From March 12, a new train timetable applies. However, passengers traveling by rail do not have an easy life because of this. On Monday and Tuesday, trains had delays of more than 100 minutes. The reason was, among others train entering the wrong track at Warszawa Zachodnia station. On Friday, it happened again.
“In connection with the morning event at the Warszawa Zachodnia station, related to the acceptance of the Koleje Mazowieckie train on a different track than the one indicated in the timetable, the infrastructure manager informs that there was no threat to the safety of train traffic,” PKP PLK wrote in a statement. They explained that the train driver had a signal to proceed, which meant he could drive the train safely. “There was no other train on the track it was directed to,” they added.
The infrastructure manager ensured that the rail traffic control devices ensured safe travel of this train and other trains passing through the Warszawa Zachodnia station at the same time. The Commission will explain the circumstances of this and previous events. He has 30 days to do so.
At the West Railway Station, its modernization is currently underway. The next step will be the reconstruction of the Eastern Railway Station, and then the renovation of the cross-city line.
Every month, SKM trains (S1 and S2 lines) and Koleje Mazowieckie transport over 3.5 million passengers through the cross-city line. “In January, the S1 line trains carried over 611,000 people, and in February over 621,000 people. In turn, the S2 line trains carried over 414,000 people in January and over 342,000 in February. In total, only these two lines carry over one million passengers per month ” – informed the spokesman of SKM Karol Adamaszek.
Mazowieckie Railways reported that they carry an average of 80,000 vehicles across the cross-city line. passengers per day. This gives about 2.5 million people a month.
