There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Alba Iulia by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane BRS - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
13h 30m$139–314Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane LTN - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
10h 37m$124–494Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Alba Iuliabus
24h 5mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iuliatrain 347
32h 28m$384–972Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alba Iuliacar
23h 19mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane BHX - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
9h 42m$134–442Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane LTN - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
10h 10m$164–506Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BRS - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Alba Iuliatrain
14h 4m$186–382Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane LTN - TSR
- Take the bus from Timisoara Airport to Alba Iuliabus
11h 44m$140–490Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain Swansea - London Paddington / ...
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Alba Iuliabusferry
37h 36m$135–335Train, bus via London
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain Swansea - London Paddington / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Alba Iuliabus
38h 35mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Alba Iuliacar
24h 27m$475–713
Cardiff to Alba Iulia by train, subway, and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Alba Iulia is to train and fly and bus which costs $130 - $320 and takes 13h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Alba Iulia is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 42m and costs $130 - $450.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Alba Iulia via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 28m.
The distance between Cardiff and Alba Iulia is 2161 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Alba Iulia without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 30m to get from Cardiff to Alba Iulia, including transfers.
Cardiff to Alba Iulia train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
Alba Iulia is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:30 PM in Cardiff and 12:30 AM in Alba Iulia.
Cardiff to Alba Iulia train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
There are 296+ hotels available in Alba Iulia.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Alba Iulia, Romania?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Alba Iulia. However, you can take the train to Bristol Temple Meads, walk to Bristol Temple Meads, take the shuttle to Bristol Airport, walk to Bristol Airport (BRS) airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ), walk to Cluj-Napoca, then take the bus to Alba Iulia. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Alba Iulia via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, and Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square in around 24h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Luton Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–300
Flights from Luton Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Luton Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–340
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–340
- Couchette Carriage
- $200–230
- Seating Carriage
- $100–140
Train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ferihegy to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40751451862
- Website
- starcof.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- starcof.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0231-517.509
- Website
- apetrans.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- apetrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0722-862.442
- Website
- pristyl.autogari.ro
Bus from Timisoara Airport to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–35
- Schedules at
- pristyl.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–55
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