Bratislava to Katowice by train
Travel from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Katowice (Poland) by train (273km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Bratislava in Slovakia to Katowice in Poland, the main route leads via the Czech Republic. Please read the following information and blog posts.
Your travel route could be like that.
273 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Bratislava to Katowice, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Katowice - Bratislava / Bratislava - Gdańsk / Bratislava - Lublin / Bratislava - Poznań / Bratislava - Szczecin / Bratislava - Wrocław / Bratislava - Łódź / Košice - Warsaw / Košice - Krakow1 Bratislava (Slovakia) - Katowice (Poland)
1a Travelling from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Katowice (Poland)
If you want to travel from Slovakia to Poland by train, the best option is to take the route via the Czech Republic. A direct day train runs from Bratislava via Breclav, Ostrava and Katowice to Warsaw and night trains run from Bratislava on the same route to Krakow and Warsaw. In Ostrava there are connections from Zilina - Kosice to Poland.
Alternatively you can travel between directly from Slovakia to Poland via the Skalite - Zwardon border crossing. However, there are only slow regional trains running there. Another border crossing is between Medzilaborce and Lupkow however there are only two trains at summer weekends. Another option is to take a bus from Poprad across the High Tatra mountains to Zakopane.
Tickets are only available at train stations. Special advance fares are available as well at stations in Slovakia
Where to buy a ticket from Bratislava to Katowice?
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Express InterCity (EIC) / EuroCity (EC)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 476 Budapest - Krakow / EN 476/456/406 Budapest - Warsaw
train company:
PKP IC Polskie Koleje Państwowe Intercity / ŽSSK Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Katowice - Bratislava / Bratislava - Warsaw / Bratislava - Krakow / Bratislava - Gdańsk / Bratislava - Szczecin / Bratislava - Wrocław / Žilina - Warsaw / Košice - Warsaw / Košice - Krakow / Bratislava - Poznań
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
rail.cc Deutsche Bahn / PKP Poland / ZSSK
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