Prague to Warsaw by train
Praha hlavní nádraží → Warszawa Centralna
Trains link Prague (Praha hlavní nádraží) and Warsaw (Warszawa Centralna) in about 8h 13m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the EN Slovakia / Chopin (747 km, typically ≈ 9 h 59 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 8h 13m
- Typical
- ≈ 9h 01m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- RegioJet, České dráhy, PKP Intercity, Leo Express
How long does the train from Prague to Warsaw take?
The fastest trains cover Prague to Warsaw in about 8h 13m; a typical journey takes around 9h 01m.
Is there a direct train from Prague to Warsaw?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Prague to Warsaw?
A typical flight works out roughly 5h 10m quicker door to door (about 4h 10m against 9h 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
- ≈ 9h 20m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 10m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~22 kg train · ~70 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.
This corridor in the atlas
- EN Slovakia / Chopin Overnight between two capitals: out of Prague past Pardubice and Olomouc, over the border to Katowice, then the fast Central Trunk line into Warsaw by breakfast.
Legendary routes through Prague or Warsaw
- EIP Pendolino Warsaw → Kraków
- EIP Pendolino Warsaw → Gdańsk
- Railjet Prague → Vienna
- European Sleeper Brussels → Prague
Sleepers too: night trains from Prague · night trains from Warsaw.
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 → Kraków ≈ 5h 50m · direct
More train routes in Czechia · Poland · Austria.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.