There are 8 ways to get from Tralee to Cardiff by train, ferry, bus, or plane
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Train, ferry
best- Take the train from Tralee to Dublin Heustontrain Ic / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 38m£125–223Fly Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane KIR - CWL
16h 59m£36–155Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Tralee Bus Station to Cork Bus Stnbus 40
- Take the bus from Cork Andersn's Quay to SETU Cork Roadbus 600
- Take the bus from SETU Cork Road to Wexford Hosplbus 340
- Take the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Fishguard Harbourferry 0
- Take the train from Fishguard Harbour to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 29m£97–180Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Tralee Bus Station to Cork Bus Stnbus 40
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Stn to Waterford Bus Stnbus 40
- Take the bus from Waterford Bus Stn to Rosslare Europortbus 370
- Take the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Pembroke Dockferry
- Take the bus from Upper Park Road to Sophia Gardensbus 112
18h 40m£74–220Fly Kerry Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane KIR - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 39m£65–204Train to Cork Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Tralee to Corktrain
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ORK - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 44m£87–198Fly Kerry Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane KIR - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 38m£107–441Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Tralee to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane DUB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 6m£63–182
Tralee to Cardiff by train, tram, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tralee to Cardiff is to fly which costs £35 - £160 and takes 16h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Tralee to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 38m and costs £100 - £450.
The distance between Tralee and Cardiff is 510 miles.
The best way to get from Tralee to Cardiff without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 38m and costs £120 - £230.
It takes approximately 14h 38m to get from Tralee to Cardiff, including transfers.
There are 1709+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Tralee, Ireland and Cardiff, Wales?
Ryanair flies from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport via Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport via Luton Airport, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport via Manchester, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Kerry Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Stansted, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bristol Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Kerry Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–120
Flights from Kerry Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £22–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–85
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bristol Airport via Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Tralee to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £24–35
Train from Tralee to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £10–15
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Fishguard Harbour to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Tralee Bus Station to Cork Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Cork Andersn's Quay to SETU Cork Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Waterford Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Waterford Bus Stn to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Cork Andersn's Quay to SETU Cork Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Waterford Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- 053 9142742
- info@wexfordbus.com
- Website
- wexfordbus.com
Bus from SETU Cork Road to Wexford Hospl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.wexfordbus.com/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Waterford Bus Stn to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Upper Park Road to Sophia Gardens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–27
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Fishguard Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £9–26
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Pembroke Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £18–110
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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