Szczecin to Krakow train
Trains from Szczecin to Krakow start at €58.09 and take 4h 22m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Szczecin to Krakow starts at €58.09 and takes 4h 22m door to door, run by 3 operators over 527 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 22mDoor to door
- 3h 38mMoving
- €69.64 to €153.79From
- 06:19 to 14:32First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 17.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€69.64 to €153.79 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €126.29Fri18
- about €153.79Sat19
- about €101.54Sun20
- about €83.39Mon21
- about €81.74Tue22
- about €90.54Wed23
- about €97.14Thu24
- about €85.04Fri25
- about €86.14Sat26
- about €89.44Sun27
- about €69.64Mon28
- about €70.19Tue29
- about €71.29Wed30
- about €74.59Thu1
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 October 6, 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 PKP | €58.09 | 4h 21m |
| Polish Trains | €55.34 | 4h 21m |
 Polregio | €58.64 | 4h 19m |
The train gets you into Krakow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Krakow for the night the train gets in
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When to book Szczecin to Krakow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.4890 days
- €20.5360 days
- €22.1845 days
- €26.5830 days
- €32.0821 days
- €29.8814 days
- €38.137 days
- €57.933 days
- €68.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 236 percent. The most expensive point is €68.93, 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.
- €39.23Sun
- €29.88Mon
- €30.43Tue
- €30.98Wed
- €32.08Thu
- €42.53Fri
- €41.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Szczecin
- Szczecin Glowny
- Szczecin Dąbie
- Szczecin Łękno
Kraków
- Krakow Glowny
- Kraków Główny
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 527 km against 527 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 Sosnowiec, Poznań, Bytom, Częstochowa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Szczecin at 06:19 and the last at 14:32, across 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 19m | 1h 9m | 3h 10m | €58.55 | 133.3 kg | 1 |
| Train | 4h 22m | 3h 38m | 44m | €58.09 | 17.4 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 8h 17m | 7h 33m | 44m | €23.83 | 14.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Szczecin to Krakow
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 Szczecin to Krakow take?
The Train from Szczecin to Krakow takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 3h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 527 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 Szczecin to Krakow cost?
The Train from Szczecin to Krakow starts at €58.09 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €67.17. 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 Szczecin to Krakow?
3 operators run the Train from Szczecin to Krakow: PKP, Polish Trains, Polregio. Between them they file around 10 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 Szczecin to Krakow use?
The Train from Szczecin to Krakow leaves from Szczecin Glowny and arrives at Krakow Glowny. 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 Szczecin to Krakow?
Traveling from Szczecin to Krakow by Coach costs €23.83 and takes 8h 17m door to door, against 4h 22m 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 Szczecin to Krakow?
Fares for the Train from Szczecin to Krakow bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 236 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Szczecin to Krakow produce?
The Train from Szczecin to Krakow produces about 17.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 527 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 Szczecin to Krakow?
Operators on the Train from Szczecin to Krakow publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 22m 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Szczecin to Krakow on September 17, 2026: 527 km of route against 527 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €58.09, and 4h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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