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Munich to Prague from €16

Comfortable trains link Munich & Prague in 5h38 every 2 hours, centre to centre.  You can use these trains to go from Nuremburg to Prague too, with one easy change at Schwandorf.  Booked in advance, fares starts at €16 - or from €39 in 1st class.  Trains give you room to move and you're free to bring your own picnic, beer or wine as the lovely Czech countryside rolls by.  The train service was increased from 4 to 7 trains each way per day in 2017 and all trains are now air-conditioned with refreshment trolley, power sockets at all seats & free WiFi.

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Train times 2025

 Munich ► Prague

Days of running:

Mon-Sat

daily

daily

daily

daily

daily

daily

 Munich Hbf depart:

04:44

06:44

08:44

10:44

12:44

14:44

16:44

   Nuremburg depart:

-

 07:43*

 09:43*

 11:43*

 13:43*

 15:43*

 17:43*

 Regensburg depart:

06:17

08:17

10:17

12:17

14:17

16:17

18:17

 Plzen arrive:

08:47

10:47

12:47

14:47

16:47

18:47

20:47

 Prague Hlavni arrive:

10:22

12:22

14:22

16:22

18:22

20:22

22:22

* = to/from Nuremburg you make one easy change of train at a little station called Schwandorf.  Always check times at www.cd.cz.

Munich to Prague is 435 km or 270 miles by train via this route.

 Prague ► Munich

Days of running:

daily

daily

daily

daily

daily

daily

daily

 Prague Hlavni depart:

05:35

07:35

09:35

11:35

13:35

15:35

17:35

 Plzen depart:

07:11

09:11

11:11

13:11

15:11

17:11

19:11

 Regensburg arrive:

09:41

11:41

13:41

15:41

17:41

19:41

21:41

   Nuremburg arrive:

 10:15*

 12:15*

 14:15*

 16:15*

18:15*

20:15*

22:15*

 Munich Hbf arrive:

11:18

13:18

15:18

17:18

19:18

21:18

23:18

How much does it cost?

How to buy tickets

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Nuremberg-Prague

Route map

Munich to Prague train route map

 

Click for larger map

Highlighted = Munich-Prague train route.

Red = high-speed lines.  Black = conventional lines. 

Green = scenic sections of line.

Reproduced from the European Rail Map with kind permission of the European Rail Timetable people.  I recommend buying a copy of this Rail Map, www.europeanrailtimetable.eu with shipping worldwide.

European Rail Timetable and map

What's the journey like?

Express train from Munich to Prague

An air-conditioned Czech Railways car on an express train from Munich to Prague, on platform 26 at Munich Hbf.  An Alex Länderbahn car is behind it.

2nd class open saloon seats on a Munich to Prague train   2nd class compartment in a Landerbahn car

Czech Railways 2nd class open-plan car with power sockets & free WiFi.  My choice of car!  Larger photo.

 

The trains are clearly marked and easy to find, just look at the departure screens.

Munich to Prague train at Prague Hlavni

Länderbahn Alex cars on an express from Munich to Prague, on platform 25 at Munich Hbf.

2nd class 6-seat compartments on a Munich to Prague train   2nd class 6-seat compartment on Munich to Prague train

2nd class compartments in the Landerbahn Alex cars with power sockets & WiFi.  One of the two Alex cars should have first class compartments, which look remarkably similar to 2nd class, but with carpet, a larger table and slightly plusher seats.  On this occasion, both cars were 2nd class.  Click the images for larger photos.

Beautiful scenery from the Prague to Munich train

Sit back and watch beautiful Czech countryside roll past.

Plzen station   Through the forests of Bohemia

Above left, the train calls at the magnificent Plzen station - there's time to stretch your legs on the platform while the locomotive is changed.  Plzen gives its name to Pils or Pilsner beer, as in 1842 the world's first blond lager Pilsner Urquell inspired the style of beer that now accounts for over two thirds of the beer made worldwide, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilsner.  The train continues, running through occasional Bohemian forests, above right.

More scenery from the Prague to Munich train

More beautiful Czech countryside.  You'll cross the Danube just before Regensburg.  Beats the bus, any day.

Travel tips

VideoPrague to Munich by train

The video shows the pre-December 2017 train service, when there was a bistro car on two of the 4 trains per day.  Now there are 7 trains per day and all have more modern cars like the 2nd class ones shown in the video and all have a minibar, but not a separate bistro car.


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