Studieren in Polen

Tickets can be bought from kiosks, in some shops and from a bus driver. Tickets should be validated in a dater or a puncher immediately on boarding a bus. Ticket prices vary from town to town and they are only binding within the area of a given town or city. Passengers can buy the following types of tickets: day single trip and night single trip tickets, one-day tickets, hour tickets, one-day group tickets and weekend tickets. The transport of bigger luggage (each piece) is subject to an additional fare. The fare for transporting a dog is the same as for luggage. For unauthorized trips or transport of luggage, passengers must pay high cash penalties.

Passengers are serviced by PKP - the Polish State Railways. Three types of trains are available: intercity, eurocity and expresses; fast and slow trains. Passengers can travel in two classes: first and second. To travel in eurocity, intercity and express trains, passengers must purchase so called miejscówka, which entitles them to take a given seat on a train. Trains operating frequently on long distances have additional buffet cars and sleeping cars. Foreigners cannot take advantage of discounts for students and school children.

Tickets for distances over 100 km are valid for two days, however the journey must start on the first day of the ticket validity.

Bikes can be transported on slow trains in cars with compartments for passenger with heavy personal luggage. On other trains, if there is no luggage car (at the end or at the beginning of a train set), bikes may be transported in the corridor of the last car. Passengers should also buy a ticket for a bike amounting to about 50% of the value of a ticket for an adult person.

 

Links:

PKP - Polskie Koleje Państwowe
timetable

 

Intercity coach lines are services by PKS - the Polish Car Transport Company, as well as a number of private transport companies, whose coaches or microbuses leave from coach stations. Some transportation companies recognize international student's cards which entitle to discounts, e.g. Euro 26.

Domestic flights are serviced by the Polish Airlines LOT. At present, d there are 11 airports in Poland offering domestic flights: Warsaw, Szczecin, Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Poznań, Łódź, Zielona Góra, Wrocław, Katowice, Cracow and Rzeszów. International airports are available in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań and Wrocław.

Links:
LOT
WizzAir
SkyEurope
Aerlingus
Easyjet
Airberlin
GermanWings
CentralWings

Taxis

 

Taxi-cabs await passengers at designated taxi stands, e.g. near railway stations, airports, hotels. They are marked with a TAXI sign and a telephone number of the corporation for which they work. Another way of getting a taxi is to order one by phone. Taxi fares are higher at night (10 pm to 6 am) and outside city boundaries, but you still pay by meters. Fare for transport between cities should be negotiated with the driver.