There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Strasbourg by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or car ferry
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
8h 11m€184–565Bus via Lille
cheapest- Take the bus from Cardiff North Road to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Stationbus
21h 19m€45–267Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Strasbourgbus 299 / ...
18h 12m€53–146Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Strasbourgcar
10h 2mFly Cardiff Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Basel (BSL)plane CWL - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
9h 24m€133–325Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
9h 7m€174–586Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Strasbourgcar
11h 4m€194–278Fly Cardiff Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CWL - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
10h 30m€162–412Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourgtrain
8h 55m€160–372Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
8h 23m€162–465Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane LHR - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
8h 49m€176–432Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane STN - FKB
8h 37m€115–335Train to London City Airport, fly to Luxembourg, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LCY - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosquebus
- Take the train from Thionville to Strasbourgtrain
9h 58m€177–536Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Luxembourg, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LHR - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosquebus
- Take the train from Thionville to Strasbourgtrain
9h 49m€134–521
Cardiff to Strasbourg by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Strasbourg is to bus which costs €50 - €150 and takes 18h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Strasbourg is to train via Paris which takes 8h 11m and costs €180 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Strasbourg. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Strasbourg via London Victoria and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Strasbourg. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Strasbourg Bahnhof via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl and Paris l'Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 11m.
The distance between Cardiff and Strasbourg is 1126 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Strasbourg without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 11m and costs €180 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Cardiff to Strasbourg, including transfers.
Cardiff to Strasbourg bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Strasbourg train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Strasbourg is to train via Paris which takes 8h 11m and costs €180 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €150 and takes 18h 12m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Strasbourg, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Strasbourg Bahnhof via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris l'Est in around 8h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Strasbourg via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon in around 18h 12m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–480
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–480
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 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 Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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 Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Thionville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cardiff North Road to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosque
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/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 Strasbourg bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Strasbourg is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 4:20 AM in Cardiff and 5:20 AM in Strasbourg.
Cardiff to Strasbourg train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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