There are 14 ways to get from Bratislava to Cardiff by bus, plane, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane VIE - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 54m£70–168Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus 901
- Take the bus from Viena- Hotel IBIS to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
29h 44m£39–71Train
- Take the train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
22h 59m£185–434Train, night train
- Take the train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 46m£200–664Bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane VIE - CWL
8h 56m£111–241Bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane VIE - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 49m£137–341Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BUD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 25m£73–207Bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane VIE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 34m£112–299Fly Bratislava Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BTS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 10m£84–278Fly Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BTS - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 24m£111–306Bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane VIE - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 35m£94–269Train, bus
- Take the train from Pezinok to Trencintrain
- Take the bus from Trenčín to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
33h 3m£85–249Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bratislava to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
16h 59mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bratislava to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
18h 3m£264–379
Bratislava to Cardiff by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bratislava to Cardiff is to bus which costs £35 - £75 and takes 29h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Bratislava to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h 54m and costs £70 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Bratislava to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Bratislava and arriving at University RE via Flughafen Wien, Viena- Hotel IBIS and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 44m.
No, there is no direct train from Bratislava to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Bratislava-Petrzalka and arriving at Cardiff Central via Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 59m.
The distance between Bratislava and Cardiff is 974 miles.
The best way to get from Bratislava to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 22h 59m and costs £180 - £440.
It takes approximately 6h 54m to get from Bratislava to Cardiff, including transfers.
Bratislava to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bratislava station.
Bratislava to Cardiff train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), depart from Bratislava-Petrzalka station.
The best way to get from Bratislava to Cardiff is to train which takes 22h 59m and costs £180 - £440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £35 - £75 and takes 29h 44m.
What companies run services between Bratislava, Slovakia and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Cardiff Central via Wien Hbf, Wien Hbf, Bruxelles-Midi, Brussel-Zuid, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 22h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bratislava to University RE via Flughafen Wien, Wien Westbahnhof, Viena- Hotel IBIS, and London Victoria in around 29h 44m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £17–120
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Pezinok to Trencin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava-Petrzalka to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £14–21
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £85–130
- 1st Class
- £130–190
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £50–75
- 1st Class
- £100–170
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £140–170
- Seating Carriage
- £75–100
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–23
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- £11–16
- 1st Class
- £17–23
- Business
- £19–21
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £34–37
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £9–13
- 1st Class
- £13–16
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Viena- Hotel IBIS to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Trenčín to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Bratislava to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Vienna International Airport station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Bratislava. It is currently 9:55 PM in Bratislava and 8:55 PM in Cardiff.
Bratislava to Cardiff train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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