I had a history professor at the University of Warsaw who just loves telling lame jokes. Every time we talked about British history, he used to say that in 1863 when we in Poland were fighting in a January Uprising waving little swords around, the first line of the tube was opened in London. So much when it comes to compering polish development with other countries. Let's have a look at the Warsaw metro right now.
London
Berlin
Prague
Warsaw
Warsaw did not open its first line until the democracy came to
Poland. It's not our fault that we were always busy fighting for our independence and we didn't have enough time to take care of other things. Although plans for a 4-line network which eventually are supposed to
have more than 100 km, had been designed in 1925, the construction began in 1983.
21 stations of the first line (22.5 km) were opened between 1995 and 2008. It goes to the north Warsaw (Młociny) and to the south (Kabaty) along the Vistula River. It’s a simple zero-one situation. You don’t need to care about the right platform or train. Even if you made a mistake while getting on, you can easily change at the next station and it won’t take you more than two minutes, you still will be on time.
21 stations of the first line (22.5 km) were opened between 1995 and 2008. It goes to the north Warsaw (Młociny) and to the south (Kabaty) along the Vistula River. It’s a simple zero-one situation. You don’t need to care about the right platform or train. Even if you made a mistake while getting on, you can easily change at the next station and it won’t take you more than two minutes, you still will be on time.
Second line
The first part
of the 2nd line was opened in 2015 even though it was to be ready in 2012
before EURO, but unfortunately, not
everything went as planned. I must admit the second line is really nice, all
the stations have a similar design, but each with a different colour assigned.
The next stations of the second line are due for completion in 2019.
Warsaw metro is positively assessed by 94% of its users. It’s valued for the punctuality, safety, and cleanliness. From the very morning servicemen in bright uniforms sweep, clean, wash and drive a huge special cleaning machine. You will never see there garbage or leftovers there.
Warsaw metro is positively assessed by 94% of its users. It’s valued for the punctuality, safety, and cleanliness. From the very morning servicemen in bright uniforms sweep, clean, wash and drive a huge special cleaning machine. You will never see there garbage or leftovers there.
Is it weird?
Some time ago that photo from polish metro hit the Twitter.This is the metro in Poland...notice anything? pic.twitter.com/pMAFQi7fSf— Alt Right Report (@AltRight_Report) 11 maja 2017
According to
All Right Report there are two strange things in that picture. First of all, books.
Yes, people in Warsaw metro as well as other kinds of transportation do read a
lot of paper books, it’s a very common view. And secondly, everyone is white. It’s
true that there are not so many people from different countries comparing to
other European capitals, but I think it will change very soon.
Tickets
You can buy
different kinds of tickets when using public transportation, it all depends on
how long you are staying in the city and how much you are planning on using it. Always buy a
ticket before boarding the metro or tram (only buses have ticket machines).
There are available in all kiosks and of course ticket machines. Travelling
without a valid ticket will result in a fine up to 266 zl.
The tickets are valid for 20 min (unlimited number of journeys, 1 and 2 zone, 3,4zł,) 75 min (only 1 zone, 4,4 zł), 90 min ( 1 and 2 zone, 7 zł) as well as one-day ticket (1 zone: 15 zł, 1 and 2 zone: 26 zł), three day ticket (36zł/57zł), weekend ticket (24 zł).
There’s also a group ticket for 10 people for 75 min (22 zł) and weekend group ticket (40 zł).Of course, all of the tickets are valid for all kinds of transportation. It’s good to know that in Poland children and student are entitled to reduced tickets and pay only 50% of the price. Unfortunately, if you are a student of a non-polish university, you need to pay a full price.
The tickets are valid for 20 min (unlimited number of journeys, 1 and 2 zone, 3,4zł,) 75 min (only 1 zone, 4,4 zł), 90 min ( 1 and 2 zone, 7 zł) as well as one-day ticket (1 zone: 15 zł, 1 and 2 zone: 26 zł), three day ticket (36zł/57zł), weekend ticket (24 zł).
There’s also a group ticket for 10 people for 75 min (22 zł) and weekend group ticket (40 zł).Of course, all of the tickets are valid for all kinds of transportation. It’s good to know that in Poland children and student are entitled to reduced tickets and pay only 50% of the price. Unfortunately, if you are a student of a non-polish university, you need to pay a full price.
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