We went from Warsaw to Berlin. Here’s what surprised us [RELACJA]
- She went to lose PKP Intercity from Warsaw to Berlin
- The journey in a fairly old train took over hours.
- You ruled in the compartments. For a modest dinner, we went to the restaurant car
- The price of the tickets may surprise you. We bought a ticket with only a few days ticket for 143.22 PLN
- Many put on or corrected their masks only on the border with Germany
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We did not expect that planning a few days trip to Berlin could cause us so much trouble. It turned out that we do not have much chance with low-cost airlines. From the capital airport in Warsaw, with a multi-day flight from the airport in Warsaw, and with a multi-day flight you have to pay a few hundred zlotys for tickets. You can choose a bus, such as Flixbus, which takes 7-8 hours. and costs from PLN 59 (depending on the time of departure) and PKP Intercity. we chose the last option.
We booked the train ticket with just a few days’ performance on the PKP website. What surprised us the most was … the price. Ticket for On November 12, on Thursday, November 25 in the traditional tariff without any discounts, in a class II car without compartments, it cost PLN 143.22. When we checked the price for a week more, the ticket in the promotional offer was cheaper – PLN 119.27. It is worth that this is the price than, for example, of PKP Intercity tickets from Krakow to Warsaw, for which you have to buy PLN 150.
Timetable of trains at the Central Station in Warsaw
Ready to go
We showed up at the Central Station in Warsaw a moment before departure. The train was already waiting on its platform. It was puzzling for us that the composition is quite … old. Perhaps you did not want to count more hours than your future point of view.
In the wagon we found a place quickly. Half the seats are facing the direction of travel and the other half. We missed it and still had to sit in the back, we do not like it. It is a pity that it was impossible to check it during the booking.
A wagon without compartments
A place in a place that was taken, but there was no problem arranging it on the shelf. The train started on time, the journey was timely and timely 6 hours and 13 minutes. The following stations are ahead of us on the route: Warszawa Zachodnia, Kutno, Konin, Poznań, Zbąszynek, Świebodzin, Rzepin and Frankfurt on the Oder.
When we were seated comfortably, a message was broadcast from the loudspeakers in which the PKP Intercity crew of the relation train was broadcast East Warsaw – Berlin Main welcomed A moment later, they were invited to use the services of the Wars restaurant car.
On the way to Berlin
There was inside the wagon Quiet. The route to Poznań was the most full. Then, when the train was a bit empty, we made a decision go to the warehouse. We paid attention to the arrangement of the armchairs because I know some fall off the wall that connects the two windows. We managed to sit by the window, but if we had drawn such a place in full meals, we would have been disappointed.
Place “under the window”
Each armchair has folding armrests and fold-out tables. What was important to us were the electrical sockets. Those in a compartment-free car. There are methods under each seat Unfortunately, the lack of WiFi was a disappointment. As if it happened, “business” means it should be an absolute hand. Fortunately, he was there throughout the trip range, so we used the internet on the phone.
Places in a car without compartments
She ruled in the carriages and compartments pleasant temperature and mr. A lady who took care of it and asked if there was any rubbish passed regularly down the corridor.
With a view of Jesus in Świebodzin
The information about free refreshments was a pleasant surprise. After a while, a gentleman with a full cart started in the wagon … bottles with sparkling and still water. Although we remember the times of free coffee and tea on Polish tracks, we accepted the free gift with a smile.
– You must keep an eye on Świebodzin after Poznań. A fantastic statue of Christ the King awaits you! – you are ahead of our work trip. Unfortunately when we passed outside the window it was showing the view of the thread monument. We decided to drown our sorrows … in coffee, decide in Wars.
In a tasty place
In the restaurant’s spacious train car, she was busy. We heard both among the guests Polish and German. On the spot, it turned out that only one gentleman was serving the guests, because my friend was ill. She was really experienced and fast – for the card, and then the possibility of ordering, we waited only a moment.
In Wars
The menu included The new offer also includes proposals for vegetarians. We asked for black coffee and Russian dumplings. We got the coffee after a while, we waited for the dumplings for about 10 minutes. The food was tasty, served, is served and aesthetically pleasing.
Our order – Russian dumplings
The prices are affordable. We will pay PLN 16-24 for breakfast, PLN 22-25 for salads, PLN 14 for soup, and PLN 22-33 for the main course. Cappuccino up to PLN 12.5. Beer 0.5 l – PLN 13. The order can be purchased in cash or by card. It is worth souvenirs, however, that the terminal supports card payments only in Poland.
Main dishes – Wars menu
If there is no place in Wars or we just want to eat in our place – it is possible. From time to time, the staff walks around the wagons, if someone wants to order. On the way back from Berlin, we asked for tea and a sandwich. The service lady took our order after less than a quarter of an hour.
Without or with? There were no crowds
Walking along the compartmented car we noticed some voids. Tychy in a wagon without compartments it was not like a blow, like here. Many users even alone. Is a compartment wagon a better place? To our present depends on this traffic and
Corridor in a wagon with compartments
You can get a place in work compartments or reading books, up to a full occupancy (6), but you can download it. Of course, If we are going to travel in groups of people, it will be more comfortable for us to sit in one room.
In train
(Un) controversial toilets
The travel descriptions cannot be related without the toilet report. Bearing in mind the old and, unfortunately, often smelly in TLK driving 14 hours from Krakow at the Polish seaside, surprise surprise.
PKP Intercity on the Warsaw – Berlin route
Toilets located at the end and the wagon. However, they did not belong to the cheapest ones, they were the first clean ones. Moreover, things were not breaking in them. There was an electric socket, hot water and a garbage can.
Conditions in the toilet
Border control and two coronavirus worlds
During the six-hour journey, the conductor checked our tickets several times. For any ordering of them in electronic and paper version. Interestingly, when we got to the border, no one checked covid passports or other documents, although border guards did pass through the compartment.
that I have the impression that at the border, everyone wore masks, because many people on the way to Germany were either not wearing them or wearing them under their noses. Meanwhile, in Germany, but also on the way back based on the rules of “Ordernung Muss Sein”, everyone had their mouth and nose covered.
Ecological and comfortable, but not very modern and without internet
Starting with the advantages of the Warsaw-Berlin connection, you should Services in the ticket price that our company is adequate in the current quality. The train does not go with the dizzying train, the train is old, but from the center of one capital city to the center of another.
Train at the station in Berlin
Can the train draw from the plane? Weighing the facts that there aren’t many of these installations, the language courses for the tiles cost several hundred zlotys, you have to arrive at the airport in disbelief and transport to and from – train selection can not only be more cost effective, agreed timing. What speaks for the trip is, of course, ecology! Another is securing collective transport. It emits three times less CO2 than road transport and over eight less than air transport.
However, the journey on this route is not perfect. Internet access for networks in 2021 should be redundant. Although the journey is comfortable, to be on the same route, would like to be seated on a slightly newer train. At the double-decker expressways in Berlin, the Polish train was slightly different from the text.
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