Trains will return to sections of lines in Lubelszczyzna, Mazovia and Greater Poland that have already been modernized. PKP Intercity trains will make additional stops in Smętowo and Jastrowie. The adjustment will enable PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. to continue investments under the National Railway Programme.
What will the timetable changes provide?
The timetable changes ensure smooth train traffic and the journey times included in the timetable. The largest investments in years are under way across the railway network; their results will include shorter train journeys and more accessible, more comfortable stations and stops.
The works carried out by PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. will improve regional and interregional transport. The infrastructure manager and carriers have developed an optimal range of connections, making use of the lines’ capabilities. The timetable adjustment will apply from September 2 to October 20.
How can you travel east by rail?
On the rebuilt line from Lublin to Stalowa Wola Rozwadów, on the first Sunday in September, passengers will be able to use the new platforms in Kraśnik, Krężnica Jara, Majdan, Niedrzwica Kościelna, Leśniczówka, Wilkołaz Wieś and Pułankowice. Train traffic will resume on the Lublin Zemborzyce–Kraśnik section. At the same time, work will begin on the Kraśnik–Zaklików section. Replacement bus services will be introduced for passengers.
Passengers travelling on the Lublin–Warsaw route should note the changes already in force in connection with the modernization of the line. Trains travelling from Warsaw to Lublin run via Łuków and Parczew. On September 2, the Świder–Otwock and Pilawa–Garwolin sections are scheduled to reopen to regional train traffic. Replacement bus services will continue to operate on the Garwolin–Dęblin route.
In Lubelszczyzna, the modernization of the stations in Biała Podlaska and Terespol will improve travel comfort. Work on the tracks requires changes. This applies to regional trains and the long-distance IC Polonez and IC Niemcewicz.
What about Greater Poland?
From September 30, trains will run on modernized tracks on the Oborniki Wlkp.–Piła section. Passengers will use new platforms in Oborniki Wielkopolskie and Chodzież. Further work on the line will reduce the journey between Poznań and Piła to approximately 80 minutes.
Modernization of the Warsaw–Poznań line is progressing. Regular train services from Września to Konin have been operating since mid-July. Buses operate in place of regional trains on the Konin–Kutno route. Long-distance trains run via Gniezno–Inowrocław Rąbinek–Barłogi to Warsaw. From September 21 to October 20, some PKP IC trains, including those on the Warsaw–Berlin route, will take a changed route from Kutno via Toruń to Poznań or Bydgoszcz.
How will you travel in the Warsaw metropolitan area?
Before the start of the academic year, on September 24, trains will return to the Warsaw–Grodzisk Mazowiecki route. Passengers will use the new stop in Parzniew. Passenger service will take place from new platforms. Finishing work will still be carried out. More information is available at grodzisk-warszawa.pl.
What’s new with Intercity?
From September 2, IC Hutnik, operating on the Gdynia–Katowice route, IC Sukiennice on the Gdynia–Kraków route and IC Witkacy on the Gdynia–Zakopane route will stop in Smętowo. Passengers in Jastrowie will be able to use the Lublin–Kołobrzeg connection (TLK Kochanowski).
PKP IC trains will return to the routes: IC Barbakan, Kraków–Szczecin/Świnoujście, and IC Włókniarz, Łódź–Szczecin (from September 21 to October 20 it will operate on the shortened Szczecin–Poznań route). Due to the extensive investment process on the railways, some trains operate on diversionary routes. More information at intercity.pl.
How will transport operate across the country?
Due to work on the line from Warsaw to Radom, the timetable for some regional trains will change on the Czachówek Południowy–Warka route. Long-distance trains IC Orłowicz, IC Kolberg, TLK Kinga and IC Żeromski will take a changed route—partly via the Central Railway Line, through Idzikowice and Przysucha, returning to their proper route in Radom.
In Łódź Voivodeship, due to the construction of new platforms and tracks on the Zduńska Wola–Łódź Kaliska line, buses will operate for most regional trains, while PKP IC trains (IC Słowacki, IC Włókniarz, IC Barbakan and IC Portowiec) will take changed routes. Carriers are providing detailed information.
How do you travel by train in Kraków?
Additional tracks are being built in Kraków on the Kraków Główny Towarowy–Rudzice section. Therefore, from September 2, the interruption in train traffic on the Kraków Główny–Podłęże route will resume from Monday to Friday, between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Due to the reconstruction of Kraków Płaszów station, some trains will take a changed route or be replaced by bus services.
What changes will there be in the regions?
Work will begin in September on the Kędzierzyn-Koźle–Opole Groszowice route. Rail traffic on the Raszowa–Gogolin section will operate on a single track. The operating times of long-distance trains will change.
Work on the Częstochowa–Zawiercie line requires changes to regional and long-distance train services. Some trains will run from Częstochowa via Częstochowa Mirów to Poraj. After the tracks are replaced and the platforms rebuilt, the journey will be faster and more comfortable.
In Warmia and Masuria modernization work continues on the Działdowo–Olsztyn line. Some long-distance trains are diverted via Iława, while replacement bus services have been introduced for regional trains. On the Szczytno–Ełk route, buses operate in place of trains during the work.
In Opole Voivodeship the line from Opole to Nysa is being rebuilt; once the work is completed, travel time on the line will be reduced by approximately 40 minutes. Passengers are already using renovated platforms in Komprachcice and Opole Chmielowice on the route from Opole Zachodnie to Szydłów. Since August 1, replacement bus services have operated on the Szydłów–Łambinowice section.
What about the platforms?
As part of the National Railway Programme, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. is improving passenger facilities at stations and stops. Passengers are already using platforms opened this year, including those in Małaszewicze, Rybnik, Jaworzno Szczakowa and Chmielniki Bydgoskie. Since August, two new platforms have been available at Kłodzko Główne station. Stops in Warsaw and Kraków and, among others, the stations Szczecin Główny, Lublin, Rzeszów Główny and Gdańsk Główny are being rebuilt.
Alongside the modernization of railway lines and stations, railway workers are also rebuilding railway stations. Thanks to PKP S.A. investments, approximately 200 facilities across the country will be modernized or built. Some of them will open this year. These will include the railway stations at: Poznań Garbary, Poznań Zachodni (at Poznań Główny station), Pruszków, Strzelin, Jawor, Siechnice, Święta Katarzyna and Smardzów Wrocławski.
Where can you get more detailed information?
On August 31 and September 1–3 this year, mobile information officers will be available to passengers at Poland’s largest railway stations—in Warszawa Centralna, Wschodnia and Zachodnia, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Wrocław, Zakopane, Kraków Główny, Katowice, Poznań and Szczecin. Staff at InfoDworzec points can also provide assistance.
Information is already available at stations and stops in the form of posters. Train departures and arrivals are also displayed on boards and information kiosks at stations. Online, the train timetable is available at portalpasazera.pl and rozklad-pkp.pl, as well as directly from railway carriers.
Information about the PKP Intercity timetable can be found at intercity.pl or by calling 703 200 200 (the charge is PLN 1.29 gross per minute of the call. The service is provided by PKP Intercity S.A.). Useful travel information, including services available at railway stations, is presented on the new website www.pkp.pl.