Public Transport to CWL
fanrailuk - You have shown that public transport between CWL and Cardiff is cheaper on all accounts than from BRS to Bristol.
However, you have failed to compare the level of service that the public are paying for, so please let me add to your post...
- Bus to the City Centre from Cardiff Airport is £5.00 single (£2 cheaper than Bristol) £0.41p per mile
CWL - Busses from the city centre take 30 minutes and run at 04:10, 05:10 and then every half an hour until 20:10, after which there is a 21:10 and the last one at 22:40.
BRS - Busses from the city centre take 30 minutes and run 24 hours a day (every 8 minutes between 06:00 and 19:00, every 20 minutes between 04:20 and 06:00 and between 19:00 and 01:20, and every hour from 01:20 to 04:20.
In summary, for much of the day one is paying £5 for a bus that runs every 30 minutes at CWL and £7 for a bus every 8 minutes at BRS, so you're not getting such a bad deal after all......
- Taxi from £17.50 if using the Flight Link Wales Green Link shuttle (£4.50 cheaper than Bristol) £1.45 per mile
- Taxi from £20 if using Business Drive Wales (£2 cheaper than Bristol) £1.66 per mile
- Train is £4.40 plus £1.00 for the bus link to the terminal (Option not available from Bristol) £0.45 per mile
BRS - There is no train direct to BRS however with buses running every 8 minutes from Bristol Temple Meads this isn't too inconvenient.
CWL - In comparison CWL does have a station nearby the airport. Trains however only run once every hour from Cardiff Central Station and take 30 minutes stopping at 7 stations along the way. There is then a 5 minute wait for a bus to take you to the terminal which takes another 7-10 minutes.
Another thing to add is that the first train to depart Cardiff Central for the airport is at 05:41 (arriving too late for the first wave of daily departures from CWL) and the last train at 22:51.
Not the most convenient option unfortunately.
Simples!