There are 10 ways to get from Kraków to Kassel by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KRK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
6h 6m€118–307Shuttle 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 40m€73–242Train via Wrocław
- 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 43m€109–227Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kasselbus N1360b
14h 20m€85–130Drive 859.6 km
- Drive from Kraków to Kasselcar 859.6 km
7h 25m€126–182Fly 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 39m€178–397Fly 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
8h 5m€129–355Fly 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 34m€109–415Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kraków to Dresdenbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Ec
16h 25m€156–181Train
- Take the train from Krakow Plaszow to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Hauptbahnhoftrain Rb5
18h 26m
Kraków to Kassel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Kassel is to bus which costs €85 - €130 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Kassel is to fly and train which takes 6h 6m and costs €110 - €310.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station station and arriving at Kassel. Services depart five times a week, 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 43m.
The distance between Kraków and Kassel is 1018 km. The road distance is 859.6 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Kassel without a car is to train via Wrocław which takes 10h 43m and costs €100 - €230.
It takes approximately 6h 6m 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 Wrocław which takes 10h 43m and costs €100 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €130 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 43m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kassel 5 times a week. Tickets cost €85–130 and the journey takes 14h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hannover Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–100
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Plaszow to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- €5–19
- Website
- Matuszek
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Kraków to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–85
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
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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