The brand new ‘Adriatic Specific’ rail route is a response to current tourism from Poland to Croatia, in addition to an incentive for brand new guests to journey to the nation. Based on the Journey Croatia portal, the nation welcomed greater than 1.2 million Polish vacationers final yr. This quantity is now solely anticipated to develop. The practice route can be anticipated to work the opposite method round and encourage extra Croatians to go to Poland.
The evening practice runs from Warsaw to the town of Rijeka in north-western Croatia. It stops a number of instances in Poland, in addition to within the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia. It covers its 19-hour journey 4 instances per week and is among the longest practice companies in Europe.
Discussions concerning the route first started 4 years in the past, however concrete plans had been disrupted by the results of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Could, nevertheless, Donald Tusk introduced in a publish on Platform X that there can be a direct in a single day practice from Poland to Croatia the next month.
“We lastly have a DIRECT practice service from Poland to Croatia! We’re ranging from June, 4 days per week” – the Polish Prime Minister wrote.
Already from the primary journey, the practice appears to be a business success. Based on PKP Intercity, greater than 90% of the seats and all couchettes had been booked.
There are 172 seats on the practice, together with 132 second class seats and 40 couchettes.
Infrastructure Minister Dariusz Klimczak additionally commented on the difficulty on Platform X.
“That is the start of a brand new chapter for vacation rail journey!” – he wrote within the publish.
“This isn’t solely a quick and handy connection, but in addition an emblem of accessible European holidays – additionally from smaller cities!” – he added.
The brand new practice departs Warsaw at round 14:00 and arrives in Rijeka earlier than 09:00 the next day. It returns from Croatia at round 19:00, arriving in Warsaw earlier than 14:00.
One-way fares on the brand new route begin at round PLN 200 (€50).
The connection is initially designed only for the vacationer season and can function till the tip of the summer season holidays, with the final evening practice from Warsaw scheduled for 28 August.