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If you want to explore the best of historic Lancaster, you can buy cheap train tickets to Lancaster with TransPennine Express.
On arrival the bus station is a 10-minute walk from the train station on Cable Street and the timetables can all be found on the council website. The station also has a taxi rank right outside.
It takes just 15 minutes to get to Lancaster on the train from Preston. Trains to Lancaster from Glasgow and those from Edinburgh both have a journey time of 2 hours 15 minutes. If you’re getting the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Lancaster, your journey will take around 1 hour 15 minutes. The Liverpool to Lancaster train journey also takes around 1 hour 15 minutes with a quick change at Preston.
You can secure cheap train tickets to Lancaster in a number of ways. For regular journeys in and out of Lancaster, a season ticket will help you save money. For one off trips, if you can be flexible with your chosen train and travel outside of peak times you’ll also save some cash. If you can book your ticket early you could save over 50% with advance train tickets to Lancaster.
The first train leaves Lancaster at around 05.15 on weekdays with the last train leaving the station at around 23.30.
There is a car park at Lancaster train station, with around 165 spaces and six accessible spaces. You can enjoy waiting areas to relax in at the station before your train, as well as shops and refreshment facilities. Lancaster train station also has accessible toilets, baby change facilities and space for 188 bikes.
With a rich history encompassing the Romans, the Saxons and the Normans, Lancaster has always been popular with out of towners. It boasts a majestic castle, an activity-packed park and a theatre that doubles as an arts centre and gallery – so its appeal is pretty obvious. As well as all that it’s just over 15 minutes from Preston and 2 hours 15 minutes from Glasgow.
For ideas on what to do in Lancaster, see Visit Lancashire.
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