There are 12 ways to get from Zug to Cardiff by plane, train, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ZRH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 21m£84–246Train
- Take the train from Zug(Ch) to Ringsheim/Europa-Parktrain Ec
- Take the train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 41m£314–542Bus
- 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 37m£88–149Night 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
21h 9m£449–735Train to Basel, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BSL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 41m£95–227Fly Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 41m£127–271Fly 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
7h 18m£168–468Fly 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
7h 15m£141–359Fly Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ZRH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 11m£127–329Bus, 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 54m£147–273Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zug to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
13h 5m£282–363Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zug to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
14h 3m£195–326
Zug to Cardiff by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zug to Cardiff is to bus which costs £85 - £150 and takes 21h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Zug to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 21m and costs £80 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Zug 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 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Zug to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Zug(Ch) and arriving at Cardiff Central via Ringsheim/Europa-Park, Paris Nord, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 41m.
The distance between Zug and Cardiff is 648 miles.
The best way to get from Zug to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 11h 41m and costs £310 - £550.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Zug to Cardiff, including transfers.
Zug to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zürich station.
Zug to Cardiff train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Zug(Ch) station.
The best way to get from Zug to Cardiff is to train which takes 11h 41m and costs £310 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £150 and takes 21h 37m.
What companies run services between Zug, Switzerland and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Zug(Ch) to Cardiff Central via Ringsheim/Europa-Park, Paris Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 11h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zug to University RE via Zürich HB, Zürich, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 21h 37m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Basel to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Basel to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–440
- 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
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- 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
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- 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 Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- 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
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 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 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Zug(Ch) to Ringsheim/Europa-Park
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £55–80
- 2nd Class
- £40–55
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £170–290
- Website
- Eurostar
Night train from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £200–310
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- 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
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- 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
- £45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- 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
Zug to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Zug. It is currently 7:21 AM in Zug and 6:21 AM in Cardiff.
Zug to Cardiff train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Ringsheim/Europa-Park station.
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