There are 12 ways to get from Rostock to Cardiff by train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bergedorftrain Re1
- Take the train from Hamburg-Bergedorf 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 12m£189–453Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rostock central bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus 032 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
26h 32m£106–202Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rostock to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
12h 46mTrain to Hamburg Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane HAM - CWL
10h 25m£120–326Train via Hamburg
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain 33 / ...
- 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
18h 12mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain 33 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 48mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Rostock to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
13h 55m£182–297Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof 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
10h 37m£125–381Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 24m£117–298Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof 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
9h 33m£159–422Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof 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
10h 43m£157–387Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane HAM - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 22m£149–458
Rostock to Cardiff by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rostock to Cardiff is to bus which costs £100 - £210 and takes 26h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Rostock to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 8h 24m and costs £110 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Rostock station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Rostock central bus station and arriving at University RE via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Rostock to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Rostock Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Cardiff Central via Hamburg-Bergedorf, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 12m.
The distance between Rostock and Cardiff is 930 miles.
The best way to get from Rostock to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 16h 12m and costs £180 - £460.
It takes approximately 16h 12m to get from Rostock to Cardiff, including transfers.
Rostock to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rostock central bus station.
Rostock to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Rostock Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Rostock to Cardiff is to train which takes 16h 12m and costs £180 - £460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £100 - £210 and takes 26h 32m.
What companies run services between Rostock, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Cardiff Central via Hamburg-Bergedorf, Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 16h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rostock central bus station to University RE via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 26h 32m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bergedorf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Bergedorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rostock Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 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 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- 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
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rostock central bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/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
- £17–27
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Rostock to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Rostock. It is currently 6:30 PM in Rostock and 5:30 PM in Cardiff.
Rostock to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Bergedorf station.
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