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#PKPIC planning to double Kraków-Bielsko-Biała ICs to 8 pairs in 2 hour Takt from 2026/7 timetable, travel time down to 1h10m, 3 pairs running through to Żywiec. This route probably looks weird to German (why is this not an RE?) and French (What is this weird not-TGV not-TER thing?) eyes, but it makes a lot of sense in our weird organization of passenger rail!
https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-intercity-bedzie-wiecej-pociagow-krakow--bielskobiala-126985.html

#kolej #rail #PKP #Kraków #BielskoBiała #Żywiec #CrossRegionRail

PKP Intercity. Będzie więcej pociągów Kraków – Bielsko-Biała

Od grudnia bieżącego roku na tory wyjadą 4 kolejne pary pociągów PKP Intercity z Krakowa do Bielska-Białej. Trzy z nich zostaną wydłużone aż do Żywca. Dzięki rozszerzeniu oferty między Krakowem a Bielskiem będzie kursować 8 par kursów w dobie.

波鉄 (Hatetsu)Feb 24

@bovine3dom Okay, I have to admit I didn't figure out how to reach the Telangana Express in time until I looked at the top ghost xd (Which, by the way, looks kinda wonky - predates fixes or out-of-session ghosts still need improvements?)

Interesting to note India also has a #CrossRegionRail problem, though.

#fahrtle #India

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波鉄 (Hatetsu)Feb 6

And last and most: The Ministry of Infrastructure has announced trains are going to reach the west Podlachian town of Łomża, deprived of passenger rail since 1993, this June! …However, the initial offer will not include the promised direct connections to Warsaw. The first #PKPIC route to connect Łomża will run Białystok-Łapy-Łomża (direction change)-Ostrołęka-Szczytno-Olsztyn, instead. There will be 2 pairs a day of those, and also 4 pairs of Polregio trains to Białystok. All these trains will use a new curve in the direction of Białystok being constructed at Śniadowo. The exact timetables are still being constructed and will be announced, well, when PKP PLK announces timetable changes.
The cited reason for the lack of direct connections to Warsaw is twofold: One, PKP IC is still short on Diesel rolling stock, pending the delivery of Newag Impuls EDMUs - the Białystok-Łomża-Olsztyn trains are to be run with ex-Dutch DM90 units rented from SKPL Cargo (which are to be painted in the livery used on PKP IC's Flirt and Dart EMUs as a sign of commitment to long-term usage). Second, capacity is reduced between Ostrołęka and Tłuszcz, a major junction north-east of Warsaw, due to engineering works. The national carrier expects to start running Warsaw-Łomża from the March 2027 timetable change: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pociagi-dalekobiezne-z-lomzy-do-olsztyna-a-nie-do-warszawy--126559.html

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#kolej #pkp #rail #CrossRegionRail #bahnbubble #Fahrplan2026 #Timetable2026

Pociągi dalekobieżne najpierw z Łomży do Olsztyna. Potem do Warszawy

W czerwcu po wieloletniej przerwie mają ruszyć pociągi pasażerskie do Łomży. Poznaliśmy właśnie szczegóły planowanej oferty połączeń dalekobieżnych. W pierwszym okresie po wznowieniu przewozów PKP Intercity dowiezie podróżnych do Białegostoku i Olsztyna, a nie – jak zapowiadano wcześniej – do Warszawy. Pociągi do stolicy ruszą z Łomży w przyszłym roku.

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波鉄 (Hatetsu)Feb 6

#PKPIC will cut stops in Kuźnia Raciborska (a small town of 4600 between Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Racibórz) for some trains. Although the official reason are safety concerns due to the short (~100 m) platforms, and a request to move stop location indicators ~20 m beyond the end of platforms was filed with PKP PLK, the company's press office noted demand is "tiny". Kuźnia sits at a voivodeship border and regional services are provided by the Opole Voivodeship. However, out of existing IC connections, only one pair provides access to the Upper Silesian Metropolis around Katowice, so I have to admit, I'm not sure what to think about this: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-intercity-ograniczy-liczbe-postojow-w-kuzni-raciborskiej--126422.html

#PKP #kolej #Śląskie #Silesia #rail #CrossRegionRail

PKP Intercity ograniczy liczbę postojów w Kuźni Raciborskiej

Narodowy przewoźnik poinformował o zamiarze zmniejszenia liczby pociągów zatrzymujących się na stacji Kuźnia Raciborska na linii Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Chałupki. Tłumaczy to względami bezpieczeństwa. Perony są tam bowiem krótsze niż kierowane na trasę składy.

波鉄 (Hatetsu)Jan 7

In other news, I have finished updating https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/railway-poland-the-borders-or-styki-polski_1278268 to reflect the current situation

#kolej #rail #CrossRegionRail

Railway Poland - The borders (or, Styki Polski)

(Updated for 2025/6) Poland's inner rail borders, created by the execution of the handover of responsibility for regional rail to the voivodeships, and also information on the state of the outer rail borders. Feel free to click on each border and read the notes, too! This map is a remix of Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail All The Borders map (https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041), compiled by HaTetsu (https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu) and should be up-to-date as of January 2026. It was inspired by short discussions of the problems of French rail regionalization which are in some ways even worse than Poland's despite (or because?) the operation being almost all SNCF. I swear it's not a challenge, but the borders are colored according to whether Jon's passed through there as part of the #CrossBorderRail journeys, as on the original. Lines that only existed in wartime are excluded, as may have been a couple minor ones dismantled long ago. Voivodeships and surrounding regions are represented with ISO letter codes where possible, not because they are well known, but because they are easily checked, short, and mostly unambiguous once learned - the exceptions are Czechia and Ukraine which do not use letter codes, for Czechia I used license plate codes prepended with CZ-. KEY TO TRAIN OPERATORS (in case of cross-border cooperations where one operator provides the actual rolling stock and the other mostly support and license, the 'minor' operator is in parentheses after a space - slashes should mean tickets are generally interchangeable between the operators, at least at the border in question (a previous version of the map used them in a different manner, and I tried to change all instances to match this, so be aware that there may be errors!)): IC - PKP Intercity RJ - RegioJet LEx - Leo Express PR - Polregio AR - Arriva RP KW - Koleje Wielkopolskie KD - Koleje Dolnośląskie ŁKA - Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna KŚ - Koleje Śląskie KM - Koleje Mazowieckie KMŁ - Koleje Małopolskie (Companies operating abroad) UBB - Usedomer Bäderbahn DB - Deutsche Bahn (Regio or Fernverkehr) DLB - Die Länderbahn TL(DLB) - Trilex (Die Länderbahn) ČD - České Dráhy GWTR - GW Train Regio LET - Leo Express Tenders ZSSK - Železničná Spoločnosť Slovensko UZ - Ukrzaliznytsia KEY TO COLOURS: Magenta - #FF00DD: visited in 2022 during #CrossBorderRail Project Light pink - #FF76C3: visited in since the 2022 project Grey - #777777: not yet visited Very light grey - #BBBBBB: used for tramways and narrow gauge lines KEY TO ICONS: Track with cross - track is missing or out of use Train with cross, and track - track is useable but no passenger trains Train and track - regional passenger trains run IC - Only long-distance passenger trains run SOURCES: Primarily the excellent https://www.bazakolejowa.pl and https://atlaskolejowy.net, as well as official timetables from PKP PLK, DB InfraGO (station posters), the Správa Železnic and ŽSR

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波鉄 (Hatetsu)Dec 28

Live your best Bory Tucholskie life (lol)

(Check out the full work at https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/railway-poland-the-borders-or-styki-polski_1278268)

#kolej #rail #Arriva #KujawskoPomorskie #CrossRegionRail

波鉄 (Hatetsu)Oct 6

#CrossRegionRail - Łódź Voivodeship to double the offer of direct Łódź-Radomsko-Częstochowa trains, aiming for a 1 hour Takt - from this #RailwayNewYear in December. Will be accomplished by adding #ŁKA trains to the existing Polregio ones with full ticket cross-compatibility.

https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/od-grudnia-ponad-dwa-razy-wiecej-pociagow-regionalnych-lodz--czestochowa-125043.html

#kolej #pkp #rail

Od grudnia ponad dwa razy więcej pociągów regionalnych Łódź – Częstochowa

Łódź i Częstochowę przez Piotrków Trybunalski oraz Radomsko od grudnia będzie łączyło aż 16 par pociągów regionalnych. Połowę z nich obsłuży debiutująca w tej relacji ŁKA, połowę zaś dotychczasowy operator – Polregio – wynika z informacji przekazanych przez łódzki Urząd Marszałkowski. Jednocześnie pociągi Łódź – Częstochowa przez Zduńską Wolę w liczbie dwóch i pół pary będą kursować nadal.

波鉄 (Hatetsu)Oct 1

Ok, so kinda release announcement, I did lean into my ideas from https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu/115150489279844446 and make some border map remixes.

Here's 1910 (I thought it would be easier than 1936, but underestimated how far ahead the rest of Europe was in terms of the number of borders): https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/all-the-borders-1910-edition_1285470

And here's Poland's voivodeship borders: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/railway-poland-the-borders-or-styki-polski_1278268

It's a weird way of making fanart, but… well, that's me, I guess

cc @jon

#CrossBorderRail #CrossRegionRail #rail #history #bahnbubble

波鉄 (Hatetsu) (@[email protected])

Crazy HaTetsu ideas: Take @[email protected]'s #CrossBorderRail All the borders map and remix it to show 1936 borders. (I swear I'm not trying to issue a challenge) And maybe also 1914 (1910 to capture a similarly pre-war state?) borders. And maybe also imagine Kaiserreich 1936 borders, because at that point why not? (Could use more sources for anything outside of PL, CZ, SK, though)

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波鉄 (Hatetsu)Sep 5, 2025

@jon More practical HaTetsu ideas: Do one for #CrossRegionRail for French Régions and Polish Voivodeships, since both seem to have somewhat similar (if less crazy here) problems running proper regional services across those

波鉄 (Hatetsu)Jul 9, 2025

More in Polish #CrossBorderRail slash #CrossRegionRail: The Lubusz Voivodeship, reeling from another wave of DMU-shortage-related train cancellations, is intensifying efforts to get NEB-run Berlin-Kostrzyn trains extended deeper into Poland - even though train assignments were already prepared for 5 trains to be extended to Gorzów, of which 3 all the way to Krzyż from this year's timetable, it has not happened for unspecified reasons. If confirmed, this would be the second route to be handed off to a neighboring region from 2026 after Głogów-Wschowa-Leszno (the Driewoiwodschappentrein, if you will) which is going to go to Greater Poland's KW.

The cancellations occurred despite Polregio's Lubusz branch having a seemingly comfortable buffer of 10 DMUs/railbuses over the peak daily requirement… Unfortunately, 3 units are down for regular maintenance, 2 are waiting for regular maintenance, 4 are undergoing repairs and 1 is awaiting a custom-made part, leading to the margin shrinking to zero.

https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/lubuskie-chcemy-pociagow-z-berlina-do-gorzowa-wlkp-i-krzyza--123957.html

cc @jon (No idea why the sudden burst of interest in the borders)

Lubuskie: Chcemy pociągów z Berlina do Gorzowa Wlkp. i Krzyża

Samorząd województwa lubuskiego prowadzi rozmowy w sprawie wydłużenia relacji pociągów Berlin – Kostrzyn do Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego i Krzyża. Miałoby to nie tylko ułatwić podróże w relacjach międzynarodowych, ale też pomóc w stabilizacji sytuacji taborowej. Na przełomie czerwca i lipca w związku z brakiem wystarczającej liczby pojazdów spalinowych znów dochodziło do odwołań kursów rozkładowych na liniach niezelektryfikowanych.