There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Odense by train, plane, train (Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)BRS - CPH
- Take the train from København H to Odense St.
7h 17mkr 631–2,028Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk814
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Odense Station
26h 45mkr 600–1,529Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln HbfIce
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf39 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.Ec
16h 52mkr 1,837–5,501Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Odense
13h 45mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Billund Airport (BLL)BRS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.
8h 54mkr 1,020–2,593Fly Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Billund Airport (BLL)CWL - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.
9h 44mkr 2,175–3,756Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)BHX - CPH
- Take the train from København H to Odense St.
8h 5mkr 1,044–2,809Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Billund Airport (BLL)LHR - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.
8h 7mkr 1,144–3,471Train
- 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 Hamburg-BergedorfIce
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.Ec
19h 37mkr 1,853–5,893Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk814
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Hamburg - Bus Station
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.Ec
28h 1mkr 918–1,852Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Odense
14h 53mkr 2,151–3,114
Cardiff to Odense by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Odense is to bus which costs 600 kr - 1600 kr and takes 26h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Odense is to train and fly which takes 7h 17m and costs 600 kr - 2100 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Odense station. However, there are services departing from Kingsway GD and arriving at Odense Station via London Victoria and Amsterdam Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Odense. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Odense St. via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 52m.
The distance between Cardiff and Odense is 1360 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Odense without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 16h 52m and costs 1800 kr - 5500 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 17m to get from Cardiff to Odense, including transfers.
Cardiff to Odense bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
Cardiff to Odense train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Odense is to train via Cologne which takes 16h 52m and costs 1800 kr - 5500 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 600 kr - 1600 kr and takes 26h 45m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Odense, Denmark?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Odense St. via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 16h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kingsway GD to Odense Station via London Victoria and Amsterdam Sloterdijk in around 26h 45m.
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- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 340–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 490–2,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 270–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 300–1,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 430–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,100
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 100–210
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 320–750
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 55–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 250–800
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from København H to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–330
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 440–700
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Vejle St. to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from København H to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 150–210
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 250–350
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 260–950
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 230–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 150–220
- 1st Class
- kr 230–310
- Business
- kr 250–280
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Bergedorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,900
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 550–800
- 1st Class
- kr 1,100–1,900
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 55–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 260–750
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Odense Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 280–600
- 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
- kr 65–230
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Hamburg - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 150–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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 270–320
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- kr 550–1,400
- On Foot
- kr 270–320
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Odense bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Odense is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:12 PM in Cardiff and 7:12 PM in Odense.
Cardiff to Odense train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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