Cheapest€16.29
- Brittany Ferries BF494806:116h 20m12:31The Little Green Boat Company - StainesCardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons
Door to door 7h 50mCO2 22.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff ferry
Ferries from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff start at €18.49 and take 7h 50m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff starts at €18.49 and takes 7h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 195 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 50mDoor to door
- 6h 20mMoving
- €18.49From
- 22.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 27 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€37.73
- Brittany Ferries BF554307:301h 23m08:53The Little Green Boat Company - StainesThames RiverCruise
- Great Western Railway GW274909:451h 13m10:58Reading StationCardiff Central
Changes at Reading, with 52 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 4h 35mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €16.29 | 7h 24m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.6990 days
- €14.0960 days
- €12.9945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €17.9421 days
- €23.9914 days
- €27.837 days
- €26.743 days
- €34.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €34.98, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.89Sun
- €18.49Mon
- €18.49Tue
- €19.04Wed
- €19.59Thu
- €24.54Fri
- €23.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Staines
Ferry
- The Little Green Boat Company - Staines
Cardiff
Ferry
- Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons
- City Centre Water Bus Stop
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 195 km against 185 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Reading, Bristol, Didcot, Weston-super-Mare. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Staines-upon-Thames at 06:11 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff take?
The Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff takes 7h 50m door to door, of which 6h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 195 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff cost?
The Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff starts at €18.49 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €22.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff?
1 operators run the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff use?
The Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff leaves from The Little Green Boat Company - Staines and arrives at Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff?
Fares for the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff produce?
The Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff produces about 22.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 195 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff?
Operators on the Ferry from Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Staines-upon-Thames to Cardiff on 12 September 2026: 195 km of route against 185 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 7h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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