Fastest€45.44
- Ukrainian Railways UR530015:542h 17m18:11Krakow GlownyWien Hauptbahnhof
Door to door 3h 1mCO2 10.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Krakow to Vienna train
Trains from Krakow to Vienna start at €43.24 and take 3h 1m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Krakow to Vienna on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Krakow to Vienna starts at €43.24 and takes 3h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 331 km, with around 14 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 1mDoor to door
- 2h 17mMoving
- €43.24 to €87.79From
- 06:02 to 20:14First and last departure
- 14Per day
- 10.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€43.24 to €87.79 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
- about €75.14Tue15
- about €69.64Wed16
- about €87.79Thu17
- about €64.69Fri18
- about €66.89Sat19
- about €62.49Sun20
- about €55.89Mon21
- about €43.24Tue22
- about €46.54Wed23
- about €57.54Thu24
- about €54.79Fri25
- about €58.09Sat26
- about €52.04Sun27
- about €44.34Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 ČD | €36.09 | 3h 2m |
 Ukrainian Railways | €33.89 | 3h 1m |
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A room in Vienna for the night the train gets in
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When to book Krakow to Vienna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €17.2345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €16.1321 days
- €20.5314 days
- €25.487 days
- €37.033 days
- €31.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 130 percent. The dearest point is €37.03, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.73Sun
- €20.53Mon
- €19.43Tue
- €22.18Wed
- €24.93Thu
- €23.28Fri
- €24.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kraków
Rail
- Krakow Glowny
- Kraków Lotnisko
- Kraków Mydlniki
Vienna
Rail
- Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Wien Hbf
- Nordbahnhof, Vienna
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 331 km against 331 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Krakow at 06:02 and the last at 20:14, across 14 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 1m | 2h 17m | 44m | €43.24 | 10.9 kg | 14 |
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €40.85 | 83.9 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 5h 17m | 4h 33m | 44m | €19.43 | 8.9 kg | 7 |
Questions about Krakow to Vienna
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 Krakow to Vienna take?
The Train from Krakow to Vienna takes 3h 1m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 331 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 Krakow to Vienna cost?
The Train from Krakow to Vienna starts at €43.24 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €40.22. 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 Krakow to Vienna?
2 operators run the Train from Krakow to Vienna: ČD, Ukrainian Railways. Between them they file around 14 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 Krakow to Vienna use?
The Train from Krakow to Vienna leaves from Krakow Glowny and arrives at Wien Hauptbahnhof. 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 Krakow to Vienna?
Travelling from Krakow to Vienna by Flight costs €40.85 and takes 4h 1m door to door, against 3h 1m 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 Krakow to Vienna?
Fares for the Train from Krakow to Vienna bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Krakow to Vienna produce?
The Train from Krakow to Vienna produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 331 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 Krakow to Vienna?
Operators on the Train from Krakow to Vienna publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 1m 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 Krakow to Vienna on 14 September 2026: 331 km of route against 331 km in a straight line, 14 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €43.24, and 3h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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