Airlines
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport is located in the south-western part of Warsaw, approximately 10 km from the city centre. It is easy to get from the airport to the city centre by car, MZA city buses, taxi, "Polski Express" coaches or using hotel shuttle bus services. "Zwirki i Wigury" main road leads to the Airport.
Address:
Zwirki i Wigury 1
T: (+48 22) 650 4220
www.polish-airports.com
Transport to the city:
- Taxi (PLN 35 - 50)
see our Warsaw Taxi section or the Airport recommended taxi companies - Hotel Shuttle Bus Service
(Some Warsaw hotels provide transport for their guests by hotel shuttle buses to/from the airport. Contact your hotel for more information) - Warsaw City Buses
see details & prices - Polski Express Coaches
(coaches run directly and regularly between Warsaw Airport ("Warszawa Lotnisko"), Warsaw City Centre ("Al. J.P. II" - Al. Jana Pawla II) and the biggest Polish towns. The bus stop is located on the Arrivals Hall level of Terminal 2)
T: (+48 22) 854 0285
www.polskiexpress.net
By car
Routes to the city
The main route to the city is the east-west E30, which connects Warsaw with Lodz (PL), Poznan (PL) and Berlin (DE) to the west and the Belarus border to the east. The north-south E77 links Gdansk (PL) with Cracow (PL), via Warsaw. The E67 leads from Prague (CZ) through the southwestern city Wroclaw (PL).
General information
Home driving license or an international driving permit can be used for six months from the entry date on the passport (carry your license and passport at all times if you're driving). Seatbelts must be worn. Headlights must be on all year long.
Maximum blood/alcohol ratio: 0,2‰.
All cars are required to carry a red warning triangle, first aid kit, replacement bulbs and a national identity sticker.
By bus
Dozens of licensed carriers offer services to and from over 200 European destinations. Buses arrive and depart either from the Warsaw Central Train Station (Warszawa Centralna) or from the Warsaw Western Station (Warszawa Zachodnia).
Veolia Eurolines Polska
Zurawia 26, Warsaw
T: (+48 22) 628 2356
www.veolia-eurolines.pl
Comfort Lines
www.comfort.com.pl
Aura
Al. Jerozolimskie 54, Warsaw Central Train Station (Warszawa Centralna)
T: (+48 22) 628 62 53
Al. Jerozolimskie 144, Warsaw Western Station (Warszawa Zachodnia)
T: (+48 22) 823 5570
www.aura.pl
Intercity buses are operated by the national bus company "PKS" (operated by each bigger city). PKS is cheap, but slow and often overcrowded. Buses operated by Polski Express are more expensive, but more comfortable and faster.
Polski Express
Odynca 23a, office no. 10, Warsaw
T: (+48 22) 854 0285
www.polskiexpress.net
By train
Poland has a well developed rail network. Major Polish cities are interconnected by Intercity express trains running between European cities. The national railway network is administered and serviced by the Polish State Railways (PKP; www.pkp.pl). PKP runs three main types of trains:
- Express Services (ekspresowy), particularly IC (intercity) or EC (Eurocity), stop at main cities only, and paid seat reservations (miejscowka) are compulsory
- Fast Trains (pospieszny) are cheaper, but not necessarily slower
- Standart Services (osobowy). These are less predictable and sometimes really overcrowded so you could consider paying fifty percent extra to travel first class.
For journeys over 100km and for international trips you can also buy tickets in advance at Orbis travel agencies (branches in all towns and cities). Departures (odjazdy) are printed on yellow posters, arrivals (przyjazdy) on white posters on visible places around the station halls. Polish word “Peron” means platform in English.
There are 4 major train stations in Warsaw:
- Warsaw Central Train Station (Warszawa Centralna)
Al. Jerozolimskie 54
T: (+48 22) 9436 - Warsaw Western Station (Warszawa Zachodnia)
Tunelowa 2
T: (+48 22) 474 5742 - Warsaw Eastern Station (Warszawa Wschodnia)
Lubelska 1
T: (+48 22) 473 7297 -
Warsaw "Gdansk" Station (Warszawa Gdanska, receives trains from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
Slominskiego 4
T: (+48 22) 474 8928
