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 58m£72–194Bus to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Bratislava to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane VIE - CWL
12h 43m£70–345Train
- 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£360–674Bus
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Pilsen Husova 92bus
- Take the bus from Pilsen Central Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
28h 19m£133–245Train, 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£220–454Bus 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 48m£144–331Fly 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
7h 49m£118–301Fly 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 13m£117–343Bus 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 38m£115–317Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Bratislava hlavná stanica to Praha Hlavní nádražítrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane PRG - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 47m£145–304Bus 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 56m£110–269Train, bus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trencintrain 617 / ...
- Take the bus from Trenčín to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
32h 5m£130–260Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bratislava to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
17h 6mDrive, 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 15m£239–378
Bratislava to Cardiff by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bratislava to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which costs £70 - £200 and takes 6h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Bratislava to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h 58m and costs £70 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Bratislava to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy and arriving at University RE via Pilsen Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 19m.
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 £360 - £700.
It takes approximately 6h 58m to get from Bratislava to Cardiff, including transfers.
Bratislava to Cardiff bus services, operated by Slovak Lines, depart from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy 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 £360 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £250 and takes 28h 19m.
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, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to University RE via Pilsen Husova 92, Pilsen Central Bus Station, and London Victoria in around 28h 19m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Bratislava Airport to London Stansted Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £21–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- 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 Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trencin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £260–440
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 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
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava hlavná stanica to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trencin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
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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
- £3–6
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 2 55 422 734
- staznosti@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Pilsen Husova 92
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.slovaklines.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Pilsen Central Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- 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
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Bratislava to Cardiff bus services, operated by Slovak Lines, arrive at Pilsen Husova 92 station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Bratislava. It is currently 11:04 PM in Bratislava and 10:04 PM in Cardiff.
Bratislava to Cardiff train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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