There are 9 ways to get from Metz to Kraków by train, plane, bus, or car
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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 55mzł 384–987Train, 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 341–1,242Train via Dresden
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Forbach(F) to Frankfurttrain 82
- 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 902–1,968Bus
- 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 5mzł 468–734Drive 1,171.5 km
- Drive from Metz to Krakówcar 1,171.5 km
11h 21mzł 817–1,180Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain
- Take the train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
8h 41mzł 572–1,461Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane STR - KRK
9h 13mzł 576–1,529Train
- 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 56mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Forbach to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Krakówbus
30h 18mzł 972–1,288
Metz to Kraków by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Kraków is to bus which costs 460 zł - 750 zł and takes 21h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Kraków is to train and fly which takes 6h 55m and costs 380 zł - 1 000 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 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Forbach(F), 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 - 2 000 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 55m 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 - 2 000 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 460 zł - 750 zł and takes 21h 5m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Kraków, Poland?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Krakow Glowny via Forbach, Forbach(F), 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 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,000
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,000
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,100
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–2,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,600
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 600–800
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–850
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 45–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 100–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- 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 50–80
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Forbach to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 180–280
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Forbach(F) to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 170–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 390–800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 100–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Forbach to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 170–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- informacja@kolejedolnoslaskie.eu
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 190–290
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 75–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–230
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–140
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- 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
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 18–30
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 450–700
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- 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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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 Forbach station.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Kraków is 1171 km. It takes approximately 11h 21m to drive from Metz to Kraków.
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