From Warsaw to the Alps: New night train to cross three countries
Photo: PKP Intercity sleeping car (twitter.com/banasiak_tomasz)
The Polish railway company PKP Intercity announced that a new overnight connection from Warsaw to Munich will be launched starting from December 10th. The route will pass through three countries. This is the first overnight connection with Germany in many years, according to lowcostavia.com.ua.
Through agreements with the Austrian railway (ÖBB) and the German railway (DB), the route of the new Chopin train has been extended to Munich. It is being offered as a convenient way to reach the Alps.
"In addition to the group of carriages traveling to Munich, this train will also run from Warsaw to Prague with a group of carriages that will be switched in Bohumín, and a group of carriages to Budapest will be switched in Brzecław," PKP Intercity announced.
The new route will include the following stations:
- From Warsaw-Gdańska (19:59) – Włocłava – Męcuv – Kraków – Oswiecim – Czechowice-Dziedzice – Zebżidovice – Bohumín – Ostrava – Brzecław – Vienna (4:49) – St. Pölten – Attnang-Puchheim – Salzburg – Rosenheim – Munich Ost – Munich Hbf (10:01).
- From Munich Hbf (18:35) – Munich Ost – Rosenheim – Salzburg – Attnang-Puchheim – St. Pölten – Vienna (23:07) – Brzecław – Ostrava – Bohumín – Zebżidovice – Czechowice-Dziedzice – Oswiecim – Kraków (6:07) – Męcuv – Włocłava – Warsaw (8:51).
Photo: PKP train (rynek-kolejowy.pl)
The train will not pass through Katowice. Like before, the IC Chopin will travel along the route through Oswiecim and Czechowice-Dziedzice.
