There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Iași by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Iași International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane LTN - IAS
8h 7m$214–787Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Iași International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane BRS - IAS
8h 25m$90–372Train, bus via Bucharest
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the train from Bucharest to Nicolina Hm.train
39h 46m$280–347Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidlingtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Simeriatrain 347
- Take the train from Simeria to Iașitrain
46h 8m$606–954Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Iașicar
28h 46m$628–860Fly Cardiff Airport to Iași International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane CWL - IAS
12h 31m$218–760Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Bacău International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bacău International Airport (BCM)plane LTN - BCM
- Take the bus from Bacǎu Airport to Iasi, Autogara Vestbus
10h 57mTrain, train to Luton Airport, fly to Suceava
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Suceava (SCV)plane LTN - SCV
- Take the train from Suceava to Iașitrain
11h 54m$202–642Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane LTN - RMO
- Take the bus from Trușeni to Iasi, Autogara Codreanubus
12h 56mBus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Iasi, Autogara Codreanubus
47h 39mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain Swansea - London Paddington / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Iasi, Autogara Codreanubus
2d 7h$183–297Bus via Bălţi
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bălțibus
- Take the bus from Bălți to Iasi Airportbus
2d 11hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Iașicar
29h 55m$505–808
Luton Airport (LTN) to Iași International Airport (IAS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Iași is to train and fly which costs $90 - $380 and takes 8h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Iași is to train and fly which takes 8h 7m and costs $210 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Iași. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Iasi, Autogara Codreanu via Green Line Coach Station, Marylebone Station and London Stonebridge. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Iași. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Iași via Paddington, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Meidling and Simeria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 8m.
The distance between Cardiff and Iași is 2360 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Iași without a car is to train and bus via Bucharest which takes 39h 46m and costs $280 - $350.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Cardiff to Iași, including transfers.
Cardiff to Iași bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Iași train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Iași is to train which takes 46h 8m and costs $600 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $210 - $800 and takes 12h 31m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 47h 39m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Iași, Romania?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Iași via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Meidling, and Simeria in around 46h 8m. Alternatively, Aer Lingus, HiSky, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Iași International Airport (IAS) 4 times a week.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Bristol Airport to Iași International Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Iași International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–350
Flights from Bristol Airport to Iași International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–350
Flights from Luton Airport to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bacău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–750
Flights from Luton Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–480
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Iași International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Iași International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bacău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Luton Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Nicolina Hm.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $34–38
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Simeria to Iași
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $52–57
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Suceava to Iași
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–380
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Meidling to Simeria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $157
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $157
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Suceava to Iași
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0744-58.56.58
- Website
- pagebotrans.ro
Bus from Bacǎu Airport to Iasi, Autogara Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- pagebotrans.ro
- Phone
- +40735123000
- [email protected]
- Website
- trendbus.ro
Bus from Bacǎu Airport to Iasi, Autogara Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romtransexpress.autogari.ro
Bus from Bălți to Iasi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- romtransexpress.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +37360600488
- https://transmixt.md/
- Website
- transmixt.md
Bus from Trușeni to Iasi, Autogara Codreanu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transmixt.md
- Book at
- transmixt.md
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Iasi, Autogara Codreanu
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +373 69 581 101
- [email protected]
- Website
- alverstur.md
Bus from London Victoria to Iasi, Autogara Codreanu
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Schedules at
- alverstur.md
- Phone
- +373 78 59 59 59
- [email protected]
- Website
- begoo.md
Bus from London Victoria to Bălți
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $79–135
- Schedules at
- begoo.md
- Adults
- $135
- Student
- $135
- Retiree
- $135
- Children
- $79
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Cardiff to Iași bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Iași is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 9:06 AM in Cardiff and 11:06 AM in Iași.
Cardiff to Iași train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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