Buing a ticket on board
No time to buy a ticket before your trip? You can buy it on the train, but be sure to observe the following rules.
It is worth remembering that if you are not able to buy a ticket at the ticket desk, ticket vending machine, over the phone in: SkyCash, IC Navigator, Bilkom2 or in e-IC system, then you can buy a ticket at the inspector on the train: TLK, IC, EIC. Note! Remember that on TLK and IC trains you should report the lack of a ticket to the inspector immediately after boarding the train. On an EIC train you do not have to report this fact to the inspector. Moreover, we can buy other tickets from the inspector - e.g. an additional ticket for a sleeping seat.
On the EIP train we do not sell tickets for the trip, carriage of bikes, additional tickets with the indication of seat or extra charges for EIP trains.
We present a short guide for passengers wishing to buy a ticket from the inspector.
When getting on board without a ticket...
immediately after boarding the TLK or IC train, you have to look for the inspector's team first. Ideally, board the wagon in front of the train set or, if possible, report to the inspector beforehand, already on the platform. This rule does not apply to:
- the disabled or people that have reduced mobility - provided that they produce to the conductor (ticket inspector) a document certifying the disability.
- people with visible physical disability (permanent or temporary),
- people who are at least 70 years old, on the condition of producing a document certifying age.
These people may wait until the conductor approach them.
When you are planning changes of trains...
…inform the inspector about it, then you can buy a ticket for the entire trip.
If a ticket with seat indication on a EIP train cannot be issued, your issued ticket will be signed, stamped and marked with a note “Continued trip on EIP train - subject to availability of seats”. At the interchange station, following presentation of your ticket with such a note at the ticket office, you will be able to - subject to availability of seats - purchase a ticket for continued trip on EIP train.
Additional charges - when?
When buying from the conductor, you pay for your ticket and its issuance on the train (the fee is PLN 20 - per each cleared person). The conductor does not charge this fee to a person:
- with a disability or reduced mobility, or from a carer/guide/guide dog of this person, provided that such a conductor is presented with a document confirming disability during the ticket purchase. Persons with a visible physical disability (either permanent or temporary) are released from the above obligation;
- you are 70 years old or older, provided that you produce a document certifying age;
- who starts their journey during the time when the ticket office is closed or from a station at which there is no ticket office;
- who is in possession of:
- a confirmation issued by the ticket office,
- a ticket with no seat guarantee, issued on another train for the journey in question, and who is, upon request, issued an additional ticket with seat indication,
- INTERCITY Card, Multiprzejazd Max Ticket, Multiprzejazd Ticket, approved subscription ticket, and who is issued a free additional ticket with seat indication or, upon request, an additional ticket without seat guarantee due to a delayed arrival of the train,
- you have a ticket with an imprint or confirmed note "Changing the carrier", issued on a train of another carrier (no fee for issuing it), when the scheduled time for the changing of trains does not exceed 30 minutes;
- a section ticket, and who is issued, upon request, an additional ticket without seat guarantee due to a delayed arrival of the train;
- a ticket purchased:
- at a ticket machine using SkyCash, IC Mobile Navigator, and who purchases their ticket with 95% discount, 100% for an accompanying person, or a ticket for carriage of goods, or a dog,
- at a ticket machine using e-IC Service, SkyCash, IC Navigator, Bilkom2 – in case a note is made on the presented certificate on benefitting from a concession (re. ticket with 37% discount for pensioners).
- an international ticket with seat reservation on a given EIP train, and who pays EIP train surcharge,
- who pays the difference or purchases a new ticket as a result of a modification to the contract of carriage within the scope specified in § 16 section 1 (RPO-IC) or a change in the scope of eligibility;
- who intends to travel based on a ticket with 100% discount, i.e. from border guards, customs, police and military police officers, as well as officers of military enforcement authorities;
- who acquired (at a ticket office or on a train) a certificate confirming the validity of the presented ticket for another train or carriage class under modified conditions - in case an additional ticket with or without seat guarantee is issued;
- who holds a parliamentary seat in case an additional ticket with or without seat guarantee is issued.
In addition, a conductor does not charge for issuing a ticket on train from Parliament deputies and senators (in the case of issue of an additional ticket with seat indicated or with a "no seat guaranteed" note).
Types of payment
You can pay for the ticket from a conductor either by cash or credit card - Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
Remember!
Within the Express InterCity Premium (EIP) train category, PKP Intercity guarantees a seat. Therefore, tickets cannot be purchased on board the train. Absence of a ticket during inspection will result in a high fee being imposed. In order to ensure you a comfortable travel experience, please purchase your tickets in advance at www.intercity.pl, at a ticket office, ticket machine or via your mobile application.