There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Cardiff by train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via London
best- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 54m£147–289Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
19h 50m£86–131Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
18h 14m£87–194Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hanover to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
10h 23m£254–323Fly Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HAJ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 4m£116–232Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h 15m£137–252Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
11h 27m£167–285Fly Hannover Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane HAJ - CWL
8h 12m£108–273Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BRE - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 48m£107–380Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane BRE - CWL
9h 6m£118–386Fly Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAJ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 38m£143–402
Hanover to Cardiff by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Cardiff is to bus which costs £85 - £140 and takes 19h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 38m and costs £140 - £410.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at University RE via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Cardiff Central via Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 54m.
The distance between Hanover and Cardiff is 746 miles.
The best way to get from Hanover to Cardiff without a car is to train via London which takes 11h 54m and costs £140 - £290.
It takes approximately 11h 54m to get from Hanover to Cardiff, including transfers.
Hanover to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Cardiff train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Hannover Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Cardiff is to train via London which takes 11h 54m and costs £140 - £290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £140 and takes 19h 50m, you could also fly, which costs £100 - £280 and takes 8h 12m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Hannover Hbf to Cardiff Central via Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 11h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to University RE via London Victoria in around 19h 50m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–320
Flights from Bremen Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–500
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bristol Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bristol Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Bremen Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Stansted, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bristol Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–350
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- 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 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- 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 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- 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
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- Sindbad
- 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
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- 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
Hanover to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Hanover. It is currently 11:38 PM in Hanover and 10:38 PM in Cardiff.
Hanover to Cardiff train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Amsterdam Centraal station.
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