Fastest€20.14
- Arriva Rail North AR727418:3035m19:05Preston railway stationBradford Interchange
Door to door 1h 19mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Preston to Bradford train
Trains from Preston to Bradford start at €11.88 and take 1h 19m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Preston to Bradford on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Preston to Bradford starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 19m door to door, run by 8 operators over 72 km, with around 32 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 19mDoor to door
- 35mMoving
- €11.88 to €18.49From
- 06:07 to 18:47First and last departure
- 32Per day
- 2.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 15 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €18.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €18.49Mon14
- about €15.19Tue15
- about €16.29Wed16
- about €17.94Thu17
- about €15.74Fri18
- about €16.29Sat19
- about €15.19Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €14.09Thu24
- about €12.99Fri25
- about €13.54Sat26
- about €12.44Sun27
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 cheapest and the fastest on 15 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | On board |
|---|---|
| Arriva Cross Country | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Arriva Rail North | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Avanti West Coast | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Caledonian Sleeper | Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
 London North Eastern Railway | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Lumo | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Northern | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| TransPennine Express | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Bradford. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bradford for the night the train gets in
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When to book Preston to Bradford
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.083 days
- €10.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. The dearest point is €10.08, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Preston
Rail
- Preston railway station
- Cottam (Preston) railway station
- Preston Fishergate Hill railway station
Bradford
Rail
- Bradford Interchange
- Bradford Exchange railway station
- Bradford St James railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 72 km against 63 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Preston at 06:07 and the last at 18:47, across 32 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 19m | 35m | 44m | €11.88 | 2.4 kg | 32 |
| Coach | 1h 49m | 1h 5m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.9 kg | 4 |
Questions about Preston to Bradford
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 Bradford take?
The Train from Preston to Bradford takes 1h 19m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving. The route runs 72 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Preston to Bradford cost?
The Train from Preston to Bradford starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €18.77. 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 Bradford?
8 operators run the Train from Preston to Bradford: Arriva Cross Country, Arriva Rail North, Avanti West Coast, Caledonian Sleeper, London North Eastern Railway. Between them they file around 32 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Preston to Bradford use?
The Train from Preston to Bradford leaves from Preston railway station and arrives at Bradford Interchange. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Preston to Bradford?
Travelling from Preston to Bradford by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 1h 49m door to door, against 1h 19m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Preston to Bradford?
Fares for the Train from Preston to Bradford bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Preston to Bradford produce?
The Train from Preston to Bradford produces about 2.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 72 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Bradford?
Operators on the Train from Preston to Bradford publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 8 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 19m door to door. 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Preston to Bradford on 13 September 2026: 72 km of route against 63 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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