The route will include cities such as Wrocław, Poznań, and Bydgoszcz, as well as smaller towns like Kłodzko, Leszno, Gniezno, Inowrocław, and Tczew. On the Czech side, the train will also stop in Pardubice, among other locations.
There will be four daily departures – three during the day and one at night. The journey from Prague to Gdańsk is expected to take around 9 hours. A ticket for the longest stretch of the route is expected to cost up to 73 euros.
The updated schedule includes 505 connections, 51 more than last year, with 471 year-round and 34 seasonal routes. On high-demand routes, trains will run more frequently, such as hourly between Wrocław and Kraków and every two hours between Poznań and Kraków or Gdynia and Wrocław.
Travel times will improve across the network. Passengers can expect faster journeys, including 4 hours and 18 minutes from Warsaw to Szczecin, 1 hour and 30 minutes to Białystok, and just over 1 hour to Łódź. Connections between Kraków and southern destinations will also improve, with travel to Zakopane now taking just over 2 hours and trips to Zamość from Kraków reduced by over an hour to under 4 hours.
Pendolino trains will debut on the Szczecin-Warsaw route, achieving the fastest travel times. However, they will no longer operate to Jelenia Góra or Rzeszów due to low passenger numbers on those routes.
International services are also expanding, with a new connection from Gdynia to Prague, passing through major cities like Gdańsk, Poznań, and Wrocław, as well as smaller stops such as Tczew Gniezno, and Pardubice in the Czech Republic.
A standard ticket from Gdynia to the Czech capital will cost around 73 euros, from Poznań about 65 euros, and from Wrocław 51 euros, with cheaper options available through the Super Promo International offer starting at 29 euros.
Domestically, additional routes will include Warsaw to Wisła and Kraków to Rzeszów, offering passengers more travel options. Services will operate during the morning, afternoon, and evening, ensuring greater convenience for travelers across the network.
Source: IAR
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