There are 12 ways to get from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
7h 55m£141–503Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Liège GuilleminsN79 / ...
- Take the bus from Liege to Calais
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
14h 50m£40–89Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Geilenkirchen to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
7h 50mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)DUS - CWL
7h 46m£118–351Train, bus
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Sophia Gardens201 / ...
10h 7m£95–331Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Geilenkirchen to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
8h 54m£131–192Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)DUS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
8h 1m£102–250Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)AMS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
8h 6m£83–277Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)AMS - CWL
7h 51m£109–368Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)DUS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
7h 43m£103–304Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)DUS - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
7h 9m£114–362Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Sittard to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)EIN - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 36m£107–357
Geilenkirchen to Cardiff by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff is to bus which costs £35 - £90 and takes 14h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 7h 9m and costs £110 - £370.
No, there is no direct train from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Geilenkirchen and arriving at Cardiff Central via Aachen, Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 55m.
The distance between Geilenkirchen and Cardiff is 490 miles.
The best way to get from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 7h 55m and costs £140 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff, including transfers.
Geilenkirchen to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Aachen, Hbf station.
The best way to get from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff is to train which takes 7h 55m and costs £140 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £35 - £90 and takes 14h 50m.
Cardiff is 1h behind Geilenkirchen. It is currently 6:58 AM in Geilenkirchen and 5:58 AM in Cardiff.
Geilenkirchen to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Bruxelles Midi station.
What companies run services between Geilenkirchen, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Geilenkirchen to Cardiff Central via Aachen, Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 7h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Geilenkirchen to Kingsway GD via Aachen West, Aachen station west, Liège Guillemins, Liege, Calais, Gare Sncf, Terminal Ferry, Calais, and London Victoria in around 14h 50m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- 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
- £75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £31–36
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- 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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £50–75
- 1st Class
- £100–180
Train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £22–35
- 1st Class
- £40–75
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £29–33
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- £29–33
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £9–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- £9–10
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–17
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- £15–17
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Aachen station west to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Aachen station west to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Liege to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Sophia Gardens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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