There are 14 ways to get from Switzerland to Cardiff by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, 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.
Fly Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GVA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
5h 47m£51–194Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 14m£412–683Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
21h 32m£85–146Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
20h 41m£476–767Fly Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ZRH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
5h 48m£82–267Fly Basel to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BSL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
5h 40m£62–186Fly 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
6h 27m£134–379Fly Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GVA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 35m£128–377Fly Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZRH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 40m£134–350Fly Zurich Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 51m£156–459Fly Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane GVA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 36m£108–327Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
24h 42m£139–234Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zurich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
12h 45m£296–384Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
13h 43m£210–347
Switzerland to Cardiff by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Cardiff is to bus which costs £85 - £150 and takes 21h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 5h 40m and costs £60 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Switzerland to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Zürich and arriving at University RE via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Switzerland to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Zürich Stadelhofen and arriving at Cardiff Central via Zürich HB, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 14m.
The distance between Switzerland and Cardiff is 590 miles.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 14h 14m and costs £410 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 47m to get from Switzerland to Cardiff, including transfers.
Switzerland to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zürich station.
Switzerland to Cardiff train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Cardiff is to train which takes 14h 14m and costs £410 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £150 and takes 21h 32m.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Cardiff Central via Zürich HB, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 14h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zürich Stadelhofen to University RE via Zürich HB, Zürich, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 21h 32m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Basel to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Basel to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–170
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £220–340
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £190–310
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zürich to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Switzerland to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Switzerland. It is currently 9:06 PM in Switzerland and 8:06 PM in Cardiff.
Switzerland to Cardiff train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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