Cheapest€11.88
- London North Eastern Railway LN541406:2440m07:04Manchester PiccadillyBlackpool North
Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Manchester to Blackpool train
Trains from Manchester to Blackpool start at €11.88 and take 1h 20m at their fastest.
The Trains from Manchester to Blackpool starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 20m door to door, run by 3 operators over 75 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 20mDoor to door
- 36mMoving
- €11.88From
- 2.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€12.99
- Arriva Rail North AR649414:0536m14:41Manchester PiccadillyBlackpool North
Door to door 1h 20mCO2 2.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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When to book Manchester to Blackpool
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €13.5414 days
- €19.047 days
- €17.943 days
- €26.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €26.19, 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.
- €12.99Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.89Wed
- €14.64Thu
- €13.54Fri
- €14.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Manchester
Rail
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Reddish South
- Salford Central
Blackpool
Rail
- Blackpool North
- Blackpool North railway station
- Blackpool South railway 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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 75 km against 65 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 Bradford, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Wallasey. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Manchester at 06:24 and the last at 14:41, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Manchester to Blackpool
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 Train from Manchester to Blackpool take?
The Train from Manchester to Blackpool takes 1h 20m door to door, of which 36m is spent moving. The route runs 75 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 Train from Manchester to Blackpool cost?
The Train from Manchester to Blackpool starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 21, 2026. A typical fare is €12.99. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Manchester to Blackpool?
3 operators run the Train from Manchester to Blackpool: Arriva Rail North, London North Eastern Railway, TransPennine Express. Between them they file around 10 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 Train from Manchester to Blackpool use?
The Train from Manchester to Blackpool leaves from Manchester Piccadilly and arrives at Blackpool North. 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 Train from Manchester to Blackpool?
Fares for the Train from Manchester to Blackpool bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 21, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Manchester to Blackpool produce?
The Train from Manchester to Blackpool produces about 2.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 75 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Manchester to Blackpool?
Operators on the Train from Manchester to Blackpool publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 20m 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 Manchester to Blackpool on September 11, 2026: 75 km of route against 65 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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