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Travel by air

Our trains can take you to Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester airports. Take the stress out of getting to the airport - do it by train.

Please plan your journey to any of our Wales airports so you allow at least two hours plus check-in time from when your train arrives at the airport until the departure time of your flight.

Travel by air

Cardiff Airport

Integrated bus and train tickets are now available to Cardiff International Airport. With one ticket you can catch one of our trains to Rhoose (International Airport) and then connect onto the Adventure travel 905 bus to the airport. Total journey time from Cardiff Central is 42 minutes.

Trains run from Bridgend directly to Rhoose Cardiff International Airport every hour (every two hours on Sunday).

If you’re taking the train to Cardiff Airport from a location west of Bridgend, there’s no need to change at Cardiff Central. Get off at Bridgend and board a direct train for Rhoose. Ask one of our colleagues if you’re not sure. You can check train times on our app or website.

Visit the Cardiff Airport website

Birmingham International Airport

Trains run directly from Aberystwyth, Pwllheli and Shrewsbury to Birmingham International.

There are up to nine trains an hour between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.

From the station, you can get the free monorail to the airport, and it only takes two minutes. The monorail runs between 03:30 and 00:30 hours, and outside of that, the airport is only a 10-minute walk from the station.

Visit the Birmingham International Airport website

Manchester Airport

Trains run from North Wales and Chester direct to Manchester Airport in the morning and evening.

We run regular trains to Manchester Piccadilly and from there you can get connecting services from other operators. There are up to six trains an hour between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport. 

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Liverpool Airport

Trains run every hour from Chester, Liverpool South Parkway and Liverpool Lime Street to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

From the train station you can travel to the airport by bus on the 80A and 86A which run every 20 minutes. Integrated rail/bus tickets are available for this journey.

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