There are 9 ways to get from Heidelberg to Katowice by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Katowice International Airport
best- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane FRA - KTW
7h 57mzł 423–1,385Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus N1309
15h 39mzł 387–610Train via Dresden
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 62 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowicetrain 96 / ...
14h 16mzł 690–1,823Drive 890.5 km
- Drive from Heidelberg to Katowicecar 890.5 km
8h 58mzł 578–835Train to Frankfurt, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
7h 41mzł 465–1,214Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hagen Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane DTM - KTW
8h 39mzł 389–1,315Train to Frankfurt, fly to Wroclaw, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowicetrain
8h 58mzł 558–1,448Train
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 62 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Bohumintrain Drf
- Take the train from Bohumin to Katowicetrain Ec
19h 8mTrain, bus
- Take the train from HD-Pfaffengrund/Wieblingen to Frankfurttrain Rb68
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Katowicebus Ivano-Frankivsk
26h 38mzł 820–1,134
Heidelberg to Katowice by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Heidelberg to Katowice is to bus which costs 380 zł - 650 zł and takes 15h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Heidelberg to Katowice is to train and fly which takes 7h 41m and costs 460 zł - 1 300 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Heidelberg to Katowice station. However, there are services departing from Heidelberg Post Waypoint and arriving at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa via Mannheim central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Heidelberg to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Katowice via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 16m.
The distance between Heidelberg and Katowice is 866 km. The road distance is 890.5 km.
The best way to get from Heidelberg to Katowice without a car is to train via Dresden which takes 14h 16m and costs 650 zł - 1 900 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Heidelberg to Katowice, including transfers.
Heidelberg to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mannheim central bus station.
Heidelberg to Katowice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Heidelberg to Katowice is to train via Dresden which takes 14h 16m and costs 650 zł - 1 900 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 380 zł - 650 zł and takes 15h 39m.
What companies run services between Heidelberg, Germany and Katowice, Poland?
You can take a train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Katowice via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec Bahnhof, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 14h 16m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Mannheim central bus station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa once daily. Tickets cost zł 380–600 and the journey takes 14h 20m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 470–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport via Billund
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 120–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–2,100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 360–850
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 230–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from HD-Pfaffengrund/Wieblingen to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 65–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–280
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 80–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–170
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–170
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 20–28
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 85–100
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 35–50
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 18–22
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 380–600
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 750–850
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Heidelberg to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa.
Heidelberg to Katowice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Heidelberg to Katowice is 891 km. It takes approximately 8h 58m to drive from Heidelberg to Katowice.
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