There are 12 ways to get from Manchester to Katowice by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Katowice International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane MAN - KTW
5h 48mzł 341–984Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Katowicetrain 96 / ...
21h 30mzł 758–3,085Bus
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Katowicebus
31h 45mzł 453–952Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Katowicecar
18h 16mFly Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane MAN - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
7h 18mzł 447–982Train to Liverpool, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LPL - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
7h 55mzł 455–1,118Train to Luton Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane LTN - KTW
8h 14mzł 362–1,845Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LBA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
9h 23mzł 509–1,570Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BHX - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
8h 55mzł 503–1,704Train, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowicetrain 113
33h 16mzł 420–1,343Bus via Bruges
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 540 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brugesbus 814
- Take the bus from Bruges to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus
36h 45mzł 632–1,194Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Katowicecar
19h 23mzł 1,316–1,937
Manchester to Katowice by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Katowice is to fly which costs 340 zł - 1 000 zł and takes 5h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Katowice is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs 340 zł - 1 000 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Katowice via Birmingham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Katowice via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Köln Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Rzepin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 30m.
The distance between Manchester and Katowice is 1539 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Katowice without a car is to train which takes 21h 30m and costs 750 zł - 3 100 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 48m to get from Manchester to Katowice, including transfers.
Manchester to Katowice bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Manchester Central Coach Station.
Manchester to Katowice train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Katowice is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs 340 zł - 1 000 zł. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 750 zł - 3 100 zł and takes 21h 30m, you could also bus, which costs 450 zł - 950 zł and takes 31h 45m.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Katowice, Poland?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and Air Dolomiti fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Katowice International Airport (KTW) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Katowice via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Köln Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, and Rzepin in around 21h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Katowice International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–900
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–600
Flights from Liverpool to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–650
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–850
Flights from Birmingham Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 200–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 230–1,200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 230–1,200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 170–480
Flights from Liverpool to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–900
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 230–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 230–600
Flights from Liverpool to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–850
Flights from Birmingham Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 150–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–750
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,000
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 170–950
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–650
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 230–450
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 140–400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–480
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- zł 80–120
- 1st Class
- zł 120–190
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 65–95
- 1st Class
- zł 90–110
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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
- +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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–70
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 25–100
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–150
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 28–120
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 16–150
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–350
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 23–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 150–320
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bruges to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 440–650
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 280–700
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 300–750
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 150–180
- Schedules at
- transtempo.cz
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 40–230
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
Manchester to Katowice bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Katowice is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 9:25 AM in Manchester and 10:25 AM in Katowice.
Manchester to Katowice train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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