By car
The main approaches to Katowice are:
from Krakow on the A-4 motorway; Katowice is about 60 km westward of Krakow
from Wroclaw on the A-4 motorway; Katowice is about 180 km eastward of Wroclaw
from Warsaw on the E-67 European main road; Katowice is about 300 km south of Warsaw
from Cieszyn on the southern border on the E-75 European main road; Katowice is about 70 km north of Cieszyn
All routes converge on the main crossroads the A-4 and E-75 which lies near the city centre. Katowice has no big car parks system but there are many small car parks along the roads in the city center.
By train
Katowice Main Railway Station is located in the city center.
Trains from all parts of Poland and other countries arrive at Central Station. There are fourteen trains per day between Warsaw and Katowice and twenty-eight trains per day between Krakow and Katowice during the day; the journey takes 180 minutes from Warsaw and 80 minutes from Krakow. You can arrive by train directly from Vienna, Budapest, Kiev, Berlin, Ostrava, Praha, Bohumin, Bratislava, Zilina, Äeský TÄÅ¡Ãn, Hamburg, Moscow, Minsk. The Main Station has left luggage lockers. The station is an easy two minute walk apart main Bus Station.
The trains within Poland are run by Polskie Koleje PaÅstwowe see PKP (http://www.pkp.pl/english/index.php/).
Getting to WrocÅaw by train takes about 3-4 hours, the ticket prices vary from 35 to even 100 zÅ, so be careful while choosing the train.