There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Cahors by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Montauban
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 Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Montauban Ville Bourbontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montauban Ville Bourbon to Cahorstrain Ter
12h 32m€399–663Train to Bristol Airport, fly, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane BRS - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahorstrain
8h 22m€89–271Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Cahorsbus
22h 2m€118–189Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cahorscar
12h 42m€355–464Train
- 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 Austerlitz to Cahorstrain
12h 58m€373–609Bus
- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 509 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Cahorsbus
22h 51m€110–187Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Poolecar
- Take the carferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Cahorscar
15h 43m€203–647Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane LHR - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahorstrain
9h 7m€178–502Fly from Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane CWL - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahorstrain
10h 36m€169–332Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane LGW - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahorstrain
10h 11m€153–390Train to London Stansted Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane STN - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahorstrain
10h 5m€159–415
Cardiff to Cahors by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Cahors is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 22h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Cahors is to train and fly which takes 8h 22m and costs €85 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Cahors. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Cahors via London Victoria, Dover and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Cahors. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Cahors via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 and Montauban Ville Bourbon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 32m.
The distance between Cardiff and Cahors is 1498 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Cahors without a car is to train via Montauban which takes 12h 32m and costs €390 - €700.
It takes approximately 12h 32m to get from Cardiff to Cahors, including transfers.
Cardiff to Cahors bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Cahors train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Cahors is to train via Montauban which takes 12h 32m and costs €390 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus via Dover, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 22h 2m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Cahors, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Cahors via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, and Montauban Ville Bourbon in around 12h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Cahors via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 22h 2m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–480
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Montauban Ville Bourbon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Montauban Ville Bourbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montauban Ville Bourbon to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Austerlitz to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Sophia Gardens to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Pershing-Porte Maillot Bus Station to Cahors
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–390
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €55–100
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–390
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Booking & Getting There
Cardiff to Cahors bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Cahors is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:35 AM in Cardiff and 9:35 AM in Cahors.
Cardiff to Cahors train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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