Trains from Manchester to Bolton

Manchester to Bolton train information

• The journey from Manchester, situated in England and Bolton, which is in England is well served by trains. Use our travel search engine to search for your ticket and see the rail company for this journey.
• There are 11 miles from Manchester to Bolton. Train travel is most of the time the quickest way to travel to Bolton from Manchester, and it’s also more environmentally friendly than driving or taking the plane.
• Fares will change depending on the day and hour of travel and how far in advance you purchase your ticket.

Best prices for Manchester to Bolton train tickets

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Best prices for Manchester to Bolton trains

We compare train ticket for all major companies to travel between Manchester and Bolton by train and find the best prices for the coming days. Take a look at the prices of train tickets Bolton to Manchester and find the best deal for your outbound journey.

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National Railcards can bring you great savings if you're taking the train. Depending on your age as well as your situation, you might want to get one of the 5 different railcards: Disabled persons, 16-25, Two together, Senior or Family and Friends railcards. Railcards can enable you to make great savings for your Manchester Bolton train ticket.

The main benefit of purchasing a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to break even.

You will need to buy at least £88 of train tickets in a year for the card to be worthwile. This number corresponds to the cost of the railcard, £30, divided by the discount, 34%. On every ticket that you purchase afterwards, you will spare money.

As an example, train tickets from Manchester to Bolton cost on average £50.00 (1). When dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), you can see that after only 2 one way journeys from Bolton to Manchester, the railcard will have paid for itself.

The cost to get a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to buy a 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to get a third off most rail fares for a complete year.

⁽¹⁾Average prices observed over the last 6 months for one way journey