By train
PoznaÅ is a crucial railway junction and all trains going between Moscow and Western Europe stop here. Trains to Berlin or Warsaw take approximately 3 hours in either direction and cost around â¬20 one-way. Trains to Kraków approx. 8 daily take around 6 hours and cost â¬15 one-way, Wroclaw more than 15 daily will take around 2 hours and cost around â¬8. The journey to Gdansk 6 trains daily will take 5,5 hours and cost â¬12 and to ToruÅ 6 trains per day : 2,5 hours and â¬7.
Frequent and convenient train connection from Warsaw. Journey time about 3 hours. Cost from â¬10 Inter Regio trains through â¬14 fast trains to as much as â¬30 Inter City Plus.
PoznaÅ is also served by long-distance trains leading to popular beach- and mountain resorts : Zakopane 2 night trains in winter and summer season, Szklarska PorÄba/Kudowa Zdrój 2 daily + 1 in season, KoÅobrzeg Kolberg, Hel and ÅwinoujÅcie.
Besides, PoznaÅ and Wielkopolska region has a vast network of local connections. For tourist the most important can be trains going to :
Gniezno The Piast Route - approx. 15-20 depending on the day trains daily
Wolsztyn The steam-engine depot - 7 trains daily
Konin The sanctuary in LicheÅ - 12-15 trains daily
WÄ growiec The Cistercian Route - 8-10 trains daily
In some cases going from or to Cathedral Island - Ostrów Tumski, the Old Town it can be wise to use local train stop "PoznaÅ-Garbary" instead of the main station.
By bus
PoznaÅ is served by the Eurolines coach network. Count on fares of around â¬90 one-way to London or Amsterdam. Every day more than 200 local buses leave for town and even small villages everywhere in Wielkopolska region.
The PoznaÅ coach station is situated nearby the train station 5-min walk and as well few-minutes-walk from the main entrance to the Fair Ground. Other places in the centre are also accessible on foot. Just next to the coach station one can find several city tram and bus lines:
trams 6, 10, 11 i 12 - just 1 stop left, when you leave the coach station to the train station or as well 1 stop to the right to the Shopping Mall Stary Browar The Old Brewery or to shopping area nearby ul. PóÅwiejska.
bus 71 heading toward "Os. Wichrowe Wzgórze" giving access to e.g. The Province Office, the main building of the PoznaŠUniversity, to the Opera House or to Mickiewicz Sq. with the Monument of Poznan Crosses Uprising 1956.
Poznan has many bus connections first of all with cities and towns in West Poland Gorzów, Zielona Góra, sea resorts, mountain resorts in Sudety Mountains, but there are also coaches heading to : Lublin, Åódź, Warsaw etc. Apart from that there's a vast network of local and regional buses, especially to towns with poor or no train connection.