There are 10 ways to get from Košice to Rijeka by bus, train, night train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Košice to Budapest Népliget bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagrebbus 976 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 8m€99–126Train via Zagreb
cheapest- Take the train from Kosice to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Rijekatrain Re / ...
16h 55m€49–62Train, night train
- Take the train from Košice to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Simmeringtrain
- Take the train from Wien Simmering to Wiener Neustadt Hbftrain Re
- Take the nighttrain from Wiener Neustadt Hbf to Rijekanighttrain En
19h 21m€129–242Drive 760.6 km
- Drive from Košice to Rijekacar 760.6 km
7h 15m€118–170Train, bus
- Take the train from Kosice to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Zagrebbus 976 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 34m€91–117Train
- Take the train from Kosice to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Ljubljanatrain Ic
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rijekatrain 481
17h 1m€50–64Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane KSC - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
8h 26m€312–668Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane KSC - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
8h 5m€380–838Fly to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane KSC - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
9h 51m€463–1,097Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane KSC - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
7h 32m€355–875
Košice to Rijeka by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Košice to Rijeka is to train via Zagreb which costs €45 - €65 and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Košice to Rijeka is to drive which takes 7h 15m and costs €110 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Košice to Rijeka. However, there are services departing from Košice and arriving at Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Košice to Rijeka. However, there are services departing from Kosice and arriving at Rijeka via Keleti pályaudvar, Budapest-Deli and Zagreb Glavni Kol.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 55m.
The distance between Košice and Rijeka is 771 km. The road distance is 760.6 km.
The best way to get from Košice to Rijeka without a car is to bus which takes 11h 8m and costs €95 - €130.
It takes approximately 11h 8m to get from Košice to Rijeka, including transfers.
Košice to Rijeka bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Košice station.
Košice to Rijeka train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), depart from Kosice station.
The best way to get from Košice to Rijeka is to bus which takes 11h 8m and costs €95 - €130. Alternatively, you can train via Zagreb, which costs €45 - €65 and takes 16h 55m.
What companies run services between Košice, Slovakia and Rijeka, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Košice to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Zagreb, and Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 11h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Kosice to Rijeka via Budapest-Keleti, Keleti pályaudvar, Déli pályaudvar, Budapest-Deli, and Zagreb Glavni Kol. in around 16h 55m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Košice International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Košice International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Košice International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Košice International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Kosice to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Košice to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Simmering
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Kosice to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Kosice to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–19
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Wien Simmering to Wiener Neustadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Simmering to Wiener Neustadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Wiener Neustadt Hbf to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Košice to Budapest Népliget bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- [email protected]
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- GoOpti
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Booking & Getting There
Košice to Rijeka bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest Népliget bus station.
Košice to Rijeka train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Košice to Rijeka is 761 km. It takes approximately 7h 15m to drive from Košice to Rijeka.
Book your Košice to Rijeka bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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