BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS IN POLAND

LOCATION: http://www.utp.edu.pl/index.php?lang=1

POLISH AIRPORTS with international connections:
• Bydgoszcz http://www.plb.pl
• Gdansk http://www.airport.gdansk.pl
• Katowice
• Krakow
• Lodz
• Poznan http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/en
• Rzeszow
• Szczecin
• Warszawa http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/?lang=en
• Wroclaw

RAIL INFORMATION:
On-line train timetables
 Information on all rail connections is available on: http://rozklad.pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?
 Intercity train tickets can be booked on: https://bilet.intercity.pl/irez/

Trip duration
If you are planning a trip, make sure you select a suitable train –regular trains can take as much as twice the time to cover the same distance. E.g., the distance between Warsaw and Krakow is covered by a fast Intercity train in three hours, and over five hours by a regular train.

In Poland, train fares are priced subject to distance, class and train category. First class, intercity, couchette and sleeping cars tickets carry a surcharge. A booking charge is added to the price of intercity tickets.
Fast and express (called POSPIESZNY) trains run between the largest cities. Fast trains run between the larger cities without stopping at smaller stations.

Regional trains (called OSOBOWY) carry passengers to smaller towns. Traveling by slower trains you can visit smaller Polish towns and villages. These trains usually run over short routes and often stop at all the local stations.
Train standards

Polish trains have very diverse standards. Express trains offer the highest luxury of travel, followed by regional and local trains. All trains, except for the local ones, are divided into first and second class carriages.

Intercity trains and many express trains have a separate restaurant coach. Some trains have special smoking compartments.

Long-distance trains are often equipped with additional sleeping-cars.

COACH TRAVEL:
Tickets
Ticket prices depend on the class of transport and length of the route. One way bus tickets are available. If you have to change coaches during your trip you will have to buy a ticket for each leg of the trip. Ticket are marked with the date and time of departure and are only valid for the designated trip.

For a coach trip across Poland from the south to the north (i.e. from the mountains to the sea) you will pay, depending on the coach class, between PLN 60 and 100. The faree from central Poland to major cities (e.g. from Warsaw to Krakow) will coast about PLN 40 - 50.

You may ask the ticket attendant about special promotional prices and available discounts.

Where to buy tickets?

It is most covenient to buy your ticket at a travel agent or a coach terminal. It may be possible, although not recommended, to buy it from the coach driver. When there are many passengers queuing up for seats those with the ticket in hand will be served first. Coach seats are normally numbered, although it may not be the case with smaller coach operators.

CITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Tickets for BUSES and TRAMS are sold at newsagent kiosks. One ticket is used for all means of public transport and is valid for buses, trams and the underground. In some towns you can buy tickets from the driver (at a surcharge), from ticket machines on board or at underground stations.
TAXI
You can call for a taxi, go to a taxi rank or hail it in the street. For your own comfort and safety choose only a taxi with the operator logo and/or beacon displayed. Before the driver sets off, you may ask about the approximate fare price and make sure that the taximeter is clearly displayed.
 

HOW TO REACH BYDGOSZCZ CITY?

By plane
Bydgoszcz I.J.Paderewski Airport
Jana Pawla II street 158
tel. 00 48 (052) 365 46 50
timetables on the airport website: http://www.plb.pl/
Bydgoszcz Airport is located near national way no 25 (exit route to Inowroclaw/Konin), only 3,5 km from Bydgoszcz City Centre. You can get there by public communication service, which is bus line no 80. This bus line enables connection between airport (PORT LOTNICZY) , central railway station (DWORZEC PKP) and coach station (DWORZEC PKS).

Here You can look for convenient timetable of busline no. 80: http://www.zdmikp.bydgoszcz.pl/?id=komunikacja_rozklad_jazdy

By train
Bydgoszcz Glowna Railway Station (DWORZEC PKP Bydgoszcz Glowna)
Zygmunta Augusta street 7
tel. 0048 (052) 518 52 60
www.pkp.pl
city bu lines reaching railway station: 54, 60, 61, 62, 67, 71, 79, 93, 94, 31 N
 

By Coach
Dworzec PKS , Jagiellońska street 58
tel. 0048 (052) 322 90 57
www.pks.bydgoszcz.pl

Bydgoszcz City public transport directed to Dworzec PKS:
BUS line 54
TRAM lines 1, 3, 4, 8
Coach Station (Dworzec PKS) is located in Bydgoszcz centre. There is central Bydgoszcz roundabout nearby, called Rondo Jagiellonow- it’s a communication node, from where You can get buses and trams to all locations of the Bydgoszcz city.

COMING TO BYDGOSZCZ FROM DIFFERENT AIRPORTS (EXAMPLES):
Warsaw Frederic Chopin International Airport (WAW):
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/?lang=en
From the airport You can reach Warsaw City Centre using public transport:
 

1) BUS:
Bus 175 goes to the city centre; buses 148 and 188 take you to nearest subway stations.
Travel time by bus to the centre is about 25-40 minutes.
Night time, there is bus #N32 that operates between the airport and the city centre (and the main railway station).

Read about the tickets and the routs on: http://www.ztm.waw.pl/taryfa/en/inf.php

2) TAXI:
The three taxi corporations: MPT, SAWA, and MERC have a deal with the airport and therefore are recommended. You can order a cab on-line, by phone, or sms.
• MPT Radio taxi: call +48 22 677 77 77; go to: http://www.taximpt.com.pl/html_eng/taxi919_htm.html
• Sawa Taxi: call +48 22 644 44 44;
At the number +48 22 650 22 01 you can order taxi that will collect you at the Arrivals.
• Merc Taxi +48 22 677 77 77; go to: http://www.merctaxi.pl/index-eng.php
These corporations have their receptions outlets in the Arrival hall of the Terminal 2; the personell there speaks English. All mayor credit cards are accepted.
Continue travel to Bydgoszcz:
1) Continue By Train
There are three main railway stations located in Warszawa. The best way to get on and off the trains is at the Central Station (Warszawa Centralna), located in the heart of the city centre (54 Jerozolimskie Street). If your destination is the eastern parts of Warszawa, you should get off at Eastern Warszawa Station (Warszawa Wschodnia). For those who wish to travel further by coach, the Western Warszawa Station (Warszawa Zachodnia) would be the choice, since there is a large coach terminal in the vicinity.
Exemplary train direct connections Warsaw (Warszawa centralna)- Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz Glowna) on 17.03.2009:
Departure Warsaw: 09:00 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 12:47 p.m., train no. P25100
Departure Warsaw: 11:00 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 14:47 p.m., train no. P25102
Departure Warsaw: 13:00 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 16:44 p.m., train no. P35102
Departure Warsaw: 15:00 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 18:48 p.m., train no. P28100
Departure Warsaw: 17:05 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 20:52 p.m., train no. P15108
Departure Warsaw: 19:00 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 22:46 p.m., train no. P25104
For train connections to Bydgoszcz, also, check: http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?

2) Continue By Coach
If you go by coach you will probably arrive at the Western Warszawa Coach Station (Dworzec PKS Warszawa Zachodnia), 144 Jerozolimskie Street, which is the largest coach station, both for domestic and international destinations. At the Warszawa Stadion Station (Warszawa Stadion), Zieleniecka Street, there is another coach station, for eastbound destinations, domestic as well as international.
Exemplary coach direct connections Dworzec PKS Warsaw (Warszawa Zachodnia)- Bydgoszcz:
Departure Warsaw Dworzec Zachodni: 23:50 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz Rondo Jagiellonów: 04:25 a.m., coach no.2655
Departure Warsaw Dworzec Zachodni: 09:50 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz UTP: 14:32 p.m., (Bus final destination: Kolobrzeg).
Departure Warsaw Dworzec Zachodni: 14:30 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz UTP: 19:15 p.m.,
Departure Warsaw Dworzec Zachodni: 15:30 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz UTP: 20:15 p.m.,
Departure Warsaw Dworzec Zachodni: 19:15 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz UTP: 23:57 p.m.,
After Arrival:
To get from UTP parts in Bydgoszcz-Fordon (University of Technology and Life Sciences at Kaliskiego street) to Bydgoszcz city centre (Rondo Jagiellonów), you take bus line no. 65, 70 or 74 and change at Wyscigowa Street to the Tram line no. 1 or 3.
Otherwise, you can get direct bus line no. 94 which goes every 20 min. from UTP (Kaliskiego Street) to Dworzec PKP (Train Station Bydgoszcz Główna).

Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (GDA):
http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/
From the airport You can reach Gdansk City Centre using public transport:
1) BUS:
There is fast busline B, timetable: http://www.zkm.gda.pl/portb/b1491w.htm and night busline N3 from airport (Port Lotniczy) to Gdansk Glowny Railway Station (Dworzec Glowny PKP).
2) TAXI:
A taxi rank is located in front of the main entrance to the passenger terminal and is serviced by CITY PLUS TAXI.
Continue travel to Bydgoszcz:
1) Continue By Train
Exemplary train direct connections Gdansk (Dworzec PKP Gdansk Glowny)- Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz Glowna):
Departure Gdansk: 08:00 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 10:11 a.m., train no. P54100
Departure Gdansk: 09:12 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 11:20 a.m., train no. P57104
Departure Gdansk: 11:00 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 13:14 p.m., train no. P57102
Departure Gdansk: 12:01 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 14:10 p.m., train no. P54102
Departure Gdansk: 14:58 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 17:10 p.m., train no. P56102
Departure Gdansk: 15:59 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 18:10 p.m., train no. P51102
Departure Gdansk: 12:01 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 14:10 p.m., train no. P54102
Departure Gdansk: 14:58 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 17:10 p.m., train no. P56102
Departure Gdansk: 15:59 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 18:10 p.m., train no. P51102
Departure Gdansk: 18:15 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 20:24 p.m., train no. P57100
Departure Gdansk: 22:04 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 00:30 a.m., train no. P56200
For train connections to Bydgoszcz, also, check: http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?

Poznan Lawica Airport:
http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/en/
You can reach Poznan City Centre using public transport:
1) BUS:
Express line L: Airport (Port Lotniczy Lawica)- Central Railway Station (Dworzec PKP Poznan Glowny), duration about 20 min., check timetable: http://www.mpk.ipoznan.pl/komunikacja/mpk/tabliczka.html?P=DWGL-21&K=20&L=50
Night busline 242: Airport (Port Lotniczy Lawica)- Central Railway Station (Dworzec PKP Poznan Glowny), duration about 30 min.., check timetable: http://www.mpk.ipoznan.pl/komunikacja/mpk/tabliczka.html?P=PLL-22&K=21&L=56
2) TAXI:
A taxi rank is located in front of airport arrival hall.
Continue travel to Bydgoszcz:
1) Continue By Train…
Exemplary train direct connections between Poznan (Dworzec PKP Poznan Glowny)- Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz Glowna):
Departure Poznan: 08:23 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 10:46 a.m., train no. P65100
Departure Poznan: 12:23 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 14:48 p.m., train no. P75102
Departure Poznan: 14:15 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 16:31 p.m., train no. P75104
Departure Poznan: 18:10 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 20:35 p.m., train no. P65102
Departure Poznan: 19:50 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz: 22:37 p.m., train no. 7534 (slow train called OSOBOWY) change in Inowroclaw to train no. 20331 (OSOBOWY). Arrival in Inowroclaw 21:42, 4 minutes for changing between those trains.
For train connections to Bydgoszcz, also, check: http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?
2) Or Continue By Coach…
Departure Poznan Bus Station (Dworzec PKS = Poznan D.A. = Dworzec Autobusowy)
Departure Poznan 10:50 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz 13:20 p.m., trip no. 36
Departure Poznan 11:50 a.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz 14:50 p.m., trip no. 11
Departure Poznan 12:30 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz 15:10 p.m., trip no. 235
Departure Poznan 15:25 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz 18:35 p.m., trip no. 14
Departure Poznan 16:15 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz 19:00 p.m., trip no. 418
Departure Poznan 18:50 p.m., Arrival Bydgoszcz 22:10 p.m., trip no. 1040
For coach connections to Bydgoszcz, also, check: http://www.pks.poznan.pl/p/1.php?action=search