There are 13 ways to get from Kiel to Cardiff by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane HAM - CWL
8h 17m£86–286Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 8m£268–568Train, bus
- Take the train from Bordesholm to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
22h 38m£109–215Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kiel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
11h 57mTrain to Hamburg Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HAM - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 44m£90–265Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAM - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 5m£148–355Drive to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Drive from Kiel to Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMScar
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane AMS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 27m£144–314Drive to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Drive from Kiel to Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMScar
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane AMS - CWL
8h 10m£140–385Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HAM - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 10m£126–345Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HAM - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 7m£119–333Train
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 17mBus
- Take the bus from Kiel central bus station to Hanover central bus stationbus N73
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
24h 52m£87–173Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kiel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
13h 6m£174–266
Kiel to Cardiff by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kiel to Cardiff is to bus which costs £85 - £180 and takes 24h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Kiel to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 8h 5m and costs £140 - £360.
No, there is no direct bus from Kiel station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Kiel central bus station and arriving at University RE via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Kiel to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Kiel Hbf and arriving at Cardiff Central via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 8m.
The distance between Kiel and Cardiff is 675 miles.
The best way to get from Kiel to Cardiff without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 8m and costs £260 - £600.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Kiel to Cardiff, including transfers.
Kiel to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kiel central bus station.
Kiel to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Kiel Hbf station.
The best way to get from Kiel to Cardiff is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 8m and costs £260 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £180 and takes 24h 52m.
What companies run services between Kiel, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Kiel Hbf to Cardiff Central via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 14h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kiel central bus station to University RE via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria in around 24h 52m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bordesholm to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- 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
- £30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- 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
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 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 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- 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
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- 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
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hamburg to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- 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
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kiel central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- £6–17
- 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
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Kiel to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Kiel. It is currently 2:11 AM in Kiel and 1:11 AM in Cardiff.
Kiel to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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