There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Wales by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Cologne
best- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 51
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf 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
14h 11m£158–497Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Newport Train Stationbus
22h 46m£40–64Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 22m£178–481Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Europe to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
11hTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane FRA - CWL
9h 41m£129–327Train
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 29m£163–606Train, bus via Dortmund
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Dortmund central bus stationbus 023 / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
20h 58m£88–135Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
12h 8m£160–248Train to Frankfurt, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane FRA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Newport (S Wales)train
9h 36m£117–314Train to Frankfurt, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane FRA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Newport (S Wales)train
9h 9m£134–415Train to Frankfurt, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane FRA - MAN
- Take the train from Crewe to Wrexham Generaltrain
9h 57m£113–269Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUS - MAN
- Take the train from Crewe to Wrexham Generaltrain
12h 17m£119–333
Europe to Wales by bus, train, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Wales is to train and bus which costs £40 - £65 and takes 22h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Wales is to train and fly which takes 9h 9m and costs £130 - £420.
The distance between Europe and Wales is 767 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Wales without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 11m and costs £150 - £500.
It takes approximately 14h 11m to get from Europe to Wales, including transfers.
Wales is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 10:37 PM in Europe and 9:37 PM in Wales.
There are 1592+ hotels available in Wales.
What companies run services between Europe and Wales?
You can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Cardiff Central via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 14h 11m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
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 Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–380
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- 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
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–24
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- 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 London Paddington to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £55–90
- 1st Class
- £120–200
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Birmingham New Street to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Wrexham General
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Wrexham General
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Newport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- 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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