against 244 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Carlisle, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Wallasey. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Livingston is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Livingston North
Most of the points near Livingston North open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Preston to Livingston
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Preston to Livingston?
The fastest journey from Preston to Livingston takes 2h 42m door to door, of which 2h 13m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 52m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Preston to Livingston?
The cheapest fare from Preston to Livingston is €30.59, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €45.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Preston to Livingston?
The cheapest way from Preston to Livingston is by train, at €30.59 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 57m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Preston to Livingston?
Fares from Preston to Livingston bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €30.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 148 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Preston to Livingston?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Preston to Livingston, at €37.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Preston to Livingston?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Preston to Livingston, at €30.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Preston to Livingston?
1 operators sell services from Preston to Livingston across 1 mode: TransPennine Express. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Preston to Livingston?
20 percent of the services we sell from Preston to Livingston are direct. The rest connect at Carlisle, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Wallasey, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Preston to Livingston use?
Services from Preston to Livingston by train leave from Preston railway station and arrive at Livingston North. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Preston to Livingston?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Preston to Livingston allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Preston to Livingston on 15 September 2026: 280 km of route against 244 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.59, and 2h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Livingston is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Livingston and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Livingston in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Preston reaches 50 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 370 km. Livingston reaches 23 places in 1 countries, from 44 to 287 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Preston
- 50Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 9Operators
Arriving in Livingston
Leaving Livingston
- 23Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators