There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Oldenburg by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- 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 Bremen Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) HbfRs3
12h 33m€189–653Bus
cheapest- 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 Sloterdijk to Oldenburg central bus station075 / ...
21h 24m€64–180Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to The Hague
- Take the train from Den Haag Centraal to Groningen
- Take the train from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)Re
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf56
21h 17m€108–327Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Oldenburg
10h 50mFly Cardiff Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bremen Airport (BRE)CWL - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
7h 46m€162–451Train via Amsterdam
- 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 Osnabrueck HbfIce
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
14h 13m€179–591Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Oldenburg
11h 59m€189–278Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bremen Airport (BRE)BRS - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
7h 32m€116–304Fly Cardiff Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)CWL - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
9h 44m€200–430Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bremen Airport (BRE)STN - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
7h 39m€109–408Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)LHR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
8h 13m€134–413
Cardiff to Oldenburg by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Oldenburg is to bus which costs €60 - €180 and takes 21h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Oldenburg is to train and fly which takes 7h 32m and costs €110 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Oldenburg station. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Oldenburg central bus station via London Victoria and Amsterdam Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Oldenburg. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Bremen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 33m.
The distance between Cardiff and Oldenburg is 1214 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Oldenburg without a car is to train which takes 12h 33m and costs €180 - €700.
It takes approximately 12h 33m to get from Cardiff to Oldenburg, including transfers.
Cardiff to Oldenburg bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Oldenburg train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Oldenburg is to train which takes 12h 33m and costs €180 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €180 and takes 21h 24m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Oldenburg, Germany?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Bremen Hbf in around 12h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Oldenburg central bus station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Amsterdam Sloterdijk in around 21h 24m.
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- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- 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
- €110–360
- 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
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- 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
- €70–330
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Den Haag Centraal to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- 1st Class
- €80–140
Train from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €13–20
- 1st Class
- €23–40
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- 1st Class
- €80–130
- 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
- €7–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- presse@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- 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
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to The Hague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Oldenburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- 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
- €9–30
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Oldenburg bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Oldenburg is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:30 AM in Cardiff and 2:30 AM in Oldenburg.
Cardiff to Oldenburg train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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