TRIP REPORT | PKP EIP Pendolino | Krakow to Warsaw | Express InterCity Premium

[@joaozito5321]

I was at krakow in 2018! Such a beautiful city. Poland is awesome!👏👌

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, Krakow is a beautiful city. I always like to travel to Poland :-)

[@ahleuca]

I love Poland (why?)

[@piotrek8389]

Cześć Pete ✋✋✋. Thanks for sharing this video. I'm glad You like PKP/ IC. I travelled EIP from Kraków to Gdynia and I've been satidfied. I hope You enjoyed your trip and spent a pleasure time in Poland ✋✋✋ Best wishes ✋✋✋

[@PeteBrandy]

Cześć Piotrek :-) Thanks for watching! Yes, I like PKP IC and I enjoyed this train! I always like to travel to Poland and I have a lot of friends in Poland :-) Btw. I worked for a Polish company for several years, so I often traveled to Poland :-)

[@piotrek8389]

@@PeteBrandy Thanks for answer. Greetings to You ✋✋✋

[@ArielCruzPizarro]

Thank you very much Pete, that Pendolino train looks great, so good that you could make that trip in First Class. Many greetings from Chile!

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! Yes, this Pendolino train is great :-) First class is usually my choice for train traveling :-)

[@darrishng7674]

That's a great looking train! The first train to have full Yes-listed so far as I watch 😃

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks for watching! I think is the second one, the ICE train is also full Yes-listed :-)

[@lindavainomae3489]

Thanks for another great video. What a classy train! I have heard that the PKP Restaurnat cars are the best in the business and that the schnitzel is freshly made to order. Lovely shots of Krakow looking especially beautiful in the warm morning light too.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much Linda! This train was amazing! Yes, they have a good selection of food in the restaurant car. I plan to try their EuroCity train in the next month, so I will try their classic restaurant menu :-)

[@NonstopEurotrip]

PKP Wars dining cars are the best in Europe Linda 🤤😁

[@lindavainomae3489]

@@NonstopEurotrip The seal of approval! 😆

[@TripsonBudget]

Great video, Thanks! Krakow Station is nice. I like it. Is not so easy to navigate like Vienna HBF, but is nearby. I really like the integration of Shopping Malls with transit station. A plus is that also the Bus Terminal is there, so a very good conectivity for this hub. Legroom in 1st class very good. 2nd class doesn't look so good at least at a first fast look.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! In my opinion Krakow Glowny station is well situated and the ways to the platforms are well marked. And also, there is possible to find your platform in advance via PKP Portal pasazera. Yes, the legroom in 1st class was great and I think in 2nd class is also not so bad :-)

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Fancy seeing you here Alex 🤪 I like the station/shopping centre combo too, some people don't 😂

[@TripsonBudget]

@@NonstopEurotrip I guess that depends on preference. Personally I really love it. Krakow and Warsaw reminds me on my time spent in Poland for 3months. It was first time alone travelling by train in Europe. And I used trains a lot in Poland. I manage to have free train tickets in Europe because at that time my father worked for CFR. But still, for me the most nice train station in Poland is Wroclaw. And now they have a huge shopping city near train station :D

[@NonstopEurotrip]

@@TripsonBudget absolutely mate, Wroclaw is a lovely 'castle' station 🏰 😂

[@samma995]

Legroom in 2nd class PKP Pendolino is comfortable, better than most reputable airlines in Economy class. I'm 182 cm. Another bonus - only the 2nd class has the so-called a quiet carriage that is perfect for relaxing.

[@TheTynka106]

Pendolino have also great compartment called - Quite zone. Its one compartment (2nd class) where you are not allowed to talk over the phone, no kids, no nocie, no loud talks. Just perfect ;) Price is the same as for 2nd class. "The following activities are defined as undesirable in the Quiet Zone: mobile phone calls, phone ring tones, listening to loud music (also using earphones), and other activities involving noise generation that may cause discomfort to other travellers in the Zone"

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, I know about the quiet zone. It is a pity that part of the 1st class is not also as a quiet zone, similar to the ICE or IC2 trains inGermany :-) But next my trip on PKP EIP I'll take 2nd class quiet zone :-)

[@abus3562]

Beautiful day for a train ride. Nice looking train, very quiet running. Nice interior. I remember Krakow and the train station/mall from some years ago when I visited there. Thanks for the ride, I enjoyed it.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! It's nice that you visited Krakow too. For me it was second visit there (but on my first visit I was there by plane).

[@gars1074]

Great video. I really enjoyed seeing the countryside. ( Your videography skills are top notch. I also noticed how clean the windows were.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thaks so much! I was also surprised by the cleanliness of the windows, especially when the train arrived from a long previous route.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I really enjoyed this video Pete! I had a great time on the EIP I took on the opposite route to you. Excellent complementary offerings and very comfortable trains 😁👍🏻

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! EIP is a great service, also the food was tasty :-) So I hope you have enjoyed your journey too :-)

[@philippmougey2960]

Velmi pěkné a povedené video! Je to poznat že jsi si tu jízdu užil 😃 snad se toho vlaku dočkáme taky na polích do CZ a A. Jen škoda že tam není i restaurační část ale je jen Baroš oddíl… definitivně palec nahoru😃

[@PeteBrandy]

Mockrát díky! No pro ČR se dělaly nějaké jízdní zkoušky a ten vlak by měl být certifikovaný pro Česko a Rakousko, ale nevím v jaké je to teď fázi, ale snad se dočkáme spojení na Prahu i Vídeň :-) Jinak ten restaurační vůz má teď podobně jako v českém Pendolinu vyhrazené sezení ve 2. třídě pro restaurant.

[@bogdansiuda2799]

Wow, to je dobré video. Řidil jsem tuto EMU ze Stanice Krakow Hlavní Nadraži do stanice Gdansk Oliwa. Vlak, který je zaznamenali, býl na stejné trase jako vy, ale já jsem na dřivějším, kolem osmé hodiny.

[@PeteBrandy]

Díky. Já musel vzít až tento vlak, protože jsem přijel ráno vlakem EuroNight do Krakow a chtěl jsem si ještě rychle prohlédnout město :-)

[@flyingwithmatt]

Great video! Finally video that I have been waiting for so long. 😎 Pendolino is def my favorite Polish train 😉. It was nice seeing you for a few hours, I hope it wasn't terribly boring 😬✌️

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! For me it was one of the best trips this year and I really enjoyed PKP Pendolino! I'm very glad that we met in Warsaw, it was only a few hours, but when you meet good people, it's always nice!

[@flyingwithmatt]

🤗

[@tarekabayazeed6548]

Super video! Krásnej vlak!

[@PeteBrandy]

Díky moc! Také se mi moc líbí :-)

[@wojs2401]

I use always Wars food service in PKP Intercity, no matter pendolino or not. Żurek and schabowy for a lunch is a must. Breakfast with jajecznica also. Tasty, fresh and cheap. I reccomend :)

[@PeteBrandy]

I usually use Wars services on Eurocity / Intercity trains, where there is a classic dining car. The Wars menu is really good. But this time it was too early for lunch, I used to have lunch until around 2 pm :-D

[@janpf0624]

It looks and sounds comfy and quiet. It is worth to take a journey. I am smiling at the situ that, only two men in the 1st class and they have neighbouring seats. Anyway, nice trip report aboard a train I will probably never experience, thanks for sharing.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks :-) The journey on the Pendolino train was really nice. Otherwise, the occupancy of the 1st class was 50%, almost all seats in the direction of travel were occupied and almost all seats in the opposite direction of travel were empty :-D

[@kbieniu7]

Nice video! Before the pandemic I used to take this route once a week, it's funny to see it on your channel 😁 EIP is really comfortable and quiet, in my opinion. The only downside is that the restaurant part is too small and often there is nowhere to sit there. Fortunately in EIP, you can order meals to your seat. The cheapest tickets for EIP starts from 49zł/10 euro for this route, but it's really hard to catch them during the summer time.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! EIP is great service. The restaurant is a bit small, but I I still prefer a seat delivery :-D Yes, I saw some cheaper offers, but I had to take this train at this time because I needed to be in Warsaw at a certain time :-)

[@asiadrapata1080]

That's true. I ve seen such clean, comfy and accessible trains nowhere in Europe. There is a plenty of special offers eith bargains. Never had a single negative experience with Polish Railways

[@ELAviation]

Beautiful train!

[@PeteBrandy]

Thank you :-)

[@brucebowen100]

Thanks for the video. Except for the lack of soap in the restroom it is a really nice train and the service is certainly a plus. The views of the countryside are very nice. I look forward to more videos.😀

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much for watching! The lack of soap was probably due to a short turnaround, the train arrived from Gdynia and in 30 minutes they had to clean the train and complete the catering and we drove back in the direction of Gdynia :-D

[@stylishes_]

wow thanks for your detailed description of eip train. i am going to krakow from warsaw, which is opposite from the train you took 😊 did the train you took come on time? and the platform was not changed?

[@PeteBrandy]

In Poland, trains usually have assigned the same permanent platform, so far I have not encountered them changing my platform. As for the times, it is good to check the Portal Pasażera where you can find the current information about a specific train (I also look for information here if a train has arrived with a delay in the past few days). Some railway lines in Poland are currently undergoing reconstruction, so there may be delays.

[@stylishes_]

@@PeteBrandy thank you very much for your reply. i just download it and the app looks useful. 😆😆 by the way.. do cabin crews mostly stand near train doors to check passengers tickets or help them to carry their heavy luggage or disabled passengers to take trains?

[@todszan7177]

Nice report! Greetings for you.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! Greetings :-)

[@VlastimilKarlik-ic6ex]

Super super 😊😊😊😊😊

[@anthonycubadugosz109]

from Cracow and Warsaw normally it also run up to 200km/h but now there are works to increase the speed to 250km/h😌

[@PeteBrandy]

Good to know, I hope next time I'll try this speed :-)

[@dlbrittain1976]

Thanks for the ride pete

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks for watching, Dan :-)

[@dlbrittain1976]

Bathroom is nice..also larger than planes

[@PeteBrandy]

Of course :-D

[@MichaelDBahnverkehr]

Fantastic, very nice trip report!!!👍👌

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@FilipKubu-fw1pp]

ahoj Pete, nechceš udělat video i o spěšňáku Brno-žďár n.s?

[@PeteBrandy]

Ahoj, záleží jaké tam jezdí soupravy, asi 754 a Bdmtee? Kdyby tam bylo alspoň B249 aby se dalo alespoň točit z okna :-D

[@FilipKubu-fw1pp]

@@PeteBrandy jsou to většinou soupravy s okny

[@DrRchannel71]

big like for this video

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@miloslavstefec7957]

Ahoj Pete, skvele video, diky za nej. Pendolino je fajn. Jak je to v PL s max. rychlosti? Pochopil jsem spravne ze max. je 200 km/ hod, ale jen nejake useky? Ostatni maji jako u nas 160 km/hod?

[@PeteBrandy]

Ahoj, díky moc :-) V Polsku záleží podle typu trati, většina hlavních koridorů je na 160 Km/h, ale pak jsou úseky s 200 Km/h. A některé koridory mají uváděné rozpětí, např. 120 - 160 Km/h nebo 80 - 120 Km/h (např. prvních cca 50 Km z Krakowa na Wazszawu)

[@miloslavstefec7957]

@@PeteBrandy Diky za info😉👍

[@miloslavstefec7957]

@@PeteBrandy a jidlo predpokladam chutnalo😁

[@PeteBrandy]

@@miloslavstefec7957 Jo, bylo to dobré, hlavně tam byl dobrý dresing .. ještě mi pak steward cestou strčil další dvě briožky s tofu, protože jim zbyly.. a fajn bylo i že jsem si klidně mohl vzít pití víckrát, neměli s tím žádný problém :-)

[@ryszardadamski]

Warsaw - Krakow. 293km. Including. 65km with v160. 57km with v110 (Kraków-Kozłów) and 170km of the CMK line with v200, ultimately v230-250. Currently, ERMTS level 2 is being installed and not all sections on CMK are active with level 1 and v200.

[@Bob36509]

Yeah but ed 250 will only go max 200 km/H and only on certan parts of one line in Poland

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Nice one. Looks like an enjoyable trip with green, pretty scenery. 😃 02:29 Out of interest, why do use black bars when people are quite far off so wouldn’t be identifiable? 🤔

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks :-) It was a nice trip. Because according to the interpretation of that law, it should not be recognizable which person it is.

[@mancubwwa]

One niptick - PKP IC is not the largest polish train oparstor, this title goes to Polregio (AKA Przewoz Regionalne) which operates regionsl teains in most of the country (with some local operators either replacing or complimenting their service in some voievodships(provinces)). PKP IC Is the largest operator of long-dictance Intercity trains though.

[@PeteBrandy]

I used the information that PKP Intercity has on its website in About Us section.

[@mancubwwa]

@@PeteBrandy than they're lying, unfortunately, or more probably using creative statistics (most probably passenger/kilometers, as avarage journey on PKP IC trains is much longer than on polregio trains), but the statistics provided by Polish rail transport office (UTK - the government regulator for rail transport) show polregio carried both more total passengers, and operated more trains, with most of them obviously commuter services.

[@mancubwwa]

@@PeteBrandy or maybe not? I just realized stayistics I cited are in fact pre - pandemic, so maybe there was a shift...

[@bobbrief]

Good well done review.

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@berkhofduvedec]

I did this route this year! Unfortunately there are only a few parts where the train rides at 200.

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, but in the near future there will be more sections at a higher speed, so then I plan to try this train once again :-)

[@TravelALBERT]

Amazing train😍😍

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks for watching, I also like this train :-)

[@transportfan2]

Very nice!

[@PeteBrandy]

Thank you :-)

[@mauriceaviation]

Paráda :) docela zvláštní vlak 😁

[@PeteBrandy]

Díky :-D Jo, prostě rychlovlak.

[@nhoque...7223]

So nice video🌾🌾🌾

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@mtrdjn]

Hello my friend on the railroad! English and I are not in the best of relationships, because I don't know him well and that's why I avoid leaving comments where I can't in Italian or in my mother tongue. I haven't watched the video yet, but since I noticed that TKL trains no longer appear anywhere on the Timetable in Krakow, I wanted to ask you if they have been canceled? It was never clear to me whether it was a traffic (I find it hard to believe) or tariff category. From the various video journeys by these trains, I realized that they were similar to the category of "rapid" trains, but I didn't go so far as to look for answers in theory. If you know anything about this, I'll be glad to provide me with more accurate information than my conclusions. Thanks 😃 in advance and now I'm going back to your trip in ETR 610 (it's certainly not called that in Poland, but we understand each other). Greetings from Belgrade. 😃

[@PeteBrandy]

Hello! Thanks for watching! Some TLK trains are still in operation from Krakow, e.g. to Przemysl. TLK means "Twoje line kolejowe" and they are something like Fast trains (cheaper than InterCity and with more stops). Pendolinos are in Poland marked as ED250 :-) Greetings from Prague :-)

[@jakubadamczyk1523]

@@PeteBrandy Here you're wrong. TLK are almost the same class as IC, the only difference is having some Y-standard cars, but price and "speed" are totally the same.

[@portuguesnomundo]

Nice video

[@PeteBrandy]

Thank you :-)

[@pakroomitrains]

Awesome 👍👍👍 bro

[@PeteBrandy]

Thank you :-)

[@lb549]

Paráda 👌 Polské pendolina mi přijdou prostě míň komfortní než ta naše, možná jenom toho místa na nohy je u nás míň 🇨🇿🚄🇵🇱 Jaký na to máš názor ty?

[@PeteBrandy]

Díky :-) Polská Pendolina jsou o generaci modernější a přijdou mi méně stísněné uvnitř. Co se týče komfortu, v 2. třídě je určitě lepší ČD Pendolino díky 2 + 1 konfiguraci sedadel. Ale v 1. třídě za mě vede PKP Pendolino, u ČD Pendolina po rekonstrukci nesnáším to uspořádání sedadel proti sobě se stolkem, to je i důvod, proč se našem Pendolinu vyhýbám.

[@lb549]

@@PeteBrandy To také nechápu v té 1. třídě ty sedadla. Myslím že právě v 1. třídě by mělo být sólo sedadel hodně1️⃣💺💺

[@giorgosmargiolakis5229]

Hey from where i can buy the ticket online?

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, you can purchase your ticket via PKP Intercity website :-)

[@Strosingr]

Hezké video

[@PeteBrandy]

Díky moc :-)

[@janahoffmannova8948]

My jsme byli v Krakowie

[@BengtHansves]

Heavy EU financed "remont" on the lines around Krakow.. In July 2019 i travelled in 200 km/h with an ordinary IC Krakow - Przemysl

[@PeteBrandy]

Now we drove half the route quite slowly.

[@darek58]

Kraków to ladne miasto

[@PeteBrandy]

Tak :-)

[@mixnation5150]

Já viděl polské pendolino akorát v ČR v Chocni a ve Velimech

[@PeteBrandy]

Já poprvé až v době této cesty :-D

[@Sebastian-rc7ri]

I'm very surprised how cheap and how many functions the 2nd class has in this train compared to where I live, the netherlands. If trains were this cheap and well equipped here everyone would use the train instead of their car.

[@PeteBrandy]

2nd class on this train has a very good standard, I have to agree that if all the trains looked like this, then people would have no reason to use their car :-)

[@Pidalin]

Not so cheap, Czech trains are cheaper, but 2nd class in Poland is much better. But mandatory seat reservations on most of the trains are really annoying, it's very different traveling than I am used to from my country. In Poland all tickets are for specific trains, which is annoying, in my country I buy ticket and pick any train I want.

[@yarpen26]

@@Pidalin Really? I traveled quite a bit with ČD during my vacation and every single intercity ticket I booked had a specific train assigned to it. Not the commuting stiff of course, but it works the same in Poland.

[@yarpen26]

Honestly, I don't think the 1st class coach on EIP is worth it. I often manage to get the 2nd class between Gdynia and Gliwice (basically cutting through the whole country) for 129,00 or even 99,00 PLN and while I do admit the seats are somewhat less comfy, that's about it. The free appetizer is fine, but small. The coffee's good (they used to serve it in 2nd, too, up until a few years ago), but the porcelain cup may take a while before it's taken away and unlike the paper cups, you can't really get rid of it until the personnel come to collect. And of course both classes have the same useless steel back seat pocket that not only does not hold anything thicker than an e-book reader, but also isn't transparent in any way, increasing the chances of you leaving your stuff behind by accident. That's the only aspect of these trains I find inferior to regular cheapass InterCity trains. What a dumb idea, geez... Fun fact: for a long time Pendolino trains lacked Wi-Fi because PKP forgot to include the proper clause in the contract with Alstom, which made any subsequent independent installation of a router constitute a breach of the warranty. It took them ages to reach an agreement and it was the butt of numerous jokes how these trains are shiny-looking crap that wasted taxpayers' money (didn't help that they experienced numerous technical issues during their first two years of service, causing delays). Now Wi-Fi there works great, especially compared to regular InterCity, which often do have it, but... not connected to the Internet.

[@Pidalin]

@@yarpen26 Ofcourse, when you want to use some long ride better trains, than seat reservation can be mandatory, but it's not standard in our trains, that's pretty much thing only in pendolino and few other better trains. In Poland you need ticket for specific time and train even on commuting routes. I was traveling from Kraków to Tarnów and ticket was for specific time too, no seat reservation needed, but ticket was for specific time. You can buy such tickets here too, when you want lower price, but standard is flexi ticket, that's what most of people buy, on many routes there is only flexi ticket available, so it can happen to you that train ride from Prague to Pilsen (with ticket for specific train) can be actually cheaper than your commuting village train with flexi ticket. Today, we use PID zone tickets a lot around Prague, which is mostly more worthy than tickets from train company, but you have to know zone system and you have to know how long time that ride takes. When I want to go for something to Prague and I am returning immediately, PID tickets can be very cheap because you can even return back on same ticket, for example to Prague from my village I need 8 zones ticket which is valid 3,5 hour and cost 80 CZK, so I can go to Prague and back for 80 CZK when I am fast, same route with ČD ticket is for 150 or something, they increase prices twice in year so I don't even remember how much it is right now.

[@peterwilms1395]

Today railway stations look like airports

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, especially main stations :-)

[@jkpakosz6698]

There is no need to have tilting train sets in Poland, because there is not tight curvings. Rather long straight stretches. Spending extra money for tilting system, would be only waste of money.

[@代曜榕]

Wow! Same EMU as that Xi'an to Ürümqi one.

[@代曜榕]

Numbered as D2708, operated by ALSTOM CRH5A, made in Italy, without tilting bogies.

[@jirivalenta6382]

Pěkný, akorát, že tomu říkají Pendolino, i když to Pendolino není 😀

[@PeteBrandy]

Díky :-) No nemá to sice naklápění, ale někde jsem našel, že je uzpůsobené k tomu, aby se v případě potřeby dalo dodatečně namontovat.

[@Pidalin]

@Pete Brandy Naklápění snad ani neni potřeba když to jede 300 km rovně. :-)

[@martinkomorous8113]

Velmi dobré Pendolino, letos sem se tím svezl poprvé a mohu hodnotit velice kladně. Jezdí to i nebývale rychle (přes 200km/h) a přesně. Jediné, co bych vytknul je cena, tedy čím blíž k datumu odjezdu, tím dražší, až na 150zloty (cca 900kč). A jde uplatnit jen studentská karta Poláků 😔 Doporučuji trojúhelník na eurovíkend, tedy Praha - Krakov - Varšava - Praha nebo obráceně ❤️🇨🇿🇵🇱

[@PeteBrandy]

Ano, to Pendolino je fajn, a s cenou souhlas, známej jel tu samou trasu o polovinu levněji než já :-D Jinak já ten trojúhelník dal, ale bez ubytka, protože jsem jel Praha - Krakow a Varšava - Praha lůžkovým vozem :-)

[@Pidalin]

Já jel Pendolinem z Varšavy do Gdaňsku aniž bych věděl že jsem koupil jízdenky na Pendolino, jsem si řikal proč to bylo tak drahý. :-) Ale komfort byl uplně někde jinde než když jsme pak stejnou trasu jeli normálnim vlakem v narvanym kupéčku. Klasický vlaky s kupé mam radši ale musí to bejt prázdný, jak je to narvaný tak to je zlo.

[@dlbrittain1976]

You don't see all of this when flying

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, this is another type of travel experience :-)

[@stomil]

województwo = voivodeship :D

[@Gerrie_de_B.]

A Pendolino without Pendolino... It literally means pendulum (swing). Ok, bit disappointing :D

[@PeteBrandy]

Yes, but I understand to PKP, Poland is a flat country and their main railway lines are usually straight.

[@SylwiaK]

Like 122 😄❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@PeteBrandy]

Thanks Sylwia :-)