Katowice to Warsaw train

Trains from Katowice to Warsaw start at €29.49 and take 2h 33m at their fastest.

KatowiceKatowiceWarsawWarsaw
Poland. Warsaw

The Trains from Katowice to Warsaw starts at €29.49 and takes 2h 33m door to door, run by 5 operators over 259 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 33mDoor to door
  • 1h 49mMoving
  • €29.49 to €55.34From
  • 06:18 to 17:27First and last departure
  • 19Per day
  • 8.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€29.49 to €55.34 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €53.14Tue15
  2. about €55.34Wed16
  3. about €55.34Thu17
  4. about €51.49Fri18
  5. about €53.14Sat19
  6. about €52.04Sun20
  7. about €33.89Mon21
  8. about €33.89Tue22
  9. about €36.64Wed23
  10. about €49.29Thu24
  11. about €41.04Fri25
  12. about €42.69Sat26
  13. about €39.94Sun27
  14. about €29.49Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Fastest€29.49
  1. Polregio P831706:191h 49m08:08Katowice LigotaWarszawa Centralna

Door to door 2h 33mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
ČD€28.39
Deutsche Bahn€28.39
PKP€28.39
Polish Trains€26.74
Polregio€26.74

The train gets you into Warsaw. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Warsaw for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Warszawa Centralna and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Katowice to Warsaw

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €16.6890 days
  2. €14.4860 days
  3. €15.5845 days
  4. €12.2830 days
  5. €14.4821 days
  6. €14.4814 days
  7. €19.437 days
  8. €24.933 days
  9. €26.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 112 percent. The dearest point is €26.03, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €21.63Sun
  2. €14.48Mon
  3. €16.13Tue
  4. €17.78Wed
  5. €20.53Thu
  6. €20.53Fri
  7. €19.43Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Katowice

Rail
  • Katowice Ligota
  • Katowice Zawodzie
  • Katowice railway station

Warsaw

Rail
  • Warszawa Centralna
  • Warszawa-Centralna
  • Vienna Station in Warsaw
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 259 km against 259 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Częstochowa, Piotrków Trybunalski, Kielce, Pabianice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Katowice at 06:18 and the last at 17:27, across 19 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 33m1h 49m44m€29.498.5 kg19
Flight3h 57m47m3h 10m€32.5965.7 kg2
Coach4h 15m3h 31m44m€14.487.0 kg3

Questions about Katowice to Warsaw

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Katowice to Warsaw take?

The Train from Katowice to Warsaw takes 2h 33m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 259 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Katowice to Warsaw cost?

The Train from Katowice to Warsaw starts at €29.49 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.39. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Katowice to Warsaw?

5 operators run the Train from Katowice to Warsaw: ČD, Deutsche Bahn, PKP, Polish Trains, Polregio. Between them they file around 19 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Katowice to Warsaw use?

The Train from Katowice to Warsaw leaves from Katowice Ligota and arrives at Warszawa Centralna. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Katowice to Warsaw?

Travelling from Katowice to Warsaw by Coach costs €14.48 and takes 4h 15m door to door, against 2h 33m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Katowice to Warsaw?

Fares for the Train from Katowice to Warsaw bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 112 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Katowice to Warsaw produce?

The Train from Katowice to Warsaw produces about 8.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 259 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Katowice to Warsaw?

Operators on the Train from Katowice to Warsaw publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 33m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Katowice to Warsaw on 14 September 2026: 259 km of route against 259 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 2h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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