Preston to Aberdeen train
Trains from Preston to Aberdeen start at £36.10.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Preston to Aberdeen on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Preston to Aberdeen starts at £36.10, run by 5 operators over 432 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 59mDoor to door
- 1h 41mMoving
- £35.38From
- 32.6 kgCO2
4h 59m
1h 41m
£35.38
32.6 kgDeparture times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Preston and Aberdeen.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £79.46Thu8
- about £86.05Fri9
- about £62.02Sat10
- about £58.25Sun11
- about £50.71Mon12
- about £45.05Tue13
- about £49.77Wed14
- about £53.06Thu15
- about £46.00Fri16
- about £52.13Sat17
- about £54.01Sun18
- about £39.40Mon19
- about £37.05Tue20
- about £39.88Wed21
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Train operators
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arriva Cross Country | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 ScotRail | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Northern | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Loganair | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
| Avanti West Coast | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Preston to Aberdeen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £30.4490 days
- £41.7660 days
- £34.6945 days
- £30.9230 days
- £36.1021 days
- £39.8814 days
- £49.777 days
- £62.023 days
- £79.461 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £30.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is £79.46, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £54.01Sun
- £39.40Mon
- £39.88Tue
- £39.88Wed
- £53.06Thu
- £48.35Fri
- £52.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Preston
Rail- Preston railway station
- Cottam (Preston) railway station
- Preston Fishergate Hill railway station
Aberdeen
- Aberdeen railway station
- Aberdeen Waterloo railway station
- Aberdeen Ferryhill railway station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 432 km against 378 km in a straight line, a detour of 19 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Darlington, Glasgow, Edinburgh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
Questions about Preston to Aberdeen
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 the Train from Preston to Aberdeen take?
The Train from Preston to Aberdeen covers 432 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Train from Preston to Aberdeen cost?
The Train from Preston to Aberdeen starts at £36.10 for one passenger, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare is £39.40. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Preston to Aberdeen?
5 operators run the Train from Preston to Aberdeen: Arriva Cross Country, ScotRail, Northern, Loganair, Avanti West Coast. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Preston to Aberdeen use?
The Train from Preston to Aberdeen leaves from Preston and arrives at Aberdeen International Airport ABZ. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Preston to Aberdeen?
Fares for the Train from Preston to Aberdeen bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £30.44. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Preston to Aberdeen produce?
The Train from Preston to Aberdeen produces about 32.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 432 km, which works out at roughly 75 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Preston to Aberdeen?
Operators on the Train from Preston to Aberdeen publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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