There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Luleå by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Luleå/Kallax Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)BRS - LLA
10h 47mkr 1,201–3,651Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN75
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation344 / ...
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Luleå Centralstation
43h 28mBus
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, CityterminalenN32
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Busstation
- Take the bus from Umeå Busstation to Luleå busstation100
2d 11hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Luleå
32h 8mFly Cardiff Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)CWL - LLA
11h 46mkr 1,890–7,091Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Luleå/Kallax Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)LHR - LLA
9h 41mkr 2,381–5,075Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Luleå/Kallax Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)LGW - LLA
12h 5mkr 1,895–4,729Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Luleå/Kallax Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA)MAN - LLA
11h 30mkr 1,488–3,750Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Skellefteå Airport, drive
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Skellefteå Airport (SFT)LHR - SFT
- Drive from Skelleftea-Airport-SFT to Luleå
10h 41mkr 1,610–8,024Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin HbfIce
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation344 / ...
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Luleå Centralstation
45h 2mkr 2,766–12,544Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Luleå
33h 17mkr 5,802–8,484
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Luleå is to train and fly which costs 1200 kr - 3700 kr and takes 10h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Luleå is to train and fly which takes 9h 41m and costs 2300 kr - 5500 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Luleå station. However, there are services departing from Kingsway GD and arriving at Luleå busstation via London Victoria, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen and Umeå Busstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Luleå station. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Luleå Centralstation via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Berlin Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 2m.
The distance between Cardiff and Luleå is 2193 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Luleå without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 43h 28m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from Cardiff to Luleå, including transfers.
Cardiff to Luleå bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
Cardiff to Luleå train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Luleå is to bus which takes 2 days 11h and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 1800 kr - 7500 kr and takes 11h 46m, you could also train, which costs 2700 kr - 13000 kr and takes 45h 2m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Luleå, Sweden?
You can take a bus from Kingsway GD to Luleå busstation via London Victoria, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Stockholm, Cityterminalen, and Umeå Busstation in around 2d 11h. Alternatively, KLM and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Luleå/Kallax Airport (LLA) once daily.
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- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Edinburgh, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–3,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–3,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Oslo, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Oslo, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–6,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–8,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–7,500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Luleå/Kallax Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
- 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
- kr 150–300
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–1,600
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 330–450
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 330–650
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- kr 330–480
- 1st Class
- kr 440–650
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–3,300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,700
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 1,000–1,600
- 1st Class
- kr 2,200–3,700
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,900
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–900
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Berlin Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–1,600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Luleå Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,800
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,800
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,800
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Luleå Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–900
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 320–1,200
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 270–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 85–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- comati-psg.ro
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–1,800
- Website
- Comati PSG
- Phone
- +46 77 133 44 44
- Website
- ybuss.se
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–800
- Website
- Y-buss
- Phone
- 0771-100 110
- brev@tabussen.nu
- Website
- tabussen.nu
Bus from Umeå Busstation to Luleå busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- tabussen.nu
- 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
- kr 400–470
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- kr 850–2,100
- On Foot
- kr 400–470
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Cardiff to Luleå bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Luleå is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:03 PM in Cardiff and 9:03 PM in Luleå.
Cardiff to Luleå train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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