Transport in Kraków

International destinations include Berlin, Bratislava, Prague, Hamburg, Lviv, Kyiv, and Odesa (June–September).

Direct trains cover the route between Kraków Main station and the airport in 16 minutes, following an upgrade of tracks on the line in 2015. https://pol.sika.com/pl/realizacje/modernizacja-linii-kolejowej-krakow-balice.html.

The station was initially a terminus of the Kraków – Upper Silesia Railway (Kolej Krakowsko-Górnośląska, German: Obeschlesische-Krakauer Eisenbahn).

The station opened on 13 October 1847, with the first train leaving for Mysłowice (the point where the Austrian, German and Russian Empires adjoined during their military partitions of Poland).

At that time the northern brick wall and trainshed were demolished, the latter replaced by individual platform roofs.

A new transport interchange was developed which included a coach station and an underground fast tram line.

The construction of the Galeria Krakowska and remodeling of the area in front of the main station building means that taxis are no longer able to drive up to the station building, instead they can drive to the parking situated directly above railway tracks and connected by lifts and steps with platforms and underground ticket hall.