Trains from Preston to Southend-on-Sea

Preston to Southend-on-Sea train information

• The trip between Preston, located in England and Southend-on-Sea, situated in England is well connected by trains. Use our travel search engine to find your ticket and identify the train operator for this journey.
• Using the train is a fast and convenient way to get to Southend-on-Sea from Preston. The average journey duration between Preston to Southend-on-Sea is 4h21m to travel the 211 miles.
• Prices may vary depending on the travel date as well as how much time in advance you book your ticket.

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Best prices for Preston to Southend-on-Sea trains

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

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The best way to pay less on your Preston Southend-on-Sea train ticket must be to have a railcard. While regional railcards exist in some areas, National railcards enable you to make savings on most rail fares across the United Kingdom. Everyone is eligible to at least one of the railcard, even non-UK residents. National railcards available: 16-25 discount card, Senior railcard, Two together discount card, Family and Friends railcard and Disabled persons discount card.

The main benefit of using a railcard is that it only takes a couple of trips to be profitable.

You will need to purchase at least £88 of train tickets throughout the duration of the railcard's validity 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 buy afterwards, you will save money.

As an example, train tickets from Preston to Southend-on-Sea cost on average £50.00 (1). If you're dividing £88 by £50.00 (£88/£50.00 = 1.76), it turns out that after only 2 one way journeys from Southend-on-Sea to Preston, the railcard will have paid for itself.

The price to get a Disabled persons railcard is £20 while it will cost you £30 to buy the 16-25, Two together, Family and Friends or the Senior railcard. All of them enable you to save 34% off most rail fares for one year.

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