There are 9 ways to get from Dessau to Kraków by train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train
best- Take the train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain S2
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
9h 48mzł 537–2,203Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Re13 / ...
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1367
10h 43mzł 287–613Drive 636.3 km
- Drive from Dessau to Krakówcar 636.3 km
6h 34mzł 391–564Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Messetrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LEJ - KRK
8h 18mzł 413–1,473Train, bus via Dresden
- Take the train from Dessau Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Krakówbus Ivano-Frankivsk
13hTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BER - KRK
8h 36mzł 409–1,418Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane BER - KTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
8h 52mzł 470–1,541Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane BER - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glownytrain
7h 57mzł 473–2,174Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane PRG - KRK
9h 44m
Dessau to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dessau to Kraków is to train and bus which costs 280 zł - 650 zł and takes 10h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Dessau to Kraków is to drive which takes 6h 34m and costs 390 zł - 600 zł.
No, there is no direct train from Dessau to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Dessau Hbf and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Leipzig Hbf, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 48m.
The distance between Dessau and Kraków is 703 km. The road distance is 636.3 km.
The best way to get from Dessau to Kraków without a car is to train which takes 9h 48m and costs 500 zł - 2 200 zł.
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Dessau to Kraków, including transfers.
Dessau to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Dessau Hbf station.
Dessau to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dessau to Kraków is 636 km. It takes approximately 6h 34m to drive from Dessau to Kraków.
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What companies run services between Dessau, Germany and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Dessau Hbf to Krakow Glowny via Leipzig Hbf, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 9h 48m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,900
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 470–1,100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- zł 460–1,500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–900
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Messe
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 55–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 45–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 45–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 140–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 45–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–410
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–550
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–490
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejedolnoslaskie.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 180–340
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–400
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 190–750
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 75–120
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 240–410
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- matuszek.com.pl
Shuttle from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 25–80
- Website
- https://www.matuszek.com.pl/a_index.php?lang=en
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