There are 9 ways to get from Mainz to Kraków by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
5h 13mzł 373–963Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mainz central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1310 / ...
15h 40mzł 340–600Train via Dresden
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhoftrain 50
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof 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 / ...
14h 8mzł 798–3,073Drive 1,000.1 km
- Drive from Mainz to Krakówcar 1,000.1 km
8h 38mzł 611–883Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane STR - KRK
6h 52mzł 398–1,573Fly Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane FRA - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glownytrain
6h 53mzł 451–1,667Fly Frankfurt to Wroclaw, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain
7h 54mzł 598–1,654Train
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Ostrava hl.n.train Drf
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
19h 9mBus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Krakówbus Ivano-Frankivsk
26h 52mzł 788–863
Mainz to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Kraków is to bus which costs 340 zł - 600 zł and takes 15h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 13m and costs 370 zł - 1 000 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Mainz central train station station and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station station. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 15h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Mainz to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Mainz, Römisches Theater and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Frankfurt, Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 8m.
The distance between Mainz and Kraków is 841 km. The road distance is 1000.1 km.
The best way to get from Mainz to Kraków without a car is to train via Dresden which takes 14h 8m and costs 800 zł - 3 100 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 13m to get from Mainz to Kraków, including transfers.
Mainz to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mainz central train station.
Mainz to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Frankfurt station.
The best way to get from Mainz to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 13m and costs 370 zł - 1 000 zł. Alternatively, you can train via Dresden, which costs 800 zł - 3 100 zł and takes 14h 8m, you could also bus, which costs 340 zł - 600 zł and takes 15h 40m.
What companies run services between Mainz, Germany and Kraków, Poland?
Lufthansa, LOT, and Austrian Airlines fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Krakow Glowny via Frankfurt, Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 14h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 490–650
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 490–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 490–650
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–950
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 490–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Poznan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 370–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–2,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 390–650
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–480
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 80–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 150–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–290
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–300
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 180–330
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–380
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 180–700
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 60–90
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt to Ostrava hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 45–75
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–290
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 40–70
- Website
- RegioJet
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mainz central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 340–600
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 750–800
- Website
- Grand Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Mainz to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Mainz to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mainz to Kraków is 1000 km. It takes approximately 8h 38m to drive from Mainz to Kraków.
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