City to city
Prague to Kraków by train
Praha hlavní nádraží → Kraków Główny
- Fastest
- ≈ 5h 50m
- Typical
- ≈ 6h 59m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- RegioJet a.s., České dráhy, a.s., OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, Leo Express
Trains link Prague (Praha hlavní nádraží) and Kraków (Kraków Główny) in about 5h 50m at best, with no changes needed.
How long does the train from Prague to Kraków take?
The fastest trains cover Prague to Kraków in about 5h 50m; a typical journey takes around 6h 59m.
Is there a direct train from Prague to Kraków?
Yes: direct trains run between Praha hlavní nádraží and Kraków Główny.
Is the train or a flight faster from Prague to Kraków?
A typical flight works out roughly 3h 20m quicker door to door (about 4h against 7h 20m by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 7h 20m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~17 kg train · ~53 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
Legendary routes through Prague or Kraków
- EIP Pendolino Warsaw → Kraków
- Railjet Prague → Vienna
- European Sleeper Brussels → Prague
- RegioJet Night Train Prague → Košice
Sleepers too: night trains from Prague.
More trains from Prague
- Prague → Dresden ≈ 2h 17m · direct
- Prague → Brno ≈ 2h 36m · direct
- Prague → Berlin ≈ 3h 58m · direct
- Prague → Vienna ≈ 4h 12m · direct
- Prague → Bratislava ≈ 4h 34m · direct
- Prague → Munich ≈ 6h 08m
More train routes in Poland · Czechia · Austria.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.