Prague to Košice train
Trains from Prague to Košice start at €73.49 and take 4h 20m at their fastest.
The Trains from Prague to Košice starts at €73.49 and takes 4h 20m door to door, run by 1 operator over 518 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 20mDoor to door
- 3h 36mMoving
- €73.49From
- 17.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 České Dráhy | €59.19 | 4h 16m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Košice railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Rooms within reach of Košice railway station
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Prague to Košice
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.9390 days
- €21.0860 days
- €25.4845 days
- €25.4830 days
- €29.8821 days
- €46.9314 days
- €47.487 days
- €51.333 days
- €65.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 209 percent. The most expensive point is €65.08, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €33.18Sun
- €28.78Mon
- €28.23Tue
- €34.28Wed
- €46.93Thu
- €41.43Fri
- €35.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Prague
- Praha hlavni nadrazi
- Praha hl.n.
- Úžice
Košice
- Košice railway station
- Košice-Predmestie railway station
- Barca
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 518 km against 518 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Olomouc, Pardubice, Zlín, Ostrava. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Prague at 06:44 and the last at 16:57, across 7 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 16m | 1h 6m | 3h 10m | €56.78 | 131.1 kg | 2 |
| Train | 4h 20m | 3h 36m | 44m | €73.49 | 17.1 kg | 7 |
| Coach | 7h 45m | 7h 1m | 44m | €28.23 | 14.0 kg | 3 |
Questions about Prague to Košice
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Prague to Košice take?
The Train from Prague to Košice takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 3h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 518 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 Prague to Košice cost?
The Train from Prague to Košice starts at €73.49 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €76.79. 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 Prague to Košice?
1 operators run the Train from Prague to Košice: České Dráhy. Between them they file around 7 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 Prague to Košice use?
The Train from Prague to Košice leaves from Praha hlavni nadrazi and arrives at Košice railway station. 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 Prague to Košice?
Traveling from Prague to Košice by Flight costs €56.78 and takes 4h 16m door to door, against 4h 20m 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 Prague to Košice?
Fares for the Train from Prague to Košice bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 209 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Prague to Košice produce?
The Train from Prague to Košice produces about 17.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 518 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Prague to Košice?
Operators on the Train from Prague to Košice publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 20m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Prague to Košice on September 10, 2026: 518 km of route against 518 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €73.49, and 4h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Košice and elsewhere in Slovakia. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Košice before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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