There are 12 ways to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, night train, or car ferry
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Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GOT - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 34m£69–181Train, bus via Copenhagen
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Köpenhamn Htrain
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
24h 24m£346–674Bus
- Take the bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus stationbus 173
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
33h 42m£146–265Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Gothenburg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
18h 28m£378–502Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane GOT - CWL
8h 2m£83–212Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GOT - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 19m£147–398Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GOT - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 59m£112–364Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CPH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 11m£108–283Fly Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GOT - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 59m£92–336Night train, train
- Take the night train from Goteborg C to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
25h 45mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
27hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Gothenburg to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
19h 32m£274–434
Gothenburg to Cardiff by train, foot, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £65 - £190 and takes 7h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 19m and costs £140 - £400.
No, there is no direct bus from Gothenburg to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Gothenburg and arriving at Kingsway GR via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Gothenburg to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Goteborg C and arriving at Cardiff Central via Hamburg Hbf, Bremen Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 45m.
The distance between Gothenburg and Cardiff is 805 miles.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Copenhagen which takes 24h 24m and costs £340 - £700.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff, including transfers.
Gothenburg to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gothenburg station.
Gothenburg to Cardiff train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Goteborg C station.
The best way to get from Gothenburg to Cardiff is to bus which takes 33h 42m and costs £140 - £270. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £80 - £220 and takes 8h 2m.
What companies run services between Gothenburg, Sweden and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Gothenburg to Kingsway GR via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria in around 33h 42m. Alternatively, KLM flies from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–180
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Stansted Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £23–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- [email protected]
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Köpenhamn H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Night train from Goteborg C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- [email protected]
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- 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
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Gothenburg to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Gothenburg. It is currently 6:13 AM in Gothenburg and 5:13 AM in Cardiff.
Gothenburg to Cardiff train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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