Dancing PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. Difficulties in Saska Kępa [SPRAWDŹ] – News

Dancing PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. Difficulties in Saska Kępa [SPRAWDŹ]

Due to Saturday’s “Dancing PGE Narodowy” concert, entry to Saska Kępa will be limited. Depending on the situation, the police may decide to close streets, ZTM reported.

National Stadium in Warsaw (author: Patryk2710, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The Public Transport Authority announced that before the concert, at 5 p.m., entry to Saska Kępa will be limited. Until 8:00 p.m. The areas between Aleja Poniatowskiego, Aleja Washington, ul. Społeczna, Aleja Naszeny and ul. Wał Miedzeszyński, as well as Aleja USA, ul. Africanska and Bora-Komorowskiego will be closed to individual traffic until 8 p.m. The bans will not apply to vehicles of persons with S badges, taxis, two-wheelers and public transport buses.

“Depending on the current situation, the police may decide to close individual streets,” ZTM said. If Sokolej Street is closed, from Zamość to Wybrzeże Szczecińskie, buses no. 102, 125 and 202 will run through Targowa and Kijowska streets to the Dw. Wschodni (Kijowska) terminus, and buses 146 and 147 will go along Wybrzeże Szczecińskie and Zamość to the Stadion Narodowy metro station.

If Sokola, Zamość and Zamoyskiego streets are closed, bus lines 102, 125, 135, 146, 147 and 202 will be detoured. Buses 102, 125 and 202 will run through Targowa and Kijowska streets to the Dw. Wschodni (Kijowska) terminus, 135 Targowa , and 146 and 147 along Zieleniecka Avenue to the Eastern Railway Station from the Lubelska side.

Possible closure of the Poniatowski Bridge and Aleje Jerozolimskie

After the concert ends at around 11 p.m., the police may decide to close the Poniatowski Bridge and Aleje Jerozolimskie to traffic on the section from the Washington roundabout to the de Gaulle roundabout. Tram traffic in both directions on this section and on the route from pl. may be completely closed. Starynkiewicza to Washington roundabout. In addition, al. Zieleniecka may be closed to individual traffic – bus and tram traffic will remain permitted.

If the bridge is closed, trams and buses will be diverted to diversion routes. Trains of lines 7 and 22 on the left bank of the Vistula will go to Starynkiewicza Square, while on the other side of the river they will run from and to the Wiatraczna roundabout via Zieleniecka and Washington avenues.

Tram lines 9 and 24 on the Ochota side of Al. Jerozolimskie will also reach Starynkiewicza Square, while on the right bank al. Zieleniecka, Targowa, Ratuszowa and Jagiellońska will reach the Ratuszowa ZOO stop.

Bus lines: 111, 117, 146, 147, 158, 166, 507, 521, N22, N24 and N72 will be diverted.

Buses of the lines: 111, 117, 158, 166, 507, 521, N22, N24 and N72 will bypass the closed part of the routes over the Łazienkowski Bridge, and buses of lines 146 and 147 going towards the Eastern Railway Station will not turn left at the Washington roundabout, but will go straight along the avenue Zieleniecka. Towards Falenica or Stara Miłosna, they will turn around at Targowa towards Aleja Zieleniecka and this way they will reach the Washington Roundabout.

In the event of the shutdown of tram traffic on Aleje Jerozolimskie and on the Poniatowski Bridge, a replacement line Z-9 will be launched. Buses will run between Rondo Wiatraczna and Plac Zawiszy via the Łazienkowski Bridge.

Additional buses no. 138 and 509 will be on the route. From the Washington roundabout (from stops 03 and 04, respectively), you will be able to take them towards Bokserska, Gocław and Winnica.

There will also be more trams. On the changed route from the Gocławek loop through the Washington Roundabout, Aleja Zieleniecka, Targowa, Ratuszowa, Jagiellońska to the Ratuszowa-Zoo loop, additional trams of line 9 will transport passengers. In turn, trains of line 26 from Aleja Zieleniecka will go towards the Młociny Metro.

The metro is also prepared for a larger number of passengers. Trains towards Bemowo and Bródno will arrive at the station more often.

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