Cheapest€15.03
- FlixBus FB597917:033h 55m20:58Preston Bus StationEdinburgh Bus Station
Door to door 4h 39mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Preston to Edinburgh bus
Buses from Preston to Edinburgh start at €17.23 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.
The Buses from Preston to Edinburgh starts at €17.23 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 282 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 39mDoor to door
- 3h 55mMoving
- €17.23From
- 7.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | €15.03 | 4h 28m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Preston to Edinburgh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €15.0345 days
- €14.4830 days
- €17.2321 days
- €20.5314 days
- €23.837 days
- €35.383 days
- €40.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €40.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €19.98Sun
- €18.33Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €20.53Wed
- €22.73Thu
- €22.73Fri
- €22.73Sat
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
Edinburgh
Bus
- Edinburgh Bus Station
- Halbeath Park & Ride
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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 282 km against 245 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 Newcastle upon Tyne, East Kilbride, Sunderland, Bradford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 3 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 43m | 1h 59m | 44m | €36.64 | 9.3 kg | 19 |
| Coach | 4h 39m | 3h 55m | 44m | €17.23 | 7.6 kg | 3 |
Questions about Preston to Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh take?
The Coach from Preston to Edinburgh takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 3h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 282 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 Edinburgh cost?
The Coach from Preston to Edinburgh starts at €17.23 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €17.78. 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 Edinburgh?
1 operators run the Coach from Preston to Edinburgh: FlixBus. Between them they file around 3 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 Edinburgh use?
The Coach from Preston to Edinburgh leaves from Preston Bus Station and arrives at Edinburgh 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 Preston to Edinburgh?
Traveling from Preston to Edinburgh by Train costs €36.64 and takes 2h 43m door to door, against 4h 39m 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 Edinburgh?
Fares for the Coach from Preston to Edinburgh bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Preston to Edinburgh produce?
The Coach from Preston to Edinburgh produces about 7.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 282 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 Edinburgh?
Operators on the Coach from Preston to Edinburgh publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 39m 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 Edinburgh on September 9, 2026: 282 km of route against 245 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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