There are 9 ways to get from Bern to Katowice by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane ZRH - KTW
7h 49mzł 656–1,375Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern Car Terminal Neufeld to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 95
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowicetrain 113
18h 6mzł 285–717Train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bohumintrain Ec
- Take the train from Bohumin to Katowicetrain Ec
16h 13mzł 645–1,266Drive 1,150.8 km
- Drive from Bern to Katowicecar 1,150.8 km
11h 57mzł 837–1,209Train to Basel, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane BSL - KTW
7h 40mzł 579–1,168Train to Basel, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BSL - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
7h 40mzł 485–1,216Train to Zurich Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane ZRH - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
7h 39mzł 762–1,523Train via Salzburg
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Salzburg Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Katowicetrain Ic
17h 6mzł 500–796Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Stationbus N1149 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus N1290
19h 45mzł 320–618
Bern to Katowice by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Katowice is to bus which costs 320 zł - 650 zł and takes 19h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Katowice is to train and fly which takes 7h 39m and costs 750 zł - 1 600 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Katowice station. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa via Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Katowice via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf and Bohumin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 13m.
The distance between Bern and Katowice is 993 km. The road distance is 1150.8 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Katowice without a car is to train which takes 16h 13m and costs 600 zł - 1 300 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Bern to Katowice, including transfers.
Bern to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Katowice train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Katowice is to train which takes 16h 13m and costs 600 zł - 1 300 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 320 zł - 650 zł and takes 19h 45m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Katowice, Poland?
You can take a train from Bern to Katowice via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, and Bohumin in around 16h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa via Zurich Bus Station in around 19h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,400
Flights from Basel to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,600
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,700
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,300
Flights from Basel to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 460–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,400
Flights from Basel to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Katowice International Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–650
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 160–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 140–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–650
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- zł 440–650
Train from Zuerich Hb to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–410
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- zł 270–410
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–240
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 95–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 330–430
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Hbf to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 50–75
- 1st Class
- zł 70–90
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–140
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 90–150
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 90–130
- 1st Class
- zł 110–150
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 70–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 35–80
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 90–240
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Bohumin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 15–18
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- bok@kolejeslaskie.com
- Website
- kolejeslaskie.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 21–29
- Website
- https://www.kolejeslaskie.com/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Bern Car Terminal Neufeld to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 190–290
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 29–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 45–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 290–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bern to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Bern to Katowice train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Katowice is 1151 km. It takes approximately 11h 57m to drive from Bern to Katowice.
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