There are 7 ways to get from Metz to Kraków by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 24mzł 380–889Train, train to Basel, fly
cheapest- 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 366–1,099Train via Dresden
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- 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 / ...
17h 28mzł 915–1,843Bus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Luxembourgbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1366 / ...
21h 15mzł 522–786Drive 1,171.5 km
- Drive from Metz to Krakówcar 1,171.5 km
11h 22mzł 965–1,393Train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurttrain Re3
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kraków Głównytrain Drf
23h 51mBus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Krakówbus Ivano-Frankivsk
29h 53mzł 852–1,016
Metz to Kraków by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Kraków is to train and fly which costs 380 zł - 900 zł and takes 6h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Kraków is to train and fly which takes 6h 24m and costs 380 zł - 900 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 Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 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, Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 28m.
The distance between Metz and Kraków is 1058 km. The road distance is 1171.5 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Kraków without a car is to train via Dresden which takes 17h 28m and costs 900 zł - 1 900 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 24m 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 17h 28m and costs 900 zł - 1 900 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 500 zł - 800 zł and takes 21h 15m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Krakow Glowny via Strasbourg, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 17h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Metz - Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station via Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon in around 21h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,400
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–2,200
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,500
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 600–800
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–600
- 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 340–1,400
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 110–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 55–85
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 190–290
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 150–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 340–700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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 95–170
- 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 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- 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 171
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 80–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–230
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- [email protected]
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 140–210
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 22–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 100–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 500–750
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 110–170
- 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 750–850
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Metz to Kraków bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg 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 1171 km. It takes approximately 11h 22m to drive from Metz to Kraków.
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