There will be a summer adjustment to the railway timetable

The adjustment to the train timetable introduced on June 9 will remain in effect until August 31. For the duration of summer travel, the infrastructure manager and carriers have prepared a service offering that takes into account the capabilities of the railway network. Passengers are already benefiting from the first results of the work. Transport links in agglomerations, regions and between them are improving, as is the standard of service at stations and stops. Passengers are gaining better access to rail transport. From the train windows, passengers can still see investments that are transforming the railway system—modernization of lines and stations worth almost PLN 70 billion.

What changes will there be to interregional travel?

Long-distance trains will return to the modernized line from Warsaw to Poznań, and passengers will use new platforms in Kole and Konin. All PKP Intercity express trains, as well as the TLK Zielonogórzanin, IC Gałczyński, TLK Paderewski and IC Barbakan services, will run on this route. Work on the line will continue.

On June 9, trains will run across the rebuilt viaduct in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Replacement bus service in the city on the Gorzów Wielkopolski Wschodni–Gorzów Wielkopolski section will end.

In Pomerania, the return of trains in June is planned on the route from Miastko to Słupsk. The stations and stops in Miastko, Kawcze, Przytocko, Ciecholub, Biesowice, Kępka, Kępice, Korzybie, Wrząca Pomorska, Słonowice, Widzino and Kobylnica Słupska have new and higher platforms that will provide passengers with the expected standard of service.

For the summer season, from June 22, there will be a direct train connection from Kraków to Zakopane without transfers to buses on the modernized Skawina–Sucha Beskidzka and Chabówka–Zakopane lines.

From June 20, seasonal trains will return from Słupsk to Ustka and from Lębork to Łeba. In June, trains will run on summer routes: Jelenia Góra–Hel, Jelenia Góra–Łeba, Bielsko-Biała–Kołobrzeg and Kołobrzeg–Świnoujście.

On Fridays and Sundays, Lower Silesia will be connected with the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship by the Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski–Wrocław Główny service. On Saturdays and Sundays, two train pairs will operate to Slovakia on the Muszyna–Poprad-Tatry route. There will also be new Kraków/Katowice–Zator connections.

With the June timetable adjustment, trains will travel faster on the Chybie–Sumina section. This will shorten the journey from Żory to Rybnik by 7 minutes, while weekend passengers will travel from Wisła Głębce to Gliwice 10 minutes faster. Since May 28, new and higher platforms have provided more comfortable travel in Sumina, Górki Śląskie, Szymocice and Nędza Wieś in the Silesian Voivodeship. The platforms were raised to make boarding and leaving trains easier for passengers.

Railway workers are preparing greater service comfort and faster journeys on the Wiedenka section from Częstochowa to Zawiercie. Since May 24, passengers have been using four new platforms in Myszków and at the Myszków Światowit, Myszków Mrzygłód and Zawiercie Borowe Pole stops. Two more rebuilt platforms in Korwinów and Częstochowa Raków will serve passengers from the end of June. In August, PLK will rebuild the platforms in Kończyce, Kaczyce, Pogwizdów and Cieszyn Marlowice on the line from Zebrzydowice to Cieszyn. During this time, regional trains will be replaced by buses.

In Małopolska, since June 1 passengers have been using new, more comfortable platforms alongside the first track on the Charsznica–Jaroszowiec Olkuski line. The platforms at Wolbrom station and in Gajówka, Jeżówka, Zarzecze and Chrząstowice Olkuskie will be fully equipped and adapted to the needs of all passengers. In the Kraków railway junction, work is under way on a bridge and a viaduct in the city center, while stations and stops are being transformed. From June 9, platform no. 3 in Krzeszowice will open, increasing the capacity to handle passenger trains on the route to Kraków.

A new stop—Rzeszów Zachodni—will be available from June 9 to residents of Rzeszów and rail travelers on the Ocice–Rzeszów route.

In Western Pomerania, platforms at the Czarne Małe, Rzęśnica and Suliszewo stops on the Szczecinek–Runowo Pomorskie route will be reopened after reconstruction on June 9. During the summer, passengers will be able to use more convenient platforms in Wiewiecko, Silnowo and Drawsko Pomorskie. After 11 years, passengers will once again be able to use the Górzyca Reska stop, from which trains will run, among other destinations, to Kołobrzeg and Goleniów.

In Lower Silesia, after nearly 10 years, trains will run on modernized tracks from Legnica to Lubin. The journey on the line will take approximately 16 minutes, and the journey from Lubin to Wrocław approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. A total of 24 trains will depart on the route each day. Platforms at five stations and stops have been rebuilt for passengers.

In the Lublin region, the railway route connecting Siedlce and Terespol is changing. In July, two passenger platforms in Terespol are scheduled to reopen after modernization. Work continues on the line connecting Warsaw with Lublin, where long-distance trains still operate via a detour through Łuków and Parczew. On May 6, trains returned to the Garwolin–Dęblin section. Modernization of the Lublin–Dęblin and Otwock–Pilawa sections is under way.

In the Łódź region, stations in Zduńska Wola, Łask and Pabianice are being modernized. At the beginning of July, passengers in Zduńska Wola will be able to use the second rebuilt platform. In Łask, both edges of the new island platform are already available to passengers. Due to work on railway lines in the Łódź agglomeration, train operating times will change and buses will replace some services. Carriers provide detailed information about traffic arrangements, which is also available at portalpasazera.pl.

Recently, Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. placed additional fully modernized railway stations in Chojnów and Zgorzelec (Lower Silesian Voivodeship), in Żagań (Lubusz Voivodeship) and in Pruszków near Warsaw into service. Construction work is already under way at many stations, where railway workers are not only modernizing historic stations but also building entirely new facilities to serve passengers.

Will there be more connections to the seaside?

PKP Intercity is launching many seasonal services, providing access to popular tourist destinations. Passengers planning a summer holiday by the sea will be able to use an additional Pendolino service to Kołobrzeg. From June 19 to August 31, a Kraków–Kołobrzeg–Kraków train via Warsaw will run daily. The EIC Posejdon service will provide the Warsaw–Kołobrzeg connection and will run daily during the summer season.

In addition, during the summer season, the IC Malczewski train, which normally runs between Przemyśl and Kołobrzeg, will operate on an extended route to Ustka. The TLK Kochanowski service between Lublin and Piła will also run on a longer route, providing access to Kołobrzeg. PKP Intercity is also launching an additional TLK Delfin train. From Monday to Friday, it will run on the Łódź–Gdynia–Łódź route via Warsaw, while on weekends it will run from Łódź all the way to Łeba.

Will there be a better service offering for southeastern Poland?

During the summer, the IC Chełmoński service between Przemyśl and Jelenia Góra will carry a group of carriages on the Wrocław–Hrubieszów section, attached and detached in Przeworsk. This will allow passengers, including those from Zamość, to travel directly to Kraków and Wrocław. Zamość will also gain a new direct connection with Warsaw and Lublin. It will be provided by the TLK Zamoyski train, which will operate on the new Warsaw–Zamość route.

Residents of the Jasło, Krosno and Sanok counties will be able to travel to the Tri-City thanks to a change in the connecting service, from the former TLK Malinowski to the TLK Małopolska service between Przemyśl and Gdynia. With the further connection, it will also be possible to travel to Łupków in the Bieszczady Mountains.

What about comprehensive passenger information?

Detailed information about train timetables is available at stations and stops, online at portalpasazera.pl, rozkład-pkp.pl and on the carriers' websites. Train departures and arrivals are also displayed on boards and information kiosks at stations. In addition, on June 9 and 10, mobile information staff will be available to passengers at ten stations in Poland's largest cities: Warszawa Centralna, Wschodnia and Zachodnia, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Katowice, Kraków Główny, Poznań, Szczecin and Wrocław. They will help passengers plan convenient connections, find the appropriate platform and provide any information useful for their journey.

During summer travel, passengers can also count on the support of InfoDworce staff. These information points are located at key Polish railway stations: Bydgoszcz Główna, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk Główny, Gdynia Główna, Katowice, Kraków Główny, Łódź Fabryczna, Poznań Główny, Warszawa Centralna, Warszawa Wschodnia, Warszawa Zachodnia and Wrocław Główny. Their staff answer questions about station operations and services available on the premises; they also assist travelers who are unfamiliar with the city's layout and do not know how to get around the given locality.