There are 12 ways to get from Kraków to Kassel by train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train via Leipzig
best- 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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 51 / ...
10h 27m€136–581Shuttle to Katowice International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane KTW - DTM
- Take the train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
8h 21m€70–323Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kasselbus N1360b
14h 20m€85–150Drive 859.6 km
- Drive from Kraków to Kasselcar 859.6 km
7h 25m€123–177Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRK - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
7h 37m€128–445Train
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the train from Ostrava hl.n. to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Drf
16h 48mBus, train
- Take the bus from Kraków to Dresdenbus
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Glauchau(Sachs)train Re
- Take the train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Göttingentrain Re1
- Take the train from Göttingen to Kassel Hauptbahnhoftrain
17h 49mFly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane KRK - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
7h 35m€137–382Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KRK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
6h 32m€117–367Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane KRK - FMO
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
11h 19m€98–499Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane KRK - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
8h 25m€180–608Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane KRK - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
10h 10m€120–541
Kraków to Kassel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Kassel is to bus which costs €85 - €150 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Kassel is to fly and train which takes 6h 32m and costs €110 - €370.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station station and arriving at Kassel. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 14h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe via Wroclaw Glowny and Leipzig Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 27m.
The distance between Kraków and Kassel is 886 km. The road distance is 859.6 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Kassel without a car is to train via Leipzig which takes 10h 27m and costs €130 - €600.
It takes approximately 10h 27m to get from Kraków to Kassel, including transfers.
Kraków to Kassel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Kraków to Kassel train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Krakow Glowny station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Kassel is to train via Leipzig which takes 10h 27m and costs €130 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 14h 20m.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Kassel, Germany?
You can take a train from Krakow Glowny to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe via Wroclaw Glowny and Leipzig Hbf in around 10h 27m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kassel once daily. Tickets cost €85–150 and the journey takes 14h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–700
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–440
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–440
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- 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
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- 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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Ostrava hl.n. to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice 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 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Dresden Hbf to Glauchau(Sachs)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Kassel Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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 Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Kraków to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- 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
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Kraków to Kassel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kassel station.
Kraków to Kassel train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wroclaw Glowny station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kraków to Kassel is 860 km. It takes approximately 7h 25m to drive from Kraków to Kassel.
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