City to city
Kraków to Warsaw by train
Kraków Główny → Warszawa Centralna
- Fastest
- ≈ 2h 46m
- Typical
- ≈ 3h 01m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- PKP Intercity, Koleje Śląskie
Trains link Kraków (Kraków Główny) and Warsaw (Warszawa Centralna) in about 2h 46m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the EIP Pendolino (293 km, typically 2 h 21 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Kraków to Warsaw take?
The fastest trains cover Kraków to Warsaw in about 2h 46m; a typical journey takes around 3h 01m.
Is there a direct train from Kraków to Warsaw?
Yes: direct trains run between Kraków Główny and Warszawa Centralna.
This corridor in the atlas
- EIP Pendolino Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h.
Legendary routes through Kraków or Warsaw
- EIP Pendolino Warsaw → Gdańsk
- Kyiv–Warsaw Sleeper Kyiv → Warsaw
- Express InterCity Premium Warsaw → Katowice
- Express InterCity Warsaw → Poznań
Sleepers too: night trains from Warsaw.
More trains from Kraków
- Kraków → Katowice ≈ 52 min · direct
- Kraków → Wrocław ≈ 2h 55m · direct
- Kraków → Prague ≈ 6h 01m · direct
- Kraków → Budapest ≈ 9h 12m
More train routes in Poland · Ukraine.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.