There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Bremen by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bremen Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane BRS - BRE
6h 51m€96–298Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Bremen Fernbusterminalbus N74 / ...
20h 17m€78–216Train
- 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 train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Dortmund Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
11h 52m€184–565Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Heathrow Terminal 5bus 201 / ...
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Utrecht to Bremen - Bus Stationbus
16h 32m€121–431Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bremencar
10h 20mFly Cardiff Airport to Bremen Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane CWL - BRE
7h 7m€80–406Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane BRS - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
8h 23m€139–323Fly Cardiff Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane CWL - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
8h 45m€173–441Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bremen Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane STN - BRE
6h 50m€115–445Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LHR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
7h 29m€134–405Train via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
12h 10m€167–610Train #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Bremen Hbftrain
13h 1m€121–448Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bremencar
11h 29m€199–288
Cardiff to Bremen by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Bremen is to train and fly which costs €95 - €300 and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Bremen is to train and fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €110 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Bremen. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Bremen Fernbusterminal via LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall and Dortmund central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Bremen. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Bremen Hbf via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Dortmund Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 52m.
The distance between Cardiff and Bremen is 881 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Bremen without a car is to train which takes 11h 52m and costs €180 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Cardiff to Bremen, including transfers.
Cardiff to Bremen bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Bremen train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Bremen is to train which takes 11h 52m and costs €180 - €600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €80 - €410 and takes 7h 7m, you could also bus, which costs €75 - €220 and takes 20h 17m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Bremen, Germany?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Bremen Hbf via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and Dortmund Hbf in around 11h 52m. Alternatively, KLM flies from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bremen Airport (BRE) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–370
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bremen Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- 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
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- 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
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €17–29
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- 1st Class
- €80–130
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- 088 - 033 13 60
- Website
- keolis.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Website
- Keolis Nederland
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Utrecht to Bremen - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Bremen Fernbusterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- 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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Bremen bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Bremen is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:05 AM in Cardiff and 7:05 AM in Bremen.
Cardiff to Bremen train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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