Fastest€26.74
- London North Eastern Railway LN587314:041h 24m15:28Preston railway stationCoventry railway station
Door to door 2h 8mCO2 6.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Preston to Coventry train
Trains from Preston to Coventry start at €25.64 and take 2h 8m at their fastest.
The Trains from Preston to Coventry starts at €25.64 and takes 2h 8m door to door, run by 4 operators over 196 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 8mDoor to door
- 1h 24mMoving
- €25.64From
- 6.5 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.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Arriva Cross Country | €24.54 | 2h 9m |
| Avanti West Coast | €22.34 | 2h 8m |
 London North Eastern Railway | €25.64 | 2h 8m |
 Lumo | €23.44 | 2h 8m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Coventry is not something we sell.
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When to book Preston to Coventry
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €13.9345 days
- €12.8330 days
- €14.4821 days
- €18.8814 days
- €19.987 days
- €22.733 days
- €27.131 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 169 percent. The most expensive point is €27.13, 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.
- €16.13Sun
- €13.93Mon
- €15.03Tue
- €14.48Wed
- €18.88Thu
- €16.68Fri
- €17.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Preston
Rail
- Preston railway station
- Cottam (Preston) railway station
- Preston Fishergate Hill railway station
Coventry
Rail
- Coventry railway station
- Coventry Arena railway station
- Canley 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
- 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 196 km against 171 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 Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Derby. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 06:06 and the last at 14:19, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 8m | 1h 24m | 44m | €25.64 | 6.5 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 3h 40m | 2h 56m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.3 kg | 2 |
Questions about Preston to Coventry
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 Preston to Coventry take?
The Train from Preston to Coventry takes 2h 8m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 196 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 Preston to Coventry cost?
The Train from Preston to Coventry starts at €25.64 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €28.67. 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 Preston to Coventry?
4 operators run the Train from Preston to Coventry: Arriva Cross Country, Avanti West Coast, London North Eastern Railway, Lumo. Between them they file around 12 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 Preston to Coventry use?
The Train from Preston to Coventry leaves from Preston railway station and arrives at Coventry railway 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 Train the best way from Preston to Coventry?
Traveling from Preston to Coventry by Coach costs €13.38 and takes 3h 40m door to door, against 2h 8m by Train. 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 Train from Preston to Coventry?
Fares for the Train from Preston to Coventry bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Preston to Coventry produce?
The Train from Preston to Coventry produces about 6.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 196 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 Preston to Coventry?
Operators on the Train from Preston to Coventry publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 8m 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 Coventry on September 10, 2026: 196 km of route against 171 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.64, and 2h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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