Gosport to Cardiff runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.89 and €24.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 58m over 170 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.89 to €24.54
- 102%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Gosport
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:13First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
First Great Western runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Gosport to Cardiff on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.44Tue15
- about €29.49Wed16
- about €23.99Thu17
- about €21.79Fri18
- about €26.19Sat19
- about €24.54Sun20
- about €16.29Mon21
- about €16.29Tue22
- about €16.84Wed23
- about €17.39Thu24
- about €21.79Fri25
- about €21.24Sat26
- about €17.39Sun27
- about €15.74Mon28
- about €14.09Tue29
- about €16.84Wed30
- about €16.84Thu1
- about €15.74Fri2
- about €15.74Sat3
- about €15.74Sun4
- about €11.89Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Cardiff. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cardiff for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Gosport to Cardiff
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.1990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €14.0945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8921 days
- €15.7414 days
- €16.297 days
- €23.993 days
- €23.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 102 percent. The dearest point is €23.99, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Gosport to Cardiff and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
170 km
162 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
81,952 → 372,089
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 170 km against 162 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 Southampton, Mendip, Weston-super-Mare, Bath. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
The fare from CWL into Cardiff is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Cardiff
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cardiff costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Cardiff Central
Most of the points near Cardiff Central open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Gosport 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 it take to get from Gosport to Cardiff?
The fastest journey from Gosport to Cardiff takes 1h 58m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 34m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Gosport to Cardiff?
The cheapest fare from Gosport to Cardiff is €11.89, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Gosport to Cardiff?
The cheapest way from Gosport to Cardiff is by ferry, at €15.74 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 56m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Gosport to Cardiff?
The fastest way from Gosport to Cardiff is by train, at 2h 6m door to door. Only 1h 22m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €24.54.
When should I book Gosport to Cardiff?
Fares from Gosport to Cardiff bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 102 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Gosport to Cardiff?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Gosport to Cardiff, at €15.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Gosport to Cardiff?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Gosport to Cardiff, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Gosport to Cardiff?
2 operators sell services from Gosport to Cardiff across 2 modes: Brittany Ferries, First Great Western. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Gosport to Cardiff?
33 percent of the services we sell from Gosport to Cardiff are direct. The rest connect at Southampton, Mendip, Weston-super-Mare, Bath, with about 69 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Gosport to Cardiff produce?
Travelling from Gosport to Cardiff by train produces about 5.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Ferry produces about 19.6 kg, roughly 3 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Gosport to Cardiff use?
Services from Gosport to Cardiff by train leave from Gosport railway station and arrive at Cardiff Central. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Gosport to Cardiff?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Gosport to Cardiff allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Gosport to Cardiff on 14 September 2026: 170 km of route against 162 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.89, and 1h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Cardiff a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Cardiff and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Cardiff in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Gosport reaches 63 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 840 km. Cardiff reaches 118 places in 15 countries, from 21 to 5,419 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Gosport
- 63Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Cardiff
Leaving Cardiff
- 118Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 22Operators