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Warszawa / Warsaw to Praha / Prague / Prag by train
When taking this wonderfully epic rail journey between the capital cities of Poland and Czechia, there is a choice between taking the daytime train, or travelling through the night.
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Option 1: travelling overnight
Journey Summary
12hr 6min
Nightly
Travel Information
Final Destination: Praha hl.n
The train is usually scheduled to depart Warszawa Centralna station at 19:49 and arrive in Praha hl.n at 07:55
This train commences its journey at Warszawa Wschodnia station, which is on the eastern side of the city centre.
If you will be commencing a journey in the vicinity of the old town, you can take tram line/route 13 from the 'Stare Miasto' stop direct to Wschodnia station.
It then calls at Warszawa Centralna, the main station in the city, which is why we've used it for the orange button that can be clicked above.
After departing from Warszawa Centralna it will then call at Warszawa Zachodnia.
So check the location of the starting point of your journey, to see which of these three stations will suit you best.
Polish Railways (PKP) provides this train and it conveys:
- Compartment Seats
- Couchettes; 4 berths AND 6 berths
- Standard and deluxe sleeping cars with 3 bed, 2 bed and 1 cabins
1 x train per night
Tickets
Tickets for this journey are not sold online by the PKP (Polish railways) website or CD (The Czech Railways) website.
So either call the CD booking service on +420 221 111 122, or send CD an email, or wait until you arrive in Warszawa - ideally go to the station to obtain your tickets before the travel date.
Tickets aren't discounted for this journey in the opposite direction from Czechia , so they're unlikely to be cheaper when booked in advance for this journey from Warszawa
Rail pass users need to reserve before boarding, this reservation can be arranged at Warszawa Centralna station.
Polish Railways (PKP) provides this train and it conveys:
- Compartment Seats
- Couchettes; 4 berths AND 6 berths
- Standard and deluxe sleeping cars with 3 bed, 2 bed and 1 cabins
Click the on the Train details for more info including the rail pass reservation fees*:
On this journey
Journey Features
Good to Know
For the part of the journey between Warsaw and the first call in Czechia, the coaches/sleeping cars heading for Praha are joined to other parts of the train which will be heading to Budapest and Wien.
If you can see a train on the departure indicators in Warsaw heading to Budapest or Wien, then this information will also be referring to this train.
A contributory factor to the journey by the overnight train from Warsaw to Prague, being much longer than the daytime trains, is that this overnight train spends more than two hours in Bohumin station.
And unlike the daytime trains it takes a longer route via Krakow
Option 2: travel by day
Journey Summary
7hr 9min - 7hr 14min
Daily
Travel Information
Final Destination: Praha hl.n
These trains also calls at: Warszawa Zachodnia, Oloumuc and Pardubice.
These trains typically depart from Centralna station in Warszawa at 04:56 (!) and 13:14.
2 x trains per day
Tickets
Tickets for this journey are not sold online by the PKP (Polish railways) website or CD (The Czech Railways) website.
So either call the CD booking service on +420 221 111 122, or send CD an email, or wait until you arrive in Warszawa - ideally go to the station to obtain your tickets before the travel date.
Tickets aren't discounted for this journey in the opposite direction from Czeschia , so they're unlikely to be cheaper when booked in advance for this journey from Warszawa
Rail pass users need to reserve before boarding, this reservation can be arranged at Warszawa Centralna station.
On this journey
Journey Features
Good to Know
Departing from Warszawa/Warsaw:
These trains cross the city from east to west - so they call first at Warszawa Wschodnia station, which is on the eastern side of the city centre.
If you will be commencing a journey in the vicinity of the old town, you can take tram line/route 13 direct from the 'Stare Miasto' stop direct to Wschodnia station.
They then call at Warszawa Centralna - the main station in the city, which is why we've used it for the orange station info button, which can be clicked above.
These trains are usually scheduled to depart from Warszawa Centralna at 05:25 and 13:30 - on some timetables the morning departure is named the 'Praha' and the afternoon train is named the 'Porta Moravica'.
After departing from Warszawa Centralna these trains will then call at Warszawa Zachodnia.
So check the location of the starting point of your journey, to see which of these three stations will suit you best.
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