There are 7 ways to get from Metz to Kraków by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, or car
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Train to Luxembourg, fly
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LUX - KRK
6h 51mzł 299–944Train via Dresden
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Erfurt Hbftrain 82
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf 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 / ...
16h 52mzł 1,063–4,257Bus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1316 / ...
20h 15mzł 482–811Drive 1,168.1 km
- Drive from Metz to Krakówcar 1,168.1 km
11h 26mzł 779–1,126Train, train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louistrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BSL - KRK
8h 15mzł 352–1,174Train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurttrain Re3
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Bohumintrain 235
- Take the train from Bohumin to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
24h 4mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Forbach to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Krakówbus
30h 18m
Metz to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Kraków is to train and fly which costs 290 zł - 950 zł and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Kraków is to train and fly which takes 6h 51m and costs 290 zł - 950 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Metz station to Kraków station. However, there are services departing from Metz - Bus Station and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station via Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Erfurt Hbf, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 52m.
The distance between Metz and Kraków is 1057 km. The road distance is 1168.1 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Kraków without a car is to train via Dresden which takes 16h 52m and costs 1 000 zł - 4 300 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Metz to Kraków, including transfers.
Metz to Kraków bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Metz - Bus Station.
Metz to Kraków train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Metz Ville station.
The best way to get from Metz to Kraków is to train via Dresden which takes 16h 52m and costs 1 000 zł - 4 300 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 480 zł - 850 zł and takes 20h 15m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Krakow Glowny via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Erfurt Hbf, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 16h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Metz - Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station via Strasbourg in around 20h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–950
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–950
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 430–950
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,800
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 700–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,500
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 140–750
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 470–700
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 45–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–220
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–220
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 95–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 55–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Forbach to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 190–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 180–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Forbach to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 170–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 40–65
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/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/
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- [email protected]
- Website
- vlexx.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 140–210
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 150–270
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 85–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Strasbourg to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 420–700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Metz to Kraków bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station.
Metz to Kraków train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Kraków is 1168 km. It takes approximately 11h 26m to drive from Metz to Kraków.
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