There are 10 ways to get from Brighton to Kraków by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly from London Gatwick Airport
best- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LGW - KRK
5h 26mzł 209–776Train via Berlin
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Berlin Hbf82
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny96 / ...
22h 42mzł 874–2,883Bus
- Take the bus from Old Steine to London Victoria817
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Take the bus from Prague to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
29h 55mzł 411–762Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Brighton to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Kraków
15h 43mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LHR - KRK
7h 1mzł 494–1,331Train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LTN - KRK
6h 56mzł 218–993Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)STN - KRK
6h 59mzł 273–912Train
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny411 / ...
24h 46mzł 649–2,593Train, bus
- Take the train from Brighton to London Blackfriars
- Take the bus from Upminster to Žilina
- Take the train from Zilina to Cesky TesinEc / ...
- Take the bus from Cieszyn to MDA dworzec autobusowy
33h 5mzł 369–960Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Brighton to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Kraków
16h 52mzł 1,143–1,714
Brighton to Kraków by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Kraków is to fly which costs 200 zł - 800 zł and takes 5h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Brighton to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 26m and costs 200 zł - 800 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Brighton to Kraków station. However, there are services departing from Old Steine and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station via London Victoria and Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Kraków Główny via London St Pancras Intl, Paris l'Est, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Rzepin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 42m.
The distance between Brighton and Kraków is 1459 km.
The best way to get from Brighton to Kraków without a car is to train via Berlin which takes 22h 42m and costs 850 zł - 2 900 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Brighton to Kraków, including transfers.
Brighton to Kraków bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Old Steine station.
Brighton to Kraków train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 26m and costs 200 zł - 800 zł. Alternatively, you can train via Berlin, which costs 850 zł - 2 900 zł and takes 22h 42m, you could also bus, which costs 410 zł - 800 zł and takes 29h 55m.
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Kraków, Poland?
Wizz Air, easyJet, and Norwegian Air International fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Brighton to Kraków Główny via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris l'Est, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, and Rzepin in around 22h 42m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–950
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–550
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–550
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 160–500
Flights from Luton Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 90–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 330–750
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–750
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 45–170
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 80–290
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 90–270
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 45–170
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Blackfriars
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 45–230
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 330–1,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 75–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 75–110
- 1st Class
- zł 95–130
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 50–130
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 250–550
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 50–190
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Zilina to Cesky Tesin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 12–28
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 60–200
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Zilina to Cesky Tesin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 12–21
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 360–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Zilina to Cesky Tesin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 14–26
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Old Steine to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 30–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 270–410
- 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 Prague to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Upminster to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 260–650
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 660-508-097
- biuro@lajkonikbus.pl
- Website
- lajkonikbus.pl
Bus from Cieszyn to MDA dworzec autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 35
- Schedules at
- lajkonikbus.pl
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 150–180
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- zł 330–800
- On Foot
- zł 150–180
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More Questions & Answers
Brighton to Kraków bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria station.
Kraków is 1h ahead of Brighton. It is currently 2:25 AM in Brighton and 3:25 AM in Kraków.
Brighton to Kraków train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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