There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Odense by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BRS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.train
9h 3mkr 1,120–2,332Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BRS - CPH
- Take the train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Odense St.train
7h 56mkr 753–1,961Train via Cologne
- 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 train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train Ece / ...
17h 10mkr 2,459–5,394Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Hamburgbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg ZOB to Odense St.bus 047
20h 49mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Odensecar
13h 52mFly Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane CWL - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.train
9h 49mkr 908–2,908Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane LHR - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.train
8h 15mkr 1,298–3,549Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BHX - CPH
- Take the train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Odense St.train
8h 44mkr 1,343–2,586Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LHR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train
11h 13mkr 1,406–3,540Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train Ece / ...
19h 5mBus
- 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 Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to Odense Stationbus
27h 2mkr 873–1,692Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Odensecar
15h 6mkr 1,921–2,945
Cardiff to Odense by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Odense is to bus which costs 850 kr - 1700 kr and takes 27h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Odense is to train and fly which takes 7h 56m and costs 750 kr - 2000 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Odense station. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Odense Station via London Victoria, Dover and Ghent Dampoort. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 2m.
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 17h 10m.
The distance between Cardiff and Odense is 1108 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Odense without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 17h 10m and costs 2400 kr - 5500 kr.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Cardiff to Odense, including transfers.
Cardiff to Odense bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place 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 17h 10m and costs 2400 kr - 5500 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 850 kr - 1700 kr and takes 27h 2m.
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 17h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Odense Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, and Ghent Dampoort in around 27h 2m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 360–2,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 360–2,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 430–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 350–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 360–1,800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 360–1,800
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–3,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 350–1,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Billund Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 170–900
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,900
- 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 140–280
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 480–700
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–200
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 500–800
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Copenhagen Lufthavn to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 280–410
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–800
- 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 1,200–2,100
- 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 280–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 260–410
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/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 250–400
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Bus from Hamburg ZOB to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- 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 240–600
- 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 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Odense Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 460–800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 55–150
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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 40–120
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Odense bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Odense is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:24 AM in Cardiff and 2:24 AM in Odense.
Cardiff to Odense train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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