There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Montpellier 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 Gare De Lyon to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
9h 59m€170–587Bus via Lille
cheapest- 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 Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
24h 15m€66–208Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Montpelliercar
14h 18mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Fréjorgues Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane BRS - MPL
8h 40m€131–308Train
- 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 Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
11h 12m€169–596Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Montpellierbus
25h 51m€67–223Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Portsmouth International Portcar
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Caencarferry
- Drive from Caen to Montpelliercar
18h 14m€188–534Fly Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane CWL - MPL
13h 47m€135–656Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane BRS - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
7h 53m€103–252Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- 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 Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
8h 45m€98–281Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Fréjorgues Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)plane LGW - MPL
8h 5m€115–362Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane LHR - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
8h 49m€161–440
Cardiff to Montpellier by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Montpellier is to bus via Lille which costs €65 - €210 and takes 24h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Montpellier is to train and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Montpellier station. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station via London Victoria, Dover and Lille - Europe Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Montpellier. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Montpellier Saint-Roch via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 59m.
The distance between Cardiff and Montpellier is 1428 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Montpellier without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 59m and costs €170 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 59m to get from Cardiff to Montpellier, including transfers.
Cardiff to Montpellier bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Montpellier train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Montpellier is to train via Paris which takes 9h 59m and costs €170 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus via Lille, which costs €65 - €210 and takes 24h 15m, you could also fly, which costs €130 - €700 and takes 13h 47m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Montpellier, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Montpellier Saint-Roch via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, Lille, and Lille - Europe Train Station in around 24h 15m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- 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
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- 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
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–280
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €30–40
- Car
- €65–95
- Single Ticket
- €21–80
- Car Single Ticket
- €70–280
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Montpellier bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Montpellier is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 3:33 PM in Cardiff and 4:33 PM in Montpellier.
Cardiff to Montpellier train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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