There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Alsace by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Selestattrain Tgv
10h 3m€328–562Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Basel, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Basel (BSL)plane BRS - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Selestattrain
8h 14m€106–275Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Colmarbus
20h 47mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alsacecar
10h 43mTrain
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Scherwillertrain Ter
11h 35m€308–557Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Strasburgbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Scherwillertrain Ter
21h 13mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Alsacecar
11h 50m€160–267Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Strasbourg International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane LGW - SXB
9h 12m€173–409Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Selestattrain
10h 9m€149–464Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane STN - FKB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Selestattrain
10h 33m€133–404Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Selestattrain
11h 13m€201–484Train to London City Airport, fly to Luxembourg, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LCY - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosquebus
- Take the train from Thionville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Selestattrain
11h 59m€213–565Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Luxembourg, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LHR - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosquebus
- Take the train from Thionville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Selestattrain
11h 49m€200–519Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Selestattrain
13h 1m€180–543
Cardiff to Alsace by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Alsace is to train and fly which costs €100 - €280 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Alsace is to train and fly which takes 8h 14m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Alsace. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Scherwiller via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Selestat. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 3m.
The distance between Cardiff and Alsace is 1172 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Alsace without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 3m and costs €320 - €600.
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Cardiff to Alsace, including transfers.
Cardiff to Alsace train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Alsace is to train via Paris which takes 10h 3m and costs €320 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 20h 47m.
Alsace is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 2:10 PM in Cardiff and 3:10 PM in Alsace.
Cardiff to Alsace train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Alsace, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Scherwiller via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, and Selestat in around 10h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Alumnat via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon, Colmar, Colmar, Selestat, and Gare in around 20h 47m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Selestat
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Selestat
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Thionville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Selestat
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Scherwiller
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Selestat
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Selestat
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Strasburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosque
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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