Cheapest€11.73
- FlixBus FB194214:132h 31m16:44Preston Bus StationBirmingham Digbeth
Door to door 3h 15mCO2 4.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Preston to Birmingham bus
Buses from Preston to Birmingham start at €12.28 and take 3h 14m at their fastest.
The Buses from Preston to Birmingham starts at €12.28 and takes 3h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 175 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 14mDoor to door
- 2h 30mMoving
- €12.28From
- 4.7 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 | €11.73 | 3h 6m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Preston to Birmingham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.6390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €12.8345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €13.3821 days
- €17.2314 days
- €18.337 days
- €20.533 days
- €24.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €24.93, 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.
- €15.03Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €13.38Wed
- €17.23Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €16.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Preston
Bus
- Preston Bus Station
Birmingham
Bus
- Birmingham Digbeth
- Birmingham Coach 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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 175 km against 152 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 Warrington, Manchester, Stockport, Salford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Preston at 06:26 and the last at 14:13, across 2 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 2m | 1h 18m | 44m | €23.44 | 5.8 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 3h 14m | 2h 30m | 44m | €12.28 | 4.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Preston to Birmingham
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 Preston to Birmingham take?
The Coach from Preston to Birmingham takes 3h 14m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 175 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 Preston to Birmingham cost?
The Coach from Preston to Birmingham starts at €12.28 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €12.01. 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 Preston to Birmingham?
1 operators run the Coach from Preston to Birmingham: FlixBus. Between them they file around 2 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 Preston to Birmingham use?
The Coach from Preston to Birmingham leaves from Preston Bus Station and arrives at Birmingham Digbeth. 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 Preston to Birmingham?
Traveling from Preston to Birmingham by Train costs €23.44 and takes 2h 2m door to door, against 3h 14m 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 Preston to Birmingham?
Fares for the Coach from Preston to Birmingham bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Preston to Birmingham produce?
The Coach from Preston to Birmingham produces about 4.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 175 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 Preston to Birmingham?
Operators on the Coach from Preston to Birmingham publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 14m 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 Preston to Birmingham on September 10, 2026: 175 km of route against 152 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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