There are 12 ways to get from Esbjerg to Cardiff by bus, plane, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane BLL - CWL
8h 5m£175–401Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to København Htrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CPH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 11m£113–284Train, bus
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
19h 29m£185–383Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Esbjerg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
13h 55m£323–422Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BLL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 28m£126–350Bus to Billund Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BLL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 52m£149–387Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Exeter, train
- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Exeter (EXT)plane BLL - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 49m£142–567Bus to Billund Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BLL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 55m£137–362Train, bus via Brussels
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Amsterdam Schiphol Airportbus
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
19h 41m£273–506Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
28h 59m£138–257Bus
- Take the bus from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus 180
- Take the bus from Vejle Busterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 353 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
31h 11m£130–244Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Esbjerg to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
14h 59m£229–359
Esbjerg to Cardiff by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Esbjerg to Cardiff is to bus which costs £130 - £250 and takes 31h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Esbjerg to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 52m and costs £140 - £390.
No, there is no direct bus from Esbjerg to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade and arriving at Kingsway GR via Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport, Vejle Busterminal, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 11m.
The distance between Esbjerg and Cardiff is 653 miles.
The best way to get from Esbjerg to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus which takes 19h 29m and costs £180 - £390.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Esbjerg to Cardiff, including transfers.
Esbjerg to Cardiff bus services, operated by Sydtrafik, depart from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade station.
Esbjerg to Cardiff bus services, operated by Sydtrafik, arrive at Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Esbjerg. It is currently 6:51 PM in Esbjerg and 5:51 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1712+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Esbjerg, Denmark and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade to Kingsway GR via Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport, Vejle Trafikcenter, Vejle Busterminal, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, and London Victoria in around 31h 11m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–440
Flights from Billund Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Billund Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Billund Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–450
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
Flights from Billund Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Bristol Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Billund Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Billund Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Billund Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–350
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Esbjerg St. to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- 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
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Kolding station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- sydtrafik.dk
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
Bus from Frodesgade v Jyllandsgade to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kolding bus station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kolding bus station to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vejle Busterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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