There are 8 ways to get from Riesa to Kraków by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Wrocław
best- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55 / ...
- 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 / ...
8h 17mzł 439–1,768Drive 550.4 km
cheapest- Drive from Riesa to Krakówcar 550.4 km
5h 15mzł 338–488Train, bus
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Wroclaw, Bus Stationbus 220 / ...
- Take the bus from Wrocław to Krakówbus
9h 33mTrain to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DRS - KRK
7h 55mzł 654–1,595Train
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Ostrava hl.n.train Drf
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
11h 39mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LEJ - KRK
8h 11mzł 407–1,631Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Elsterwerda, Bahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BER - KRK
9h 5mzł 388–1,417Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane PRG - KRK
8h 13m
Riesa to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riesa to Kraków is to drive which costs 330 zł - 490 zł and takes 5h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Riesa to Kraków is to drive which takes 5h 15m and costs 330 zł - 490 zł.
No, there is no direct train from Riesa to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 17m.
The distance between Riesa and Kraków is 578 km. The road distance is 550.4 km.
The best way to get from Riesa to Kraków without a car is to train via Wrocław which takes 8h 17m and costs 430 zł - 1 800 zł.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Riesa to Kraków, including transfers.
Riesa to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof station.
Riesa to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riesa to Kraków is 550 km. It takes approximately 5h 15m to drive from Riesa to Kraków.
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What companies run services between Riesa, Germany and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Krakow Glowny via Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 8h 17m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,900
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 650–4,300
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 650–1,200
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- zł 460–1,500
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 120–600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 470–1,100
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 370–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 35–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 35–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 35–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 50–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Elsterwerda, Bahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–380
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–95
- 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 130–550
- 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 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–400
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 40–170
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Ostrava hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 45–70
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–290
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 45–75
- 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 Dresden central station to Wroclaw, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden central station to Wroclaw, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Wrocław to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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