Changes in the PKP Intercity offer from June

In June PKP Intercity will provide, apart from regular trains and trains prepared for Euro 2012, additional holiday connections to tourist destinations. In the international offer there will be a daily train from Gdynia to Berlin “Berlin Gdynia Express”. The TLK train “Kormoran”, which route was previously from Olsztyn to Katowice will have an extended route as far as to Bielsko Biała and passengers travelling to Gorzów Wielkopolski will get there by Lubuszanin train through Poznań.

The arrival and departure time of trains will also be changed. For example EIC “Kościuszko” train from Warszawa Centralna (Warsaw Central Station) to Kraków will departure two hours earlier than previously i.e. at 06.35.  Due to little interest, “Alois Negrelli”- a direct train from Szczecin to Prague will operate only till June. “Neptun”, “Jantar” and “Kaszub” trains from Warszawa to Gdynia will stop at Kutno railway station. 

In connection with the modernization of the selected railway lines led by the infrastructure manager which is PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, there will  be some changes in the traffic organization of some PKP Intercity trains. Some will operate on changed routes or connections and some will run detour. 

The following trains will operate again on its regular routes:

• Ex “Słowacki” train   Warszawa - Wrocław – Warszawa,

• Ex “Klimczok” train Bielsko Biała – Gdynia – Bielsko Biała,

• Ex “Lajkonik” train Kraków - Gdynia-Kraków,

• TLK “Bieszczady” train Przemyśl – Wrocław – Przemyśl.

Changes in timetables will also concern trains operating between Łódź and Warsaw. The TLK ‘Soplica’ train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Łódź Kaliska will be cancelled.  There will be 15 pairs of trains from and to Łódź altogether. 

 “We decided to increase the number of tickets in Super Ticket offer since June. We want to encourage passengers to purchase tickets via internet and to plan their journeys in advance as it is in case of, e.g. airlines. The sooner you buy a ticket, the cheaper it is. We also want to encourage passengers to travel by higher class trains and show that the standard of travelling is changing and becoming increasingly higher” – said Małgorzata Sitkowska, PKP Intercity spokesperson.  

The Passengers travelling from Warsaw to Gdańsk by Neptun, Norwid and Kaszub trains will pay for a ticket up to 50% less than before. PKP Intercity, due to ongoing repairs, decided to change the category of the trains operating on this route from Express and Express InterCity to Twoje Linie Kolejowe (TLK). Although the ticket price will be much lower, these trains will still consist of the  first-class cars. All trains will require full seat reservations and the cost of a seat instead of 16 or PLN 12.50 will be PLN 5. In Neptun, Kaszub and Norwid trains statutory discounts and TLK promotions will apply.  

Since the 1 June, 2012, PKP Intercity will increase the number of Twoje Linie Kolejowe (TLK) trains which are under full seat reservation to 68 additional trains. Most of them are night connections operating on long distances and to costal and mountain towns. Altogether, passengers of 82 TLK trains who will buy a seat will have a guaranteed seat. Compulsory seat reservation applies in all categories of Express (Ex) and Express InterCity (EIC) trains, and since the 1 June, 2011 also in the first class of TLK trains. It is also worth nothing that all additional trains provided by PKP Intercity which will operate from and to matches during UEFA European Football Championship will also be under full seat reservation.