There are 14 ways to get from Olten to Cardiff by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ZRH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 25m£107–284Fly Basel to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BSL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 29m£75–265Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 26m£262–788Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
21h 5m£84–170Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Olten to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
12h 25mFly Basel to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BSL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 19m£147–470Train to Zurich Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZRH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 15m£169–379Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 46m£143–409Train to Zurich Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 26m£179–439Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Olten to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GVA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 10m£122–304Fly Basel to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BSL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 19m£127–360Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 5m£257–713Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 11m£137–294Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Olten to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
13h 28m£190–271
Olten to Cardiff by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Olten to Cardiff is to bus which costs £80 - £170 and takes 21h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Olten to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 6h 25m and costs £100 - £290.
No, there is no direct train from Olten to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Olten and arriving at Cardiff Central via Basel SBB, Mannheim Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 26m.
The distance between Olten and Cardiff is 664 miles.
The best way to get from Olten to Cardiff without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 16h 26m and costs £260 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 25m to get from Olten to Cardiff, including transfers.
Olten to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Olten to Cardiff is to train via Mannheim which takes 16h 26m and costs £260 - £800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £170 and takes 21h 5m.
Cardiff is 1h behind Olten. It is currently 7:23 PM in Olten and 6:23 PM in Cardiff.
Olten to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
What companies run services between Olten, Switzerland and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Olten to Cardiff Central via Basel SBB, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Mannheim Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 16h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Olten to University RE via Basel SBB, Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB), Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, and London Victoria in around 21h 5m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Basel to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Basel to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Olten to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £22–27
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £29–45
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100–140
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £29–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £35–55
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £55–70
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £75–110
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £26–40
- 1st Class
- £35–50
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £50–80
- 1st Class
- £100–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £42–47
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £65–95
- 2nd Class
- £50–70
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £65–100
- 1st Class
- £130–230
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £75–120
- 1st Class
- £160–270
Train from Köln Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £100–150
- Comfort
- £120–180
- Premium
- £160–210
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- 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
- £45–60
- 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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