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DIRECTORY
Travelling by Rail
PKP InterCity
Tel 19757.
∑ intercity.pl
Train timetable information
Tel 22 39 19 757.
∑ rozklad-pkp.pl
Travelling by Coach
Coach timetable
information
Tel 703 40 33 40.
Underground walkway in Krakow’s main railway station ∑ mda.malopolska.pl
Jordan
poor information displays. Czech operator Regiojet has ∑ jordan.pl
Always allow plenty of time to buses running from Prague and
buy your ticket and find the Bratislava to Krakow. Tickets are PolskiBus
right platform. sold online, see directory. Pick-up ∑ polskibus.com
and drop-off points are located Regiojet
in the suburbs of Krakow. ∑ regiojet.com
Travelling by Coach
Regular coach services to Krakow Sindbad
operate from many Polish and Travelling by Car ∑ sindbad.krakow.pl
European cities. The main coach Major roads into Krakow are Travelling by Car
station, Dworzec Autobusowy, is well signposted, but you will
located in the city centre, imme- need time and patience to find National Road
diately east of the main railway a safe parking space. Prominent Emergency Service
station. Local, domestic and most car parks in the city are located Tel 9637.
international coach services on the Street Finder maps (see
operate from this station. The pp234–9).
coach station is linked to the Driving licences issued in 12 are not allowed to travel in
Old Town, emerging outside other countries are generally the front of the car. Headlights
the Galeria Krakowska shopping valid in Poland. If you drive in must be on, day and night,
mall, via the underground Poland you must carry a valid regardless of the weather.
pedestrian concourses that driving licence and vehicle Road signs at the Polish
connect the bus station with registration document, as border indicate strictly observed
the train station platforms. well as a Green Card, which speed limits (in km). If ignored,
The coach station has good is confirmation of your inter- foreign drivers are required to
facilities and clear timetable national insurance cover. If you pay hefty fines on the spot.
dr dr
information, however there are drive a rental car, a hire certif-ive a rental car, a hire certif-ive a rental car, a hire certif The permitted alcohol
insufficient ticket windows to icate is also obligatory. A sticker content in blood is so low in
deal with demand (especially identifying the country in which Poland that drinking and driving
on summer weekends), and the car is registered must be should be avoided altogether.
long queues soon build up. displayed on the vehicle. The In the event of a break-down,
International coach tickets can wearing of seat belts is call the National Road
be bought from the coach compulsory, and children under Emergency Service.
station or from operating
agencies Jordan or Sindbad.
Coach services are operated
by various companies. Those
offering prime intercity routes
often use more modern,
comfortable coaches. Services
to nearby towns and villages are
also operated by mini-buses.
Tickets sell out quickly,
especially at weekends.
PolskiBus runs services to and
from Krakow from Warsaw as
well as from other Polish and
Central European cities. The A PolskiBus service operating between Warsaw and Krakow