PRAGUE (Praha) - KRAKOW | night train
Information for Interrail, Eurail and travellers with single train tickets.



TIMETABLE night train Prague to Krakow:
Praha hl.n. Dep: 2132
Ostrava hl.n. Dep: 0211
Krakow Glowny Arr: 0624



UPDATE: http://www.raildude.com/en/train-connec ... poland/198



single sleeper (ony 1st class)
Rail pass fare: EUR 70
Standard fare: EUR ??

bed in a double sleeper
Rail pass fare: EUR 30
Standard fare: EUR ??

bed in private triple sleeper
Rail pass fare: EUR 20
Standard fare: EUR ??

couchette (4-bed compartment)
Rail pass fare: EUR 20
Standard fare: EUR ??

couchette (6-bed compartment)
Rail pass fare: EUR 13
Standard fare: EUR ??

seat
Rail pass fare: free | if you want a reservation: EUR 4
Standard fare: EUR ??



Auschwitz: this train stops in at Oswiecim at 0436h in the morning. It is early. But you can visit then Auschwitz and continue in the evening to Krakow to get a cheap hostel.

Auschwitz information:
auschwitz-guided-tour-t6630.html
auschwitz-salt-mines-t4925.html



Update: Jun 2013

Hi Peter,

Are the prices you quoted for a double sleeper, per person or for the whole compartment?
Me and my girlfriend are travelling shortly and our first night train is from Prague to krakow, so was wondering if the double sleeper is 30 euro per person or 30 euro between 2 people so 15 euros each?
thanks in advance simon and becke

Hi Simon and Becke.

Prices are always per person. It is not like in hotels where you often pay per room.

Have a sunny trip, Peter

Hello,

I hope to take this night train on July 11, 2010, without a rail pass. Can this ticket be bought at the train station in Barcelona?
Also I am wondering about the risk of the train selling out. If I arrive in Barcelona on June 30 (and am able to get to the train station that day), should that be far enough in advance to secure 2 tickets/reservations in a 2-berth compartment?

Thank you for any advice!
Michelle

Hi Michelle!

Honestly, I am really sure that you get a ticket for that train in Barcelona Sants without problems...but I cant tell 100%. Maybe it is better to try along your way to Praha, for instance somewhere in Switzerland or Germany.


Flo

how important is it to reserve a seat? will i end up without a seat if i don't reserve?

Hi.

Usually you will get a seat.
But I recommend you a couchette (6 persone - EUR 13) for this night train where you can lock the door - as for theft, especially in the summer months.

Peter

hello!

what site can i use to reserve this?

Hi!

You cant reserve this online; you'll have to do it directly at a railway station.


Flo

there is also a day train right??

yes, with one change in Katowice

http://www.raildude.com/en/prague-krako ... ity/id/510

and for the day train, do we need to make a reservation??

yes, we do

InterRail: reservation required

2nd class: EUR 4

lf you need more information please click the link I have pasted above

I plan to take night train from pragua to auschwitz on 24 aug, so I should buy pragua-krakow night train n go down train at auschwitz station, right? I'll be at Frankfurt / erfurt 2days earlier, can I buy ticket at Frankfurt central or Erfurt hbf?

Hi.

If you want to leave the train at Auschwitz, it is the station Oświęcim.
Times see here: http://www.raildude.com/en/night-trains ... /d-443/148

More information about Auschwitz:
auschwitz-guided-tour-t6630.html
auschwitz-salt-mines-t4925.html

Peter

Kassy10: Late answer, but if it can someone else help...
You can't buy reservation for this train online, but you can see online how much is this train booked out for specific day. Here is the guide.
At Czech Railways eshop site - https://www.cd.cz/azak/setlang?lang=en& ... fault.aspx - in section "Czech Republic by Train" you have to select "Ticket, Reservation" and submit by "Buy Ticket" button. Then you fill in From: Prague, To: Buhumín (last train station in Czech republic on your way), Time: 21:00 and select the date of your interest. After pressing "Select" on the train "R 433 Šírava", you will see the page for buying domestic ticket. You shuld select the tab "Only reservation" and then the link "Select your seat". Now, you will see the booking status of whole train, every carriage including couchettes. Booked seats/couchettes are maked red.
I hope that can help you decide which time before the way you shuld book you seats. ;-)

Hi Zhelva.
Thanks for this update.
Additional information: you can book now the reservations for this connection online in our NEW Raildude shop:
http://www.raildude.com/en/shop-buy-tra ... tions.html
At least the standard seats. Sometimes also couchettes. The new system gets better from day to day.
Peter

Peter I can't do it at the Raildude shop?
No longer available or I am making some kind of mistake?

You can get it at a railway stop along your route! Plain and simple...the standard procedure for making reservations...

I'm afraid there will be no couchettes... But I arrive in Prague in the day 12 and then this trip is in the 15...hope I have space...

You dont have to make the reservation in Prague..also possible at stations in Austria, Germany,...

Flo I'm doing:

Milan - Pisa - Florence - Venice - (Gorizia - Nova Gorica) - Bled - (Jesenice) - Zagreb - Budapeste - Vienna - Bratislava - Praha - Kraków / Auschwitz - (Warsaw - Szczecin) - Berlin - Paris

Where can I book this other international tickets sooner then? Vienna? Any of the others before is possible?

Thanks.

Every station from Zagreb onwards (watch out for international services counter). Should be as well possible at the large Italian stations, although you might have to queue a bit.

Thank you SO MUCH!
I will do all in Budapeste then