There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Target by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, taxi, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
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 Bercy to St Germain Des Fossestrain
10h 16m€342–615Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRS - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Vichytrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Château d'Eaubus
14h 32m€109–310Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Paris Bercy to Moulins Sur Alliertrain
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Abri Bus Bd Desaixbus B01
21h 30m€111–256Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Targetcar
10h 41mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane BRS - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Vichytrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Château d'Eaubus
12h 16m€133–666Train, drive
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Fourchambaulttrain Ter
- Drive from Fourchambault to Targetcar
10h 29m€256–492Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Cardiff North Road to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bourgesbus 727
- Take the bus from Gare Routiere to Place Beurrièrebus 145
- Take the taxi from Place Beurrière to Targettaxi
21h 48m€215–303Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Poolecar
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Targetcar
14h 15m€139–555Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane BHX - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Vichytrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Château d'Eaubus
14h 33m€190–725Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LHR - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Vichytrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Château d'Eaubus
12h 34m€198–505Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BRS - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Vichytrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Château d'Eaubus
13h 25m€149–444Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane BHX - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillotbus
- Take the train from Paris Austerlitz to Moulins Sur Alliertrain
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Abri Bus Bd Desaixbus
15h 12m€158–415
Cardiff to Target by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Target is to bus and train which costs €110 - €260 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Target is to train which takes 10h 16m and costs €340 - €650.
The distance between Cardiff and Target is 1085 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Target without a car is to train which takes 10h 16m and costs €340 - €650.
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Cardiff to Target, including transfers.
Target is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:00 AM in Cardiff and 9:00 AM in Target.
There are 344+ hotels available in Target.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Target, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Target via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Bercy, and St Germain Des Fosses in around 10h 16m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–850
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Bristol Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Geneva International Airport, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Bristol Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Bristol Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–750
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- 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
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Bercy to St Germain Des Fosses
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Bercy to Moulins Sur Allier
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Vichy
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Fourchambault
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Vichy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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 Paris Austerlitz to Moulins Sur Allier
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- 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
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 04 8000 7000
- contact@allier.fr
- Website
- allier.fr
Bus from Gare SNCF to Abri Bus Bd Desaix
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- laregionvoustransporte.fr
Bus from Gare Routière to Château d'Eau
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- laregionvoustransporte.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cardiff North Road to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bourges
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 806 70 33 33
- Website
- remi-centrevaldeloire.fr
Bus from Gare Routiere to Place Beurrière
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- remi-centrevaldeloire.fr
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–17
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–370
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €55–95
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–370
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Estimated price
- €150–190
Taxi Nevers : Taxi Loric à Nevers
Association Radio Taxis de Nevers
- Phone
- +33 3 86 59 58 00
- Website
- taxis-nevers.fr
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