Cheapest€16.13
- FlixBus FB814606:264h 5m10:31Glasgow Buchanan Bus StationPreston Bus Station
Door to door 4h 49mCO2 7.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Glasgow to Preston bus
Buses from Glasgow to Preston start at €19.98 and take 4h 49m at their fastest.
The Buses from Glasgow to Preston starts at €19.98 and takes 4h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 292 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 49mDoor to door
- 4h 5mMoving
- €19.98From
- 7.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €16.13 | 4h 36m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Preston is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Preston
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When to book Glasgow to Preston
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.4390 days
- €15.5860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €19.9821 days
- €21.6314 days
- €22.737 days
- €28.233 days
- €34.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 124 percent. The most expensive point is €34.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €27.68Sun
- €20.53Mon
- €19.98Tue
- €24.38Wed
- €21.63Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €25.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Glasgow
Bus
- Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Govan Bus Station
Preston
Bus
- Preston Bus Station
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 292 km against 254 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 Edinburgh, Wallasey, Carlisle, Livingston. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Glasgow at 06:26 and the last at 06:26, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 57m | 2h 13m | 44m | €39.39 | 9.6 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 4h 49m | 4h 5m | 44m | €19.98 | 7.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Glasgow to Preston
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Glasgow to Preston take?
The Coach from Glasgow to Preston takes 4h 49m door to door, of which 4h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 292 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 Coach from Glasgow to Preston cost?
The Coach from Glasgow to Preston starts at €19.98 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €16.13. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Glasgow to Preston?
1 operators run the Coach from Glasgow to Preston: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 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 Coach from Glasgow to Preston use?
The Coach from Glasgow to Preston leaves from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station and arrives at Preston Bus Station. 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 Coach the best way from Glasgow to Preston?
Traveling from Glasgow to Preston by Train costs €39.39 and takes 2h 57m door to door, against 4h 49m by Coach. 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 Coach from Glasgow to Preston?
Fares for the Coach from Glasgow to Preston bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 124 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Glasgow to Preston produce?
The Coach from Glasgow to Preston produces about 7.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 292 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Glasgow to Preston?
Operators on the Coach from Glasgow to Preston publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 49m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Glasgow to Preston on September 10, 2026: 292 km of route against 254 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 4h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Preston is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Preston
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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