Starting in December, Deutsche Bahn will significantly expand its number of connections to Poland in cooperation with the Polish railway company PKP. “Travelers will have 17 direct connections (round trip) available in the future, instead of the current 11,” Deutsche Bahn announced on Wednesday. This is in response to the “significant increase in demand.” For the first time, there will be direct connections to the Polish-Ukrainian border.
“With an additional and thus seventh pair of trains, passengers will be able to travel between the two capitals Berlin and Warsaw every two hours,” Deutsche Bahn explained. The journey takes a good five hours. The changes will come into effect with the timetable change on December 14.
A new connection is the route from Leipzig via Wroclaw to Krakow with two trains per day in each direction. According to the information provided, one of the two trains continues from Krakow to Przemysl on the Ukrainian border. “For travelers from Munich, Nuremberg, or Frankfurt (Main) to Wroclaw, the travel time will be reduced by around two hours thanks to coordinated transfer times in Leipzig,” the statement continued.
In addition, a new overnight Eurocity connection is planned from Berlin via Wrocław and Kraków to Przemysl, as well as via Łódź and Warsaw to Chełm, also on the Polish-Ukrainian border. “The new rail connections to the economically strong regions of southern Poland and the border with Ukraine are of great economic and political relevance,” explained Michael Peterson, Head of Long-Distance Transport at DB.
“We are seeing great interest in the direct connections to and from Berlin,” said PKP CEO Janusz Malinowski. “We expect the other destinations to be similarly popular with our passengers.”
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