Polish trains often get frozen and are overcrowded? :-)

Don't mention that bloody useless portal.

Try and book two "SuperBilet" tickets in advance. You can't do it - you have to book them separately - and of course, the tickets end up not being together.

Your Mileage May Vary, Delphi, and you're probably right since you travel by train a lot. I was just lucky but it does not make the rule, meseems ;)

A narrow gauge Bieszczady Forest Railway (BKL) transports 60-70 thousand passengers annually.

- We are one of the few narrow gauge railways, if not the only one, which is able to support itself - said Stanislaw Wermiński, president of the BKL Foundation. The Foundation has been managing the BKL for the last 15 years.

- Money earned is used the renovation of railway tracks, for salaries and for the purchase of equipment and refurbishment of railway stations - added Wermiński. BKL has three diesel engines, a steam locomotive and 20 wagons.

Daily rides are available in July and August. During the Spring (May-June) and Fall (September-October) seasons the train operates on weekends only. However, the train is available for rent during weekdays. [I assume that Winter rides are out of question - boletus]. BLT runs on two routes: From Cisna to Balnica (on Slovakian border) - 9 km run, and from Cisna to Przysłup - 12 km run.

The original narrow gauge railway was established in Bieszczady in 1897 for logging. In the 30s of the last century it came under the management of the Lwów Directorate of Polish National Railways (PKP). Since then it commenced to carry people as well, and soon it became a tourist attraction. In 1966 the National Forests transferred the administration of the railway to BKL Foundation.

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For all the lovers/haters of Polish railways, for all aficionados of steam locomotives and narrow gauge trains, for followers of new technologies (tilting trains, etc.): visit "Behind The Water Tower" blog. Very informative and enjoyable.

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Getting all hot and steamy with a bunch of Polish girls

blogs.timeslive.co.za/wanderer/2011/07/04/getting-all-hot-and-steamy-with-a-bunch-of-polish-girls/

What a title it is - as if taken directly from Polish Forum pages! :-) But the Polish girls, with a names like Beautiful Helen, are steam locomotives, still in service, running from Wolsztyn, Poland. Now any locomotive enthusiast can drive one of those beauties:


And the story about two stubborn British locomotive-mad brothers Howard and Trevor Jones, who have saved all those steamy beauties and Wolsztyn facilities is here: timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/travel/2011/07/02/five-minutes-to-midnight

At least they have a good discount for students. :)
And I havent been to any country where the trains arent often late.
I often go Warszawa-Bialystok. And these trains are usually on time.

I had taken the train from Warszawa to Lublin last August. The train wasn't overcrowded, just hot and humid as hell. I don't know which was more unbearable; the heat or hearing my grouchy sis, complain all the way along the train ride. Got to admit, I did admire seeing the Polish countryside along the way.