There are 7 ways to get from Leipzig to Katowice by bus, train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus N1367
7h 50mzł 160–280Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowicetrain Ic / ...
9h 7mzł 421–1,142Drive 549.2 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Katowicecar 549.2 km
4h 53mzł 331–478Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane LEJ - KTW
6h 52mzł 770–1,841Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Katowicebus Ivano-Frankivsk
11h 3mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane BER - KTW
7h 27mzł 419–1,196Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LEJ - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
8h 16mzł 641–1,678
Leipzig to Katowice by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Katowice is to bus which costs 160 zł - 280 zł and takes 7h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Katowice is to drive which takes 4h 53m and costs 330 zł - 480 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Leipzig central train station station and arriving at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Katowice via Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 7m.
The distance between Leipzig and Katowice is 566 km. The road distance is 549.2 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Katowice without a car is to bus which takes 7h 50m and costs 160 zł - 280 zł.
The bus from Leipzig central train station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa takes 7h 50m including transfers and departs once daily.
Leipzig to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Katowice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Katowice is to bus which takes 7h 50m and costs 160 zł - 280 zł. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 420 zł - 1 200 zł and takes 9h 7m, you could also fly, which costs 750 zł - 1 900 zł and takes 6h 52m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Katowice, Poland?
FlixBus operates a bus from Leipzig central train station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa once daily. Tickets cost zł 160–280 and the journey takes 7h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Katowice via Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 9h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 950–4,600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 700–3,500
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–750
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Katowice International Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–750
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,800
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 110–350
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 180–310
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–240
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–270
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–120
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 26–32
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- bok@kolejeslaskie.com
- Website
- kolejeslaskie.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 21–29
- Website
- https://www.kolejeslaskie.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 160–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa.
Leipzig to Katowice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Katowice is 549 km. It takes approximately 4h 53m to drive from Leipzig to Katowice.
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