There are 12 ways to get from Mannheim to Cardiff by train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 43 / ...
- 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
9h 55m£138–415Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus 108 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
19h 12m£22–48Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Mannheim to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
10h 16mTrain, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane FRA - CWL
7h 46m£110–289Train
- Take the train from Mannheim Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h£121–321Bus via London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus 108 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Heathrow Airport to Cardiff North Roadbus
23h 29m£59–125Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Mannheim to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
11h 25m£155–241Train, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane FRA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 43m£86–226Train, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane FRA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 16m£101–308Train, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane FRA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 52m£116–350Train, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane FRA - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 59m£139–409Train, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane FRA - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 57m£123–327
Mannheim to Cardiff by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mannheim to Cardiff is to bus which costs £22 - £50 and takes 19h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Mannheim to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 6h 52m and costs £110 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Mannheim station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Mannheim central bus station and arriving at University RE via Frankfurt and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Mannheim to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Cardiff Central via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 55m.
The distance between Mannheim and Cardiff is 668 miles.
The best way to get from Mannheim to Cardiff without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 9h 55m and costs £130 - £420.
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from Mannheim to Cardiff, including transfers.
Mannheim to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mannheim central bus station.
Mannheim to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Mannheim to Cardiff is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 9h 55m and costs £130 - £420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £22 - £50 and takes 19h 12m.
What companies run services between Mannheim, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Cardiff Central via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 9h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mannheim central bus station to University RE via Frankfurt and London Victoria in around 19h 12m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
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 London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- 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
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–470
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £11–17
- 1st Class
- £19–35
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £50–75
- 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
- £35–100
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £30–50
- 1st Class
- £50–75
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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Heathrow Airport to Cardiff North Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- 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
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Mannheim to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Mannheim. It is currently 8:31 PM in Mannheim and 7:31 PM in Cardiff.
Mannheim to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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