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Bus APorPrivate transfer to Kraków?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Bus AP reaches Katowice station and the Rynek, a few streets apart in the middle of the city; the Private transfer to Kraków does not. This goes to Kraków, not Katowice: the driver takes you to any address there.

The Bus AP is quicker: 48 min against 1 h 30.

Bus AP: Runs all night. Private transfer to Kraków: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in PLN. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row. The Private transfer to Kraków is charged in euros; its column is converted at the reference rate in its fare note.
TravelersBus APPrivate transfer to KrakówDifference
1PLN 7about PLN 825PLN 818
2PLN 13.80about PLN 825PLN 811.20
3PLN 13.80about PLN 825PLN 811.20
4PLN 13.80about PLN 825PLN 811.20
5PLN 13.80about PLN 894PLN 880.20
6PLN 20.80about PLN 894PLN 873.20
7PLN 27.60about PLN 894PLN 866.40
8PLN 27.60about PLN 1,788PLN 1,760.40

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
AP · Transport GZM (ZTM), operated by PKM KatowiceBus AP
From
Stand 1 of the Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy stop, on car park P1 in front of Terminal A
To
Katowice Dworzec, the stop at the railway station, in 48 minutes — Strefa Kultury by the Spodek in 39, Sokolska in 44, and the Sądowa coach station in 51
Luggage
Free — the tariff charges nothing for luggage or animals. A city bus with no hold.
Runs
All night
Journey
39–51 min

Around the clock, every day: every 30 minutes at :14 and :44 from 05:14 to 00:44, then 01:19, 02:19, 03:19 and 04:19. The longest wait at night is an hour.

Buy the 120-minute ticket, not the 40-minute one: the ride is timed at 48 minutes to the station and 51 to Sądowa, and the ticket's validity is judged by the timetable.

The cheapest fare needs two taps: a bank card on the validator as you board and the same card as you leave, PLN 5.70. Without the second tap the system keeps PLN 6.60.

The driver sells nothing. Machines on the forecourt and in the terminals sell paper tickets; validate on boarding.

From Sądowa it runs back to the airport all night too: at :00 and :30 from 04:00 to 23:30, then hourly at :30.

Bus AP: price for every party size

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