Richmond to Cardiff runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €14.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 43m over 209 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €14.64, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€14.64
- 216%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Richmond
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.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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 €41.04Thu17
- about €31.69Fri18
- about €35.53Sat19
- about €30.04Sun20
- about €23.99Mon21
- about €23.99Tue22
- about €25.09Wed23
- about €21.24Thu24
- about €26.19Fri25
- about €25.64Sat26
- about €20.69Sun27
- about €22.34Mon28
- about €20.14Tue29
- about €23.99Wed30
- about €20.14Thu1
- about €19.04Fri2
- about €19.04Sat3
- about €19.04Sun4
- about €14.64Mon5
- about €14.64Tue6
- about €16.84Wed7
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
Sort by distance from Cardiff Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Richmond to Cardiff
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €13.5460 days
- €16.8445 days
- €13.5430 days
- €16.8421 days
- €23.9914 days
- €25.097 days
- €35.533 days
- €41.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 216 percent. The most expensive point is €41.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Richmond 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
209 km
199 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
21,469 → 372,089
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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 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 209 km against 199 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 Bristol, Marlow, Reading, Slough. 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.
The fare from CWL into Cardiff is the one price on this trip 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 cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Cardiff Central
Most of the points near Cardiff Central open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Richmond 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 it take to get from Richmond to Cardiff?
The fastest journey from Richmond to Cardiff takes 7h 43m door to door, of which 6h 28m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 8h 6m, 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 Richmond to Cardiff?
The cheapest fare from Richmond to Cardiff is €14.64, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.34. 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 Richmond to Cardiff?
The cheapest way from Richmond to Cardiff is by ferry, at €14.64 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 58m 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.
When should I book Richmond to Cardiff?
Fares from Richmond to Cardiff bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €12.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 216 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Richmond to Cardiff?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Richmond to Cardiff, at €20.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 16, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Richmond to Cardiff?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Richmond to Cardiff, at €12.44 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 service from Richmond to Cardiff?
No operator record names Richmond to Cardiff directly. Brittany Ferries publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Richmond to Cardiff?
20 percent of the services we sell from Richmond to Cardiff are direct. The rest connect at Bristol, Marlow, Reading, Slough, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Richmond to Cardiff use?
Services from Richmond to Cardiff by ferry leave from Richmond Landing Stage and arrive at Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Richmond to Cardiff?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Richmond 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 Richmond to Cardiff on September 16, 2026: 209 km of route against 199 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.64, and 7h 43m 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
Richmond reaches 32 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 397 km. Cardiff reaches 119 places in 15 countries, from 21 to 5,419 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Richmond
- 32Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Cardiff
Leaving Cardiff
- 119Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 22Operators