Bus APorS9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory?

The short answer

For one traveler the Bus AP is cheaper by PLN 13.50. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Bus AP is quicker: 48 min against 56 min. The S9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory varies between 56 and 70 minutes.

Bus AP: Runs all night. S9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory: 04:13–21:40.

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.
Travelers	Bus AP	S9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory	Difference
1	PLN 7	PLN 20.50	PLN 13.50
2	PLN 13.80	PLN 41	PLN 27.20
3	PLN 13.80	PLN 61.50	PLN 47.70
4	PLN 13.80	PLN 82	PLN 68.20
5	PLN 13.80	PLN 102.50	PLN 88.70
6	PLN 20.80	PLN 123	PLN 102.20
7	PLN 27.60	PLN 143.50	PLN 115.90
8	PLN 27.60	PLN 164	PLN 136.40

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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

Check the fare with Transport GZM

S9S1 · Koleje ŚląskieS9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory

From: Pyrzowice Lotnisko station, about 500 m from the terminals along a paved footpath
To: Katowice, the main station, after a change at Chorzów Batory; the S9 itself serves Tarnowskie Góry, Bytom and Chorzów and ends at Chorzów Batory
Luggage: Free; a regional train with racks, no hold.
Runs: 04:13–21:40
Journey: 56–70 min

This train does not go to Katowice. It runs to Chorzów Batory, where an S1 towards Katowice leaves 1 to 29 minutes later — 62 to 85 minutes all in, against 48 minutes on bus AP for a third of the price.

The station is 500 m from the terminals on foot. The bus stop is on the forecourt.

Two PKP Intercity trains a day, the Sztygar and the Morcinek, call here on their way from Lublin to Katowice without a change; no fare for them appears here.

The last train with a connection is the 21:40; the 23:29 goes no further than Tarnowskie Góry. The bus runs all night.

It is the right answer for Tarnowskie Góry, Bytom and Chorzów, and for Zawiercie and Częstochowa the other way.

S9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory: price for every party size

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Bus APorS9 train, then the S1 from Chorzów Batory?

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