There are 10 ways to get from Linz to Kraków by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
7h 51mzł 519–1,052Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus 1291
10h 45mzł 230–390Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Vienna Main train station to Krakow Central Bus Stationbus : Krakow Main Train Station - Vienna Airport / ...
9h 40mzł 249–618Night train
- Take the night train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Krakow Glownynighttrain En
9h 39mzł 440–1,600Drive 565.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Krakówcar 565.5 km
6h 32mzł 398–575Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane VIE - KRK
5h 54mzł 242–920Fly from Linz Airport
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LNZ - KRK
8h 4mzł 523–1,326Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane SZG - KRK
9h 2mzł 460–1,428Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane PRG - KRK
8h 50mzł 336–1,183Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane MUC - KRK
8h 5mzł 566–1,656
Linz to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Kraków is to bus which costs 230 zł - 390 zł and takes 10h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Kraków is to train and fly which takes 5h 54m and costs 240 zł - 950 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz Industriezeile and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 10h 45m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Linz/Donau Hbf and arriving at Krakow Glowny. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 39m.
The distance between Linz and Kraków is 631 km. The road distance is 565.5 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Kraków without a car is to train which takes 7h 51m and costs 500 zł - 1 100 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Linz to Kraków, including transfers.
Linz to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz Industriezeile station.
Linz to Kraków train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz/Donau Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Kraków is to train which takes 7h 51m and costs 500 zł - 1 100 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 230 zł - 390 zł and takes 10h 45m, you could also fly, which costs 500 zł - 1 400 zł and takes 8h 4m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Krakow Glowny via Wien Hbf in around 7h 51m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Linz Industriezeile to Krakow, MDA Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost zł 230–390 and the journey takes 10h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Linz Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–2,200
Flights from Salzburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,800
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–2,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–800
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–2,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–600
Flights from Linz Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–800
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–2,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,200
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- zł 130–200
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- zł 130–200
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- zł 140–210
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- zł 95–150
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 180–280
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- zł 180–280
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 95–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 65–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 140–280
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 170–310
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 420–750
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 170–310
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 250–440
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 160–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 160–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 180–270
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 85–390
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- zł 350–390
- Couchette Carriage
- zł 220–260
- Seating Carriage
- zł 85–110
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 90–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Night train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,600
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–300
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 100–180
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 210–370
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 26–30
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 95–410
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 90–180
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 190–390
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna Main train station to Krakow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 160–230
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 230–390
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Linz to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Linz to Kraków train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Kraków is 566 km. It takes approximately 6h 32m to drive from Linz to Kraków.
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