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Public Transport in Warsaw


Zeze  
7 Aug 2007 /  #1
Does anybody else thing that Warsaw has the worst Bus , trams in the Europe

Please only reply to this if you live in Warsaw and has to take the old beat, over crowded buses everyday !! Please do not apply if you live in the UK and think you know how is life in Poland .

Thank you
FISZ 24 | 2,116  
7 Aug 2007 /  #2
No, I think Szczecin has some of the worst trams. You'll find some of these old trams in a lot of cities though.

Why is this topic so special that it's only limited to those that live in Warsaw. A lot of us have traveled there. Our opinion doesn't matter. Pfff with YOUR thread :P
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #3
I just did not want some people that dont have to take it everyday and take once in a while here in Holidays and think is nostalgical or something . plus I see many people here living in the UK and thinking they know a thing about hard life in Poland
Osiedle_Ruda  
8 Aug 2007 /  #4
Why is this topic so special that it's only limited to those that live in Warsaw

Exactly. I'm in Warsaw every month, but you don't hear me saying "Poles aren't allowed to comment on how rubbish London transport is".

Everyone complains about their city's public transport anyway, so this thread is a bit of a waste of space really. Tell us something we don't know. :p
AvJoeUK  
8 Aug 2007 /  #5
I didnt mind the transport at all, apart from the odd drunk at the bus or tram stops who hassled me and I didnt have a clue what they were saying.
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #6
do you live in Warsaw ??? no so you dont have to take it everyday >>

I am sick of this English that dont live here think they know about life here !!!

mind you own bussines !!!
Osiedle_Ruda  
8 Aug 2007 /  #7
I'm Polish, so you can either shove your bilet tygodniowy miejski where the sun don't shine, or you can stop the lame trolling.

Or preferably both.
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #8
or another one that had to leave poland to make a living !! in London !!!
Osiedle_Ruda  
8 Aug 2007 /  #9
"Foreigners: Please don't buy the Polish bus tickets!"

;)
Daisy 3 | 1,224  
8 Aug 2007 /  #10
ROFL :))
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #11
moral of the Story .

It sucks having to take the bus in this Hole that they call a city
Zgubiony 15 | 1,553  
8 Aug 2007 /  #12
It sucks having to take the bus in this Hole that they call a city

It is what you make of it.
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #13
yes it is
AvJoeUK  
8 Aug 2007 /  #14
Wind your neck in Zeze... I was there for afew days I didnt suggest I know what 'Life' is like just from a personal observation.

Tool.
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #15
anyone else want to shere about taking the bus everyday in warsaw ?? please only reply if you live in WARSAW !!!!!!
Hueg - | 320  
8 Aug 2007 /  #16
Walsall has a tram network? You learn something new everyday. :)
OP Zeze  
8 Aug 2007 /  #17
is Warsaw punk and it has but is a bad one one must wait long for a tram to come by
Hueg - | 320  
8 Aug 2007 /  #18
Warsaw punk

Never liked punk whatever the city of origin but i suppose it fits. Safety pins and ghetto blasters. Maximum annoyance and even better captive audiences. The ultimate mobile disco. :)

edit: clumbsy spelling
Drunkenshad 2 | 16  
10 Aug 2007 /  #19
I ride the tram every day (and have yet to buy a ticket). Don't see anything wrong with them, nor the buses. Buses are usually punctual but they have an odd habit of coming on time or not coming at all.
OP Zeze  
10 Aug 2007 /  #20
and have yet to buy a ticket

that is good at least is free for you
daffy 23 | 1,500  
10 Aug 2007 /  #21
im here for the month and its been two weeks today and ive no complaints against the trams and the buses are regular and timely.

I prefere the trams as they are less crowded. the fact that there is alot of renovation to the roads and tram system will make it harder to bare at present but its fine. Nothing worth complaining about in the grand scheme of things. the worst complaint is that they are crowded and thats hardly worth mentioning.

the metro is unfortunately wide enough (ie more routes) like a route from the airport to centrum would have made so much sense but its only since the mid 1990's it was built so there is plenty of time and EU money yet to come.
Willene  
13 Aug 2007 /  #22
been here for a year - no complaints. get a book to read on the bus, buy a car (for which you would not find any parking in the centre) or walk! Go visit countries in southern hemisphere before you moan about transport in europe :)
OP Zeze  
13 Aug 2007 /  #23
coming from South Africa I can see why you think here is great !!!! but as you said we are in Europe or as far as Trasport is concern East Europe very much . and yes the bus are like the ones in Iran if you ask me .
Willene  
13 Aug 2007 /  #24
have you ever been to sa?
OP Zeze  
13 Aug 2007 /  #25
yes I did to Jburg or whatever they call that place what are you doing in Wawa . do you live here for how long ?
Willene  
13 Aug 2007 /  #26
been here for a year

how long have you been in johannesburg?

Strange how quiet you've become.
Strange how you tell people not living in warsaw that they can't answer any questions about the public transport in warsaw
And yet you have - in the same breath - the nerve to insult a country that you know nothing about?
Also strange - if you look at the other topics that you started - how there is nothing positive in anything you say?
Sad, my friend, sad.
End of this discussion
OP Zeze  
13 Aug 2007 /  #27
I was not comparing the Warsaw trasport sistem with SA of for sure the one here is better then SA . But we are not in AFRICA we are in Europe and in warsaw they still ride Tramps from the 60,s
wot30 3 | 20  
4 Jan 2008 /  #28
What is the best ticket to buy if you are for 1 year in Warsaw and travel at average once a day? Single ticket is 2.4 Zloty (this is only a one way ticket - valid in metro, bus and tram). A day ticket is 7.2 Zloty (so already pays off if you take the public transport 3 times in one day).

I also read something about 30 day tickets and 90 day tickets, but I don't know how much they cost and about how they work (if they can only be bought at the beginning of the month and if they are valid everywhere and always). Can someone help me/us out?

Thanks!
zion 16 | 168  
4 Jan 2008 /  #29
hey ducth boy how are you ? yes mate best deal is buying the 3 month card valid for all the network you can buy at any time of the month and expire at the day you boght 3 monthes later . I do but the 1 month one for 66 PLN and top up everymonth .
Harry  
4 Jan 2008 /  #30
Does anybody else thing that Warsaw has the worst Bus , trams in the Europe

Far from it. Public transport here is far far better than London or Southampton. It’s not as good as Geneva but then they spend a shedload of cash on theirs.

the metro is unfortunately wide enough (ie more routes) like a route from the airport to centrum would have made so much sense but its only since the mid 1990's it was built so there is plenty of time and EU money yet to come.

Actually they started it in the early 1980s (if you don’t count work done in the 1950s).

I also read something about 30 day tickets and 90 day tickets, but I don't know how much they cost and about how they work (if they can only be bought at the beginning of the month and if they are valid everywhere and always). Can someone help me/us out?

The best tickets to get are the 30 day tickets. For them you need a Warszawska karta miejska. I got mine from the ZTM main office on the corner of pl Bankowy and Saski Park. Then you just reload them at various Ruch kiosks or the automatic machines at Metro stations (when they are working). The 90-day cards are slightly cheaper (166zl, the 30-day cards are 66zl) but if you lose one you lose more.

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