The Central Trunk Line - Poland's original high-speed line connecting Warsaw to Katowice and Kraków - is to be 250-ready by 2027/8 now that the GSM-R buildout can resume. There's also a signed contract to get a station in Biała Rawska built by then (note that unlike Włoszczowa and Opoczno, this is actually building an infill station from scratch, not just adding platforms to an existing station for overtaking trains). It will take a bit longer, until 2029, to get a collision-free chord towards Kraków (currently trains turning towards Kraków still have to use a single-track curve at Psary): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/cmk-na-250-kmh-w-grudniu-2027-roku-do-krakowa-w-godzine-i-52-minuty-134977.html

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#PKPIC has unveiled prices for its new series of InterCity Nieśpieszny (Unhurried) nostalgia trains running fall of the Iron Curtain era rolling stock. Second class tickets will start at 49 PLN for up to 50 km in second class and top out at 229 PLN for over 600 km in first. Every ticket will include a seat reservation, and passengers entitled to free travel will be required to book one. They should be purchasable via PKP Intercity's website, app, ticket desks or from the train staff. Interrail will not be valid, and neither will any other ticket not intended specifically for these trains - student and other discounts prescribed by law will be applied normally, however: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-intercity-znamy-ceny-niespiesznego-od-49-do-229-zl-127051.html
https://www.intercity.pl/pl/site/dla-pasazera/kup-bilet/przepisy-i-taryfy/przepisy-w-komunikacji-krajowej/regulamin-przejazdu-pociagami-intercity-niespieszny.html

(EDIT: Ah, forgot to note, the usual 30 day booking horizon should apply)

The first of the trains is expected to run from Warsaw Main (not Central!) to Zakopane on 17 April, probably giving an opportunity for collecting two curves near Mysłowice, as it will bypass both Katowice and Kraków: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-intercity-i-niespieszny-co-pociagnie-sklad-na-trasach-spalinowych-127032.html

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