Cheapest€19.43
- FlixBus FB526206:315h 4m11:35National Express Southampton Coach StationPreston Bus Station
Door to door 5h 48mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Southampton to Preston bus
Buses from Southampton to Preston start at €24.38 and take 5h 48m at their fastest.
The Buses from Southampton to Preston starts at €24.38 and takes 5h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 379 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 5h 48mDoor to door
- 5h 4mMoving
- €24.38From
- 10.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€29.87
- FlixBus FB832807:304h 30m12:00National Express Southampton Coach StationLiverpool One Bus Station
- Arriva Cross Country AC507712:5327m13:20Liverpool Lime StreetPreston railway station
Changes at Liverpool, with 53 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 34mCO2 9.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
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 | €19.43 | 5h 43m | 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 Southampton to Preston
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.7390 days
- €19.4360 days
- €15.5845 days
- €21.6330 days
- €26.0321 days
- €31.5314 days
- €35.937 days
- €38.133 days
- €46.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €46.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €28.78Sun
- €25.48Mon
- €24.38Tue
- €28.23Wed
- €27.68Thu
- €31.53Fri
- €29.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Southampton
Bus
- National Express Southampton Coach 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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 379 km against 330 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 Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 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 Southampton at 06:31 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Southampton 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 Southampton to Preston take?
The Coach from Southampton to Preston takes 5h 48m door to door, of which 5h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 379 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 Southampton to Preston cost?
The Coach from Southampton to Preston starts at €24.38 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €24.65. 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 Southampton to Preston?
1 operators run the Coach from Southampton to Preston: 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 Southampton to Preston use?
The Coach from Southampton to Preston leaves from National Express Southampton Coach 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.
When should I book the Coach from Southampton to Preston?
Fares for the Coach from Southampton to Preston bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Southampton to Preston produce?
The Coach from Southampton to Preston produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 379 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 Southampton to Preston?
Operators on the Coach from Southampton 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 5h 48m 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 Southampton to Preston on September 11, 2026: 379 km of route against 330 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.38, and 5h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Preston
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