Less traveled destinations: Katowice, the capital of the Silesian voivodship:

https://tandrasz.blogspot.com/2026/03/europe-trip-2025-katowice.html?m=1

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Europe Trip 2025 - Katowice

I passed through Katowice many times before, visiting my family in Silesia, but this was the first time I explored it on my own. Katowice (...

In better news, PKP PLK has determined some relatively minor work can bring the Rybnik-Chałupki line from 60 (north of Wodzisław) and 80 (south of Wodzisław) (and apparently some 30 point restrictions) to 120 km/h. Additionally, the fromer passing loop near Czyżowice (https://www.bazakolejowa.pl/index.php?dzial=stacje&id=13027&okno=start) will be rebuilt. This is expected to improve travel times by up to 4 minutes. All this over the spring, to be ready for the June timetable change (delayed due to the cold winter): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/od-czerwca-szybciej-z-rybnika-do-chalupek--126762.html

cc @kate

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