There are 10 ways to get from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod by bus, train, car, shuttle, or plane
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Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Kraków to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus Kraków/Moscow
- Take the train from Moscow Vostochny Station to Nijnii Novgorod Moskovtrain 717Щ / ...
25h 7m₽8,496–18,956Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kraków to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus Kraków/Moscow
- Take the bus from Moscow Central Bus Station to Nizhny Novgorod Kanavinskiybus
27h 47m₽8,161–17,436Train, bus
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Centralnatrain Eip / ...
- Take the bus from Warsaw to Brestbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
- Take the train from Zheleznodorozhnaya to Nijnii Novgorod Moskovtrain
27h 43m₽9,374–32,114Drive 1,880.2 km
- Drive from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorodcar 1,880.2 km
23h 50m₽23,020–33,250Shuttle to Katowice International Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ)plane KTW - GOJ
33h 54m₽10,623–28,880Bus, train via Minsk
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Nizhny Novgorod Moskovskiy stationtrain 150Б/690Й
2d 8h₽10,711–28,742Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ)plane KRK - GOJ
11h 23m₽9,147–24,215Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumintrain
- Take the train from Bohumin to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ)plane VIE - GOJ
17h 8m₽15,465–53,666Train to Warsaw Chopin Airport, fly
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ)plane WAW - GOJ
15h 48m₽11,880–44,417Train, train to Brest Airport, fly
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Centralnatrain
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Terespoltrain
- Fly from Brest Airport (BQT) to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ)plane BQT - GOJ
13h 59m₽12,232–63,737
Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod is to bus and train via Minsk which costs RUB 10000 - RUB 29000 and takes 2 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod is to fly which takes 11h 23m and costs RUB 9000 - RUB 25000.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod. However, there are services departing from Kraków Jubilat and arriving at Nizhny Novgorod Kanavinskiy via Kraków, Метро «Преображенская площадь» and Moscow Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 47m.
The distance between Kraków and Nizhny Novgorod is 2033 km. The road distance is 1880.2 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod without a car is to bus and train which takes 25h 7m and costs RUB 8500 - RUB 19000.
It takes approximately 25h 7m to get from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod, including transfers.
Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, depart from Kraków station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod is to bus which takes 27h 47m and costs RUB 8000 - RUB 18000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs RUB 9000 - RUB 25000 and takes 11h 23m.
Kraków to Nizhny Novgorod bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, arrive at Moscow, International Bus Station.
Nizhny Novgorod is 1h ahead of Kraków. It is currently 12:17 AM in Kraków and 1:17 AM in Nizhny Novgorod.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia?
You can take a bus from Kraków Jubilat to Nizhny Novgorod Kanavinskiy via Kraków Ważewskiego, Kraków, Moscow, International Bus Station, Salaryevo, Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad, Метро «Преображенская площадь», Метро «Щёлковская», and Moscow Central Bus Station in around 27h 47m. Alternatively, Air Serbia flies from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ) once a week.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Tirana, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Budapest, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–27,000
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Podgorica, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Dubrovnik, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–24,000
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–27,000
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Vienna International Airport, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–28,000
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–28,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
Flights from Brest Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–35,000
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–44,000
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–43,000
- Website
- meraj.aero
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–44,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Moscow Vostochny Station to Nijnii Novgorod Moskov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–2,300
- Website
- Russian Railways
- Lastochka Train
- ₽1,300–1,900
- Commuter Electric Train
- ₽1,600–2,300
Train from Zheleznodorozhnaya to Nijnii Novgorod Moskov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–2,100
- Website
- Russian Railways
- Lastochka Train
- ₽1,300–1,800
- Commuter Electric Train
- ₽1,400–2,100
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Moscow Vostochny Station to Nijnii Novgorod Moskov
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–3,700
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽8,500–12,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽1,500–2,100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽2,600–3,700
Train from Minsk Pas to Nizhny Novgorod Moskovskiy station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,500–8,500
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽18,000–26,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,500–6,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽6,000–8,500
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽4,400–17,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–9,500
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bohumin to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽4,200–16,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽4,300–17,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽4,400–17,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Terespol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,100–12,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,700
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,000–1,600
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,700
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,700
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- 105
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–12,309
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,000–8,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,309
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽23,000–26,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–10,000
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,000–5,500
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- [email protected]
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Kraków to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,355–14,709
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- ₽14,709
- Children
- ₽7,355
Bus from Kraków to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,355–14,709
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- ₽14,709
- Children
- ₽7,355
- Phone
- +375 165 641144
- [email protected]
- Website
- pinskap.by
Bus from Warsaw to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–3,800
- Schedules at
- pinskap.by
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matuszek
Shuttle from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₽550–1,900
- Website
- Matuszek
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Moscow Central Bus Station to Nizhny Novgorod Kanavinskiy
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽900–2,100
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–21,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–9,500
- Website
- Intercars Europe
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