Bradford to Salford runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 14:54. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €11.88, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 13m over 57 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.07 to €11.88
When it runs, leaving Bradford
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:12First departure
- 14:54Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
Arriva Rail North runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Transdev Blazefield runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Bradford to Salford on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €10.07Tue15
- about €10.07Wed16
- about €10.07Thu17
- about €10.07Fri18
- about €10.07Sat19
- about €10.07Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
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 train gets you into Salford. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Salford for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Salford with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Bradford to Salford
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
- €10.073 days
- €10.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €10.07, 90 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bradford to Salford and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
57 km
49 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
366,187 → 129,794
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 57 km against 49 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sheffield, Preston, Rotherham, Doncaster. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Salford
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Bradford to Salford
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 it take to get from Bradford to Salford?
The fastest journey from Bradford to Salford takes 1h 13m door to door, of which 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 20m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bradford to Salford?
The cheapest fare from Bradford to Salford is €10.07, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bradford to Salford?
The cheapest way from Bradford to Salford is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on September 15, 2026. That journey takes 1h 34m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Bradford to Salford?
The fastest way from Bradford to Salford is by train, at 1h 14m door to door. Only 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €11.88.
When should I book Bradford to Salford?
Fares from Bradford to Salford bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 0 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bradford to Salford?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Bradford to Salford, at €10.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bradford to Salford?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bradford to Salford, at €10.07 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Bradford to Salford?
4 operators sell services from Bradford to Salford across 2 modes: Arriva Rail North, North TransPennine, Transdev Blazefield, TransPennine Express. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bradford to Salford?
67 percent of the services we sell from Bradford to Salford are direct. The rest connect at Sheffield, Preston, Rotherham, Doncaster, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Bradford to Salford produce?
Traveling from Bradford to Salford by coach produces about 1.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 1.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Bradford to Salford use?
Services from Bradford to Salford by train leave from Bradford Interchange and arrive at Salford station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bradford to Salford?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Bradford to Salford allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bradford to Salford on September 14, 2026: 57 km of route against 49 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Salford is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Bradford reaches 57 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 347 km. Salford reaches 42 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 293 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bradford
- 57Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 13Operators
Arriving in Salford
Leaving Salford
- 42Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators