There are 12 ways to get from Münster to Cardiff by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 5m£237–474Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Heathrow Airport to Cardiff North Roadbus
19h 46m£61–161Bus
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Dortmundbus
- 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 / ...
16h 56mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Münster to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
9h 7m£231–289Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane DUS - CWL
7h 54m£111–309Train via Rotterdam
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Enschedetrain
- Take the train from Enschede to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
12h 23m£224–415Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Münster to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
10h 11m£126–221Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 57m£142–322Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUS - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 38m£155–435Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Rheine to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane AMS - CWL
8h 47m£96–374Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Rheine to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane AMS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 7m£87–303Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane DTM - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 47m
Münster to Cardiff by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Münster to Cardiff is to train and bus which costs £60 - £170 and takes 19h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Münster to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 7h 38m and costs £150 - £440.
No, there is no direct bus from Münster to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Münster-Mitte and arriving at University RE via DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Münster to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Münster Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Cardiff Central via Essen Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 5m.
The distance between Münster and Cardiff is 624 miles.
The best way to get from Münster to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 10h 5m and costs £230 - £480.
It takes approximately 10h 5m to get from Münster to Cardiff, including transfers.
Münster to Cardiff bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Münster-Mitte station.
Münster to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Münster Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Münster to Cardiff is to train which takes 10h 5m and costs £230 - £480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 56m.
What companies run services between Münster, Germany and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Cardiff Central via Essen Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 10h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Münster-Mitte to University RE via Dortmund, DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, and London Victoria in around 16h 56m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–120
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Enschede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Enschede to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hengelo to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hengelo to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
- 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
- £50–80
- 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
- £29–70
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Heathrow Airport to Cardiff North Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- 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
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Münster to Cardiff bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Dortmund station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Münster. It is currently 3:55 PM in Münster and 2:55 PM in Cardiff.
Münster to Cardiff train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Essen Hbf station.
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