There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Moscow by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)LHR - SVO
12h 49m₽20,358–87,132Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Moscow Vnukovo
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)BRS - VKO
13h 14m₽9,248–29,626Train, bus via Brest
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Lodz Bus Station
- Take the train from Lodz Fabryczna to TerespolIc
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
2d 2h₽22,675–42,757Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Moscow
31h 23mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Moscow Vnukovo
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)LHR - VKO
14h 24m₽15,083–86,952Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)BRS - SVO
14h 58m₽17,023–39,806Fly Cardiff Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)CWL - SVO
18h 33m₽19,873–65,971Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Moscow Vnukovo
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)LGW - VKO
15h 42m₽11,827–36,588Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)LTN - SVO
14h 40m₽17,421–74,315Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya
2d 5h₽11,194–28,144Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the bus from Lille to Elblag, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station802 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaia
2d 7h₽24,923–65,782Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
2d 14h₽18,523–50,282Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Moscow
32h 31m₽45,980–67,249
Cardiff to Moscow by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Moscow is to train and fly which costs RUB 9000 - RUB 30000 and takes 13h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Moscow is to train and fly which takes 12h 49m and costs RUB 20000 - RUB 90000.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Moscow. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Moscow Novoyasnevskaya via London Victoria, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Minsk Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Cardiff and Moscow is 2791 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Moscow without a car is to train and bus via Brest which takes 2 days 2h and costs RUB 22000 - RUB 43000.
It takes approximately 12h 49m to get from Cardiff to Moscow, including transfers.
Cardiff to Moscow bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Moscow is to fly which takes 18h 33m and costs RUB 19000 - RUB 70000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs RUB 11000 - RUB 29000 and takes 2 days 5h.
Cardiff to Moscow bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Moscow is 3h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 7:40 PM in Cardiff and 10:40 PM in Moscow.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Moscow, Russia?
KLM, Air Serbia, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and Minsk Central Bus Station in around 2d 5h.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–75,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–70,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Budapest, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–70,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Geneva, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–70,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Zurich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–70,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Vienna, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–70,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽21,000–110,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Alicante–Elche, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–65,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–60,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–60,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Vienna, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–60,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–65,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–25,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–80,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–70,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–55,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–26,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–27,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽21,000–45,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–36,000
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,900–9,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–2,400
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,500–10,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,700–3,700
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Lodz Fabryczna to Terespol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽5,682–5,685
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,600–7,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,600–3,900
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽5,500–7,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽12,850
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–10,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,000–5,500
- 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
- ₽700–1,800
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽800–3,700
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–29,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽3,700–13,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- ₽3,700–5,500
- 1st Class
- ₽7,500–13,000
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- ₽7,000–11,000
- 1st Class
- ₽14,000–24,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,700–6,500
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–22,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,700–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,600–6,500
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Lodz Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–16,000
- 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
- ₽5,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Elblag, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽800–2,700
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–11,000
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Website
- eurotrans.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,475
- Schedules at
- eurotrans.by
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–9,000
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–8,000
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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
- ₽3,200–3,900
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- ₽7,000–17,000
- On Foot
- ₽3,200–3,900
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