There are 9 ways to get from Kraków to Charleroi by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane KRK - CRL
4h 38m€44–265Train via Leipzig
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Charleroi-Centraltrain Ic / ...
16h 37m€222–925Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Aachen station westbus N1310
- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Charleroi Gare Centralebus 820
22h 30m€123–203Drive 1,292.2 km
- Drive from Kraków to Charleroicar 1,292.2 km
11h 16m€199–288Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane KRK - BRU
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Centraltrain
5h 48m€82–247Shuttle to Katowice International Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane KTW - CRL
5h 49m€59–201Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane KRK - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Centraltrain
7h 30m€150–391Train
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the train from Ostrava hl.n. to Frankfurttrain Drf
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Charleroi-Centraltrain Ic / ...
24h 20mBus, train
- Take the bus from Kraków to Dusseldorf Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrathtrain Re
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guilleminstrain S43
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Charleroi-Centraltrain Ic / ...
32h 56m
Kraków to Charleroi by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Charleroi is to fly which costs €40 - €270 and takes 4h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Charleroi is to fly which takes 4h 38m and costs €40 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków station to Charleroi. However, there are services departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station and arriving at Charleroi Gare Centrale via Aachen station west. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Charleroi. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Charleroi-Central via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Frankfurt and Liège-Guillemins. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 37m.
The distance between Kraków and Charleroi is 1112 km. The road distance is 1292.2 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Charleroi without a car is to train via Leipzig which takes 16h 37m and costs €220 - €950.
It takes approximately 4h 38m to get from Kraków to Charleroi, including transfers.
Kraków to Charleroi bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Kraków to Charleroi train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Krakow Glowny station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Charleroi is to fly which takes 4h 38m and costs €40 - €270. Alternatively, you can train via Leipzig, which costs €220 - €950 and takes 16h 37m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €210 and takes 22h 30m.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Charleroi, Belgium?
Ryanair flies from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Krakow Glowny to Charleroi-Central via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Frankfurt, and Liège-Guillemins in around 16h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Ostrava hl.n. to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- €11–17
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aachen station west to Charleroi Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- matuszek.com.pl
Shuttle from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €5–19
- Website
- https://www.matuszek.com.pl/a_index.php?lang=en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Kraków to Dusseldorf Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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Kraków to Charleroi bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Aachen station west.
Kraków to Charleroi train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wroclaw Glowny station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kraków to Charleroi is 1292 km. It takes approximately 11h 16m to drive from Kraków to Charleroi.
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