There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Kraków by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, train, or shuttle
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LYS - KRK
5h 59mzł 293–1,026Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
18h 54mzł 1,426–4,349Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1316 / ...
23h 45mzł 600–1,000Drive 1,516.3 km
- Drive from Lyon to Krakówcar 1,516.3 km
15h 7mzł 1,012–1,461Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane GVA - KRK
7h 44mzł 472–1,165Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane LYS - KTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
8h 50mzł 494–1,049Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane LYS - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glownytrain
7h 47mzł 522–1,682Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhftrain 82
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
20h 9mzł 1,419–4,818Bus via Zurich
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquaibus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Krakówbus Ivano-Frankivsk
27h 41m
Lyon to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Kraków is to fly which costs 290 zł - 1 100 zł and takes 5h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs 290 zł - 1 100 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station station. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 23h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 54m.
The distance between Lyon and Kraków is 1232 km. The road distance is 1516.3 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Kraków without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 18h 54m and costs 1 400 zł - 4 400 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Lyon to Kraków, including transfers.
Lyon to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Kraków train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs 290 zł - 1 100 zł. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs 1 400 zł - 4 400 zł and takes 18h 54m, you could also bus, which costs 600 zł - 1 000 zł and takes 23h 45m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Kraków, Poland?
Wizz Air, Lufthansa, and Austrian Airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Krakow Glowny via Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 18h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 470–1,700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–750
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 450–750
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 550–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–490
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejedolnoslaskie.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–390
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 190–700
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 160–600
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–230
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 70–120
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- matuszek.com.pl
Shuttle from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 25–80
- Website
- https://www.matuszek.com.pl/a_index.php?lang=en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 140–210
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Lyon to Kraków train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Kraków is 1516 km. It takes approximately 15h 7m to drive from Lyon to Kraków.
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