There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Passau by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)BRS - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Passau Hbf
7h 58m€132–288Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Take the bus from Nuremberg Central Bus Station to Passau Bahnhofstrasse
27h 55m€82–188Train
- 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 Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf91 / ...
14h 13m€215–681Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Passau HbfNj
20h 48m€185–712Fly Cardiff Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)CWL - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Passau Hbf
9h 37m€160–346Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)BHX - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Passau Hbf
8h 56m€147–366Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Munich International Airport (MUC)LHR - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Passau Hbf
8h 52m€160–402Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)BRS - PRG
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Passau central train station
11h 16m€97–263Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)MAN - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Passau Hbf
10h 52m€151–372Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)STN - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
9h 49m€190–879Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Passau central train station
30h 1m€104–209Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Passau
13h 25mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Passau
14h 33m€249–368
Cardiff to Passau by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Passau is to bus which costs €80 - €190 and takes 27h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Passau is to train and fly which takes 7h 58m and costs €130 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Passau. However, there are services departing from Kingsway GD and arriving at Passau Bahnhofstrasse via London Victoria and Nuremberg Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Passau. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Passau Hbf via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 13m.
The distance between Cardiff and Passau is 1325 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Passau without a car is to train which takes 14h 13m and costs €210 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Cardiff to Passau, including transfers.
Cardiff to Passau bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
Cardiff to Passau train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Passau is to train which takes 14h 13m and costs €210 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €190 and takes 27h 55m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Passau, Germany?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Passau Hbf via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 14h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kingsway GD to Passau Bahnhofstrasse via London Victoria and Nuremberg Central Bus Station in around 27h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- 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
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Freising to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 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 Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- €95–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–90
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €13–19
- First Class
- €22–35
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Nuremberg Central Bus Station to Passau Bahnhofstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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 Passau bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Passau is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 11:10 AM in Cardiff and 12:10 PM in Passau.
Cardiff to Passau train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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