Cheapest€23.83
- FlixBus FB322506:506h 32m13:22Glasgow Buchanan Bus StationCardiff Sophia Gardens
Door to door 7h 16mCO2 13.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Glasgow to Cardiff bus
Buses from Glasgow to Cardiff start at €27.68 and take 7h 16m at their fastest.
The Buses from Glasgow to Cardiff starts at €27.68 and takes 7h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 493 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 7h 16mDoor to door
- 6h 32mMoving
- €27.68From
- 13.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €23.83 | 7h 13m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Cardiff Central. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Cardiff for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Glasgow to Cardiff
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €24.3860 days
- €22.1845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €28.2321 days
- €30.4314 days
- €40.887 days
- €53.533 days
- €60.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €60.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €44.18Sun
- €27.68Mon
- €33.18Tue
- €36.48Wed
- €30.43Thu
- €46.38Fri
- €39.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Glasgow
Bus
- Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Govan Bus Station
Cardiff
Bus
- Cardiff Sophia Gardens
- Cardiff Bus Interchange
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 493 km against 493 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Birkenhead, Preston, Liverpool, Widnes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Glasgow at 06:50 and the last at 06:50, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 14m | 1h 4m | 3h 10m | €60.91 | 125.0 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 7h 16m | 6h 32m | 44m | €27.68 | 13.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Glasgow to Cardiff
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff take?
The Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff takes 7h 16m door to door, of which 6h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 493 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 Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff cost?
The Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff starts at €27.68 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €23.83. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff?
1 operators run the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 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 Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff use?
The Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff leaves from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station and arrives at Cardiff Sophia Gardens. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Glasgow to Cardiff?
Traveling from Glasgow to Cardiff by Flight costs €60.91 and takes 4h 14m door to door, against 7h 16m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff?
Fares for the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff produce?
The Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff produces about 13.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 493 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff?
Operators on the Coach from Glasgow to Cardiff publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 modeled 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 Glasgow to Cardiff on September 10, 2026: 493 km of route against 493 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 7h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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