The Public Transport Authority (, ) is a local government body organising public transport in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

and surrounding

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

. Services managed by the Authority are corporately branded as (meaning 'Warsaw Public Transport'; abbreviated to ''WTP''). These include:

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

and

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

networks, two

metro Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high ...

lines, szybka kolej miejska trains and park-and-ride car parks. The Authority is in charge of a unified fare system, timetable scheduling, route planning and public transport development plans. Transport operations themselves are performed by municipal and privately owned, contracted companies. ZTM Warsaw

Operations

Metro

Warsaw metro is an underground

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground su ...

consisting of two lines: north-south M1 line and west-east M2 line. Lines intersect in city center at the Świętokrzyska station. The first section of the route was opened in 1995. Most recently constructed east extension of M2 line with three stations was opened in September 2022. Further west extension of the line is under construction. Line M3 is planned and other two routes were announced by the

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in February 2023. Warsaw 07-13 img37 Plac Wilsona metro

Szybka Kolej Miejska

Szybka Kolej Miejska (abbrev. SKM, ) is mixed

and

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

network of five lines connecting

with its suburbs and satellite cities including

Pruszków Pruszków is a city in east-central Poland, capital of Pruszków County in the Masovian Voivodeship. Pruszków is located along the western edge of the Warsaw metropolitan area. Pruszków is the largest city in the Warsaw metropolitan area outs ...

Legionowo Legionowo is a city in Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland, seat of the Legionowo County. Location Legionowo is located to the north-east of the center of Warsaw and only to the south of Zegrze Reservoir ( or ), near the Warsaw-Gda ...

Radzymin Radzymin is a town in Poland and is one of the distant suburbs of the city of Warsaw. It is located in the powiat of Wołomin of the Masovian Voivodeship. The town has 8,818 inhabitants (as of 2008, but the surrounding commune is heavily populate ...

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and since 12 March 2023 also

Piaseczno Piaseczno () is a town in east-central Poland with 47,660 inhabitants. It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, within the Warsaw metropolitan area, just south of Warsaw, approximately south of its center. It is a residential area and a suburb ...

. SKM trains are all

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running on shared with other rail traffic main rail lines. Routes of SKM are marked with a letter 'S' followed by a number.

Trams

Warsaw tram network consists of 24 regular lines operating on of tram tracks. Electric trams of which about half are low-floor cars are powered through an

overhead wires An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams. The generic term used by the International Union of Railways for the tec ...

. Currently three network development projects are under construction – new tram depot in the Annopol neighbourhood, route to

Wilanów Wilanów () is a dzielnica, district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It is home to historic Wilanów Palace, the "Polish Palace of Versailles, Versailles," and second home to various List of Polish rulers, Polish kings. Wilanów is home to many v ...

and route along the Kasprzaka Street. Trams stop at all stops along their routes. Tram lines are marked with one- or two-digit number.

Buses

The city's bus network consists of regular, fast and express services operating during the day-time within the boundaries of fare Zone 1 and inter-zonal, night-time and local lines. On some of the routes, buses do not stop at all stops or some of them are on-request.

Contractors

Fares

Fare structure of Warsaw Public Transport, commonly referred to as 'the ZTM fares' or 'ZTM tickets', is unified and regulated by the Public Transport Authority. Tickets issued by the ZTM entitle to journeys by city buses, trams, metro or rapid urban trains within two fare zones - Zone 1 covering the area of

and

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of Łomianki, Marki and

Konstancin-Jeziorna Konstancin-Jeziorna is a spa town in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 17,566 inhabitants (as of March 2011, according to GUS). It is located about south of downtown Warsaw and is a part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. The t ...

, and Zone 2 consisting of other surrounding communes of

. Additionally, selected tickets are valid on local bus lines and trains of regional operator

Masovian Railways Masovian Railways, in Polish Koleje Mazowieckie, is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland. History The company was founded in 2004 as a joint venture of the Masovian Voivodeship, with 51% shares, and the then governmen ...

and suburban operator

Warsaw Commuter Railway Warsaw Commuter Railway (, WKD) is a light rail commuter line in Poland's capital city of Warsaw. The line, together with its two branches, links Warsaw with the municipalities of Michałowice, Pruszków County, Michałowice, Pruszków, Brwinów, ...

(see ).

Types

ZTM-KM-WKD integrated ticket

As a result of an agreement between ZTM,

and

selected ZTM tickets are valid on KM and WKD trains on sections of routes within area loosely corresponding to the ZTM fare zones.

Executives

Notes

References

External links

* * – Public Transport Authority official website * – Warsaw Public Transport passenger information {{DEFAULTSORT:Public Transport Authority (Warsaw) Public transport in Poland Transport in Warsaw Companies based in Warsaw 1992 establishments in Poland