There are 12 ways to get from Kraków to Manchester by plane, train (Eurostar), shuttle, bus, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane KRK - MAN
5h 11m£44–159Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Liverpool, train
cheapest- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Liverpool (LPL)plane KRK - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 16m£37–207Train
- 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 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
21h 29m£344–1,070Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
31h 36m£174–309Train, night train
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
27h 34m£268–614Shuttle to Katowice International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane KTW - MAN
6h 22m£63–183Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane KRK - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
7h 25m£56–180Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KRK - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 35m£71–242Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to East Midlands Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane KRK - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 15m£65–248Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus 986
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
38h 31m£169–315Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kraków to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
18h 50m£370–491Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kraków to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
19h 52m£261–423
Kraków to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Manchester is to fly which costs £40 - £160 and takes 5h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Manchester is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs £40 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków station to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station and arriving at Manchester Central Coach Station via Warsaw, Bus Station West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 29m.
The distance between Kraków and Manchester is 992 miles.
The best way to get from Kraków to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 21h 29m and costs £340 - £1,100.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Kraków to Manchester, including transfers.
Kraków to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Kraków to Manchester train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Krakow Glowny station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Manchester is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs £40 - £160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £340 - £1,100 and takes 21h 29m, you could also bus, which costs £160 - £320 and takes 38h 31m.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Manchester, England?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and four other airlines fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Manchester Airport (MAN) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Krakow Glowny to Manchester Piccadilly via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 21h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–160
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–110
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–110
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to East Midlands Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to East Midlands Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- National Express
- 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
- £5–16
- Website
- Matuszek
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 Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Kraków to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Manchester is 1h behind Kraków. It is currently 12:14 PM in Kraków and 11:14 AM in Manchester.
Kraków to Manchester train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wroclaw Glowny station.
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