There are 12 ways to get from Erfurt to Cardiff by train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 55m£139–441Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Erfurt central train station to Frankfurt central train stationbus 220
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
20h 52m£30–59Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Erfurt to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
12hTrain to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane NUE - CWL
8h 27m£84–411Bus, train
- Take the bus from Erfurt central train station to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus 020
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 2m£88–212Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Erfurt to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
13h 8m£171–264Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane NUE - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 54m£90–248Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HAJ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 46m£118–296Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane HAJ - CWL
11h 14m£102–489Train to Frankfurt, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane FRA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 20m£111–333Train to Frankfurt, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane FRA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 56m£126–385Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane PRG - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 48m
Erfurt to Cardiff by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Erfurt to Cardiff is to bus which costs £30 - £60 and takes 20h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Erfurt to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs £80 - £420.
No, there is no direct bus from Erfurt station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Erfurt central train station and arriving at University RE via Frankfurt and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Erfurt to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Erfurt Hbf and arriving at Cardiff Central via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 55m.
The distance between Erfurt and Cardiff is 790 miles.
The best way to get from Erfurt to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 11h 55m and costs £130 - £450.
It takes approximately 11h 55m to get from Erfurt to Cardiff, including transfers.
Erfurt to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Erfurt central train station.
Erfurt to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Erfurt Hbf station.
The best way to get from Erfurt to Cardiff is to train which takes 11h 55m and costs £130 - £450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £60 and takes 20h 52m.
What companies run services between Erfurt, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Erfurt Hbf to Cardiff Central via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 11h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Erfurt central train station to University RE via Frankfurt and London Victoria in around 20h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–420
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–280
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bristol Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bristol Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £45–75
- 1st Class
- £100–170
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–19
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Erfurt central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Erfurt central train station to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Erfurt to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Erfurt. It is currently 8:11 PM in Erfurt and 7:11 PM in Cardiff.
Erfurt to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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