PKP timetable for the relation Sopot - Kraków Główny

A journey from Sopot to Kraków Główny connects Poland's coast with the south. The route handles both holiday tourist traffic and business travel between two large cities. This is one of the longer domestic railway routes, so the choice of train category and departure time matters more here than on shorter sections. Below you will find the journey time, types of trains serving this route, approximate prices for a standard ticket and information about connections.

Train timetable Sopot – Kraków Główny

A traveller planning this journey wants to know above all how long the entire route will actually take: travel from Sopot to Kraków Główny takes from just over five hours to just over eleven hours, depending on the chosen service. The exact time for a specific date is shown by the PolishTrains search engine, making it easy to choose a service that fits your day best.

Some services run without a connection, whilst others require a change of train on the route, usually at one of the larger hub stations.

Sopot – Kraków Główny

Among passengers departing from Sopot, the largest group travel on IC Intercity trains - 46 per cent. Pendolino is chosen by 31 per cent of those leaving the station. TLK accounts for 11 per cent.

Mainly EIP and TLK category trains run on the route to Kraków Główny. Before buying a ticket, it is worth comparing both categories in the PolishTrains search engine to choose a service suited to your travel plans. This route accounts for 7.7 per cent of ticket sales from Sopot station.

Ticket prices for trains from Sopot to Kraków

Ticket prices for this route typically range from around PLN 120 to around PLN 230, with the difference mainly due to the train category - a ticket on the faster Pendolino costs more than on the slower TLK.

Statutory discounts, such as student discounts, apply regardless of train category: the same entitlements apply on TLK and Intercity, you only need to have a document confirming your right to the discount with you. After purchasing on this route via PolishTrains, the passenger has a ticket in the app and on their phone, ready to show at inspection without a printout.

Route and stops on PKP connections from Sopot to Kraków

Services with a connection usually run through one of the larger hub stations in central Poland, for example at Warsaw Wschodnia(##BRAK## Poznań Główny(##BRAK## or Wrocław Główny(##BRAK## depending on the chosen service.

If you have a short time for a connection, you can check the timetable for both sections together in PolishTrains, which helps avoid too tight a transfer between trains. This view makes it easier to match the arrival time at the connection station with the departure of the next service.