Public_Transport_Authority_(Warsaw)

Public Transport Authority (Warsaw)

Public Transport Authority (Warsaw)

Local government body managing public transport in Warsaw, Poland


The Public Transport Authority[1] (Polish: Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie,[lower-alpha 1] ZTM) is a local government body organising public transport in Warsaw and surrounding metropolitan area. Services managed by the Authority are corporately branded as Warszawski Transport Publiczny (meaning 'Warsaw Public Transport'; abbreviated to WTP). These include: bus and tram networks, two metro lines, szybka kolej miejska[lower-alpha 2] trains and park-and-ride car parks.

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The Authority is in charge of a unified fare system, timetable scheduling, route planning and public transport development plans. Transport operations themselves are performed by municipal and privately owned, contracted companies.[2]

Warsaw Public Transport logo

Operations

Metro

Warsaw metro is an underground rapid transit consisting of two lines: north-south M1 line and west-east M2 line. Lines intersect in city center at the Świętokrzyska station. The first section of the route was opened in 1995. Most recently constructed east extension of M2 line with three stations was opened in September 2022. Further west extension of the line is under construction. Line M3 is planned and other two routes were announced by the Mayor of Warsaw in February 2023.[3]

Plac Wilsona station on M1 line

Szybka Kolej Miejska

Szybka Kolej Miejska (abbrev. SKM, lit.'fast urban railway') is mixed rapid transit and commuter rail network of five lines connecting Warsaw with its suburbs and satellite cities including Pruszków, Legionowo, Radzymin, Sulejówek, Otwock and since 12 March 2023 also Piaseczno. SKM trains are all electric multiple units running on shared with other rail traffic main rail lines. Routes of SKM are marked with a letter 'S' followed by a number.

SKM S1 line train at Warszawa Stadion railway station

Trams

Warsaw tram network consists of 24 regular lines operating on 303 kilometres (188 mi)[4][lower-alpha 3] of tram tracks. Electric trams of which about half are low-floor cars are powered through an overhead wires. Currently three network development projects are under construction – new tram depot in the Annopol neighbourhood, route to Wilanów and route along the Kasprzaka Street.[5] Trams stop at all stops along their routes. Tram lines are marked with one- or two-digit number.

Buses

The city's bus network consists of regular, fast and express services operating during the day-time within the boundaries of fare Zone 1 and inter-zonal, night-time and local lines. On some of the routes, buses do not stop at all stops or some of them are on-request.

Contractors

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Fares

Fare structure of Warsaw Public Transport, commonly referred to as 'the ZTM fares' or 'ZTM tickets', is unified and regulated by the Public Transport Authority. Tickets issued by the ZTM entitle to journeys by city buses, trams, metro or rapid urban trains within two fare zones - Zone 1 covering the area of Warsaw and communes of Łomianki, Marki and Konstancin-Jeziorna, and Zone 2 consisting of other surrounding communes of metropolitan area.[9] Additionally, selected tickets are valid on local bus lines and trains of regional operator Masovian Railways and suburban operator Warsaw Commuter Railway (see § ZTM-KM-WKD integrated ticket).

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ZTM-KM-WKD integrated ticket

As a result of an agreement between ZTM, Masovian Railways and Warsaw Commuter Railway selected ZTM tickets are valid on KM and WKD trains on sections of routes within area loosely corresponding to the ZTM fare zones.[12]

Executives

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Notes

  1. lit.'City Transport Management in Warsaw'.
  2. Szybka kolej miejska (lit.'fast urban railway') is a mixed rapid transit and commuter rail.
  3. Figure holds for the length of single track as given in the source. The majority of the tram network consists of double track.

References

  1. "Public transport step by step". Public Transport Authority (ZTM). Retrieved 12 March 2024. The Public Transport Authority (ZTM) is an organiser of public transport within the territory of Warsaw.
  2. "Zadania ZTM". ztm.waw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. "Stolica pięciu linii metra - Miasto Warsawa". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. "Nasz Tabor - Tramwaje Warszawskie". tw.waw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. "Inwestycje - Tramwaje Warszawskie". tw.waw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. "About Egged Europe". egged.co.il. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  7. "KIM JESTEŚMY". mobilis.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. "Informator Statystyczny ZTM. Wrzesień 2022 nr IX (342)" (PDF). ztm.waw.pl (in Polish). ZTM Warszawa. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  9. "Ticket tariff". wtp.waw.pl. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  10. "UCHWAŁA NR XLVII/1139/2017 RADY MIASTA STOŁECZNEGO WARSZAWY" (PDF). wtp.waw.pl (in Polish). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  11. "Jubileuszowy iZTM". wtp.wawpl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  12. "Dymisja szefa Zarządu Transportu Miejskiego". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 3 March 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  13. "Prądzyński zrezygnował - Grodzisk Maz. - Forum dyskusyjne Gazeta.pl". forum.gazeta.pl (in Polish). 3 March 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  14. "Odchodzi szef Zarządu Transportu Miejskiego". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 6 December 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  15. "Nowy dyrektor ZTM Warszawa: dziesięciu chętnych, czterech przechodzi". www.transport-publiczny.pl (in Polish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  16. "Kto zastąpi Leszka Rutę? Dziesięciu chętnych na szefa ZTM". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  17. "Zmiana warty w warszawskim ZTM. Wiesław Witek odchodzi". www.transport-publiczny.pl (in Polish). 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  18. "Wiesław Witek nowym dyrektorem ZTM. Wcześniej odpowiadał za remonty". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  19. "Więcej metra i tramwajów. Wiemy, jak zmieni się komunikacja". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  20. "Dyrektor ZTM". ztm.bip.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  • Media related to ZTM Warszawa at Wikimedia Commons
  • ztm.waw.pl – Public Transport Authority official website
  • wtp.waw.pl – Warsaw Public Transport passenger information

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