There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Hungary by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- 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
6h 32mFt 31,942–72,183Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBFtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
25h 53mFt 130,110–293,530Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Budapest-Kelenföldbus 962 / ...
31h 43mFt 63,769–110,299Train, 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 nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
24h 46mFt 98,660–228,230Fly Cardiff Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CWL - BUD
8h 31mFt 33,181–96,136Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BHX - BUD
7h 29mFt 49,447–99,988Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BRS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Gyoertrain
7h 39mFt 32,772–107,113Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LHR - BUD
7h 15mFt 70,730–157,350Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LTN - BUD
7h 59mFt 53,910–130,530Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Budapest-Kelenföldbus
36h 21mFt 75,769–145,299Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budapestcar
18h 37mFt 156,637–211,457Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Budapestcar
19h 46mFt 111,714–183,532
Cardiff to Hungary by train, subway, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Hungary is to train and fly which costs 31 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Hungary is to train and fly which takes 6h 32m and costs 31 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Hungary. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Döbrentei tér via London Victoria Green Line Station, Praha, Hlavní Nádraží and Kelenföld vasútállomás. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Hungary. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Clark Ádám tér via Paddington, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf and Kelenföld vasútállomás M. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 53m.
The distance between Cardiff and Hungary is 1735 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Hungary without a car is to train which takes 25h 53m and costs 130 000 Ft - 300 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Cardiff to Hungary, including transfers.
Cardiff to Hungary bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Hungary train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Hungary is to train which takes 25h 53m and costs 130 000 Ft - 300 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs 60 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft and takes 31h 43m, you could also fly, which costs 33 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft and takes 8h 31m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Hungary?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Clark Ádám tér via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, and Kelenföld vasútállomás M in around 25h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Döbrentei tér via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria Green Line Station, Prague Wilsonova Bus Station, Praha, Hlavní Nádraží, Budapest-Kelenföld, and Kelenföld vasútállomás in around 31h 43m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–130,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–110,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–100,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–120,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–80,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–55,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–90,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–44,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–50,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–60,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–80,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 38,000–90,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–85,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–95,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–120,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–14,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–14,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–11,000
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–11,000
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–13,000
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–35,000
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–13,000
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–45,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–160,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–17,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- *
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,600–4,100
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–17,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–70,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–60,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 43,000–60,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 33,000–39,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 23,000–28,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–13,000
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 49,542
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- Ft 49,542
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–29,000
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–29,000
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–55,000
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–26,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 49,000–90,000
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–20,000
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Cardiff to Hungary bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Hungary is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:02 PM in Cardiff and 11:02 PM in Hungary.
Cardiff to Hungary train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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