There are 10 ways to get from Arad to Katowice by bus, train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Brnobus
- Take the bus from Brno to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus FlixBus N1290 / ...
12h 46mzł 270–412Train
cheapest- Take the train from Arad to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati pu to Katowicetrain Ec 130
13h 56mzł 215–321Train via Vienna
- Take the train from Arad to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Katowicetrain Ec
12h 53mzł 599–945Drive 652.2 km
- Drive from Arad to Katowicecar 652.2 km
8h 28mzł 387–559Train to Oradea International Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Arad to Oradeatrain
- Fly from Oradea International Airport (OMR) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane OMR - KTW
9h 23mzł 323–1,196Bus via Budapest
- Take the bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus N910 / ...
13h 44mzł 295–552Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BUD - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
9h 20mzł 279–756Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane BUD - KTW
7h 37mzł 311–838Train to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Arad to Timisoara Nordtrain
- Fly from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane TSR - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
11h 18mzł 283–968Train, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane BUD - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowicetrain
10h 13mzł 309–1,543
Arad to Katowice by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Arad to Katowice is to train which costs 210 zł - 330 zł and takes 13h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Arad to Katowice is to train and fly which takes 7h 37m and costs 310 zł - 850 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Arad to Katowice station. However, there are services departing from Arad, Autogara Transdara and arriving at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa via Brno. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Arad to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Arad and arriving at Katowice via Budapest-Keleti and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 53m.
The distance between Arad and Katowice is 836 km. The road distance is 652.2 km.
The best way to get from Arad to Katowice without a car is to bus which takes 12h 46m and costs 270 zł - 420 zł.
It takes approximately 12h 46m to get from Arad to Katowice, including transfers.
Arad to Katowice bus services, operated by Omega Group, depart from Arad, Autogara Transdara station.
Arad to Katowice train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Arad station.
The best way to get from Arad to Katowice is to bus which takes 12h 46m and costs 270 zł - 420 zł. Alternatively, you can train via Vienna, which costs 600 zł - 950 zł and takes 12h 53m.
What companies run services between Arad, Romania and Katowice, Poland?
You can take a bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa via Brno in around 12h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Arad to Katowice via Budapest-Keleti and Wien Hbf in around 12h 53m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Oradea International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–800
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Oradea International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 170–500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–550
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–600
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–900
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Oradea International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,100
Flights from Oradea International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 85–420
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 85–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,500
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Arad to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–100
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 49–53
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–100
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 58–63
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 58–63
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 29–32
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 58–63
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–65
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 18–21
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 18–21
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 18–21
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–250
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- zł 170–250
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 340–600
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Budapest-Nyugati pu to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 120–220
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 70–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 70–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 70–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–190
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–190
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 190–750
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejeslaskie.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 21–29
- Website
- https://www.kolejeslaskie.com/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 21–29
- Website
- https://www.kolejeslaskie.com/en/
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejemalopolskie.com.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 180–260
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Brno to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 200–340
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brno to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 85–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 90–220
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
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Arad to Katowice bus services, operated by Omega Group, arrive at Brno station.
Katowice is 1h behind Arad. It is currently 11:17 AM in Arad and 10:17 AM in Katowice.
Arad to Katowice train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Arad to Katowice is 652 km. It takes approximately 8h 28m to drive from Arad to Katowice.
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