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波鉄 (Hatetsu)HaTetsu@mastodon.com.pl
Oct 19, 2026, 6:25 PM
OK, let's get the other #CrossRegionRail stuff out of the way.
On the Pomerania/Kuyavia-Pomerania border, the handover of Polregio's EMU services to SKMT means direct regional trains between Bydgoszcz and the Tricity are coming to an end - changes in Laskowice Pomorskie will be required from #RailwayNewYear, but the voivodeships promise the trains will wait for each other. This is honestly better than I expected - my bet was that the relation would be divided in Smętowo, much closer to the border, but also worse connected. Except for those people who live in and around Warlubie and need to get to their voivodeship capital, it's going to be worse for them, especially since it doesn't sound like there will be any more trains than there already were. It also raises a ticketing question - will the Pomeranian Tariff be extended to Laskowice? Is SKMT going to bring back a carrier tariff just for this route? That there will be no passenger rights across the journey I am, sadly, fairly certain: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/koniec-polaczen-regio-bydgoszcz--gdynia--154712.html
Meanwhile on the other side of the country, Koleje Śląskie will be introducing a couple through pairs Racibórz-Rybnik-Katowice-Kraków: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/koleje-slaskie-pojada-z-raciborza-i-rybnika-do-krakowa--154710.html
#Pomorskie #KujawskoPomorskie #Polregio #SKMT #KolejeSlaskie #kolej #rail
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波鉄 (Hatetsu)HaTetsu@mastodon.com.pl
Oct 19, 2026, 6:55 PM
PKPIC announced they will be retiring weekend-only through carriages from Warsaw to Kudowa-Zdrój pulled by the night-time Śnieżka (not a sleeper) from #RailwayNewYear. The stated reason is that a Koleje Dolnośląskie have offerred the same connection with much faster trains since the Wrocław-Kłodzko-Międzylesie line has been overhauled to clean up flood damage and increase speeds for the Baltic Express. That much is true, as the carriage group in question consists of two cars pulled by an SU4210 Diesel locomotive, an antiquated model capable of no more than 90 km/h, where most of the route is electrified - so I can see how it looks ridiculous from a planning perspective.
The devil is in the details, however, as 1) the operator change means no passenger rights and KD's timetable isn't *that* dense (it's single-track lines all the way and the Baltic Express dictates the rules) 2) in the southbound direction… the actual travel time gets *longer* as KD did not fill the gap left by the Śnieżka, leaving passengers with a 2 hour (!) layover in Wrocław. Sure, in the end it gets you there only 30~40 minutes later than the Śnieżka would, but still. 3) in the northbound another change is required in Kłodzko, though at least there the transfer time in Wrocław seems about right.
The end result is pretty awkward, even if the move seems necessary: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/kudowazdroj-traci-polaczenia-dalekobiezne--154826.html
#PKPIC #PKP #KolejeDolnoslaskie #kolej #rail #RailwayNewYear
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