Gdansk to Warsaw on the excellent PKP EIP high-speed train

Today we are taking a trip on Polands flag-ship train the EIP Express Intercity Premium which is operated by the Alstom New Pendolino trains capable of 250 km/h (However not possible to reach these speeds in Poland currently)

Come along as we check out what its like to travel on PKP Intercity's premier train in first class along the route from Gdansk to Warsaw Central railway station

This is rail travel in poland at its best

INFO:
Train type: Alstom New Pendolino ED250
Route: Gdansk to Warsaw
Train: EIP 5100
Distance: 350 km
Journey time: 3h04m
Average speed: 114 km/h
Price: 259 PLN / 54 EUR (First class) oneway

Translated
Dziś wyruszamy w podróż flagowym polskim pociągiem EIP Express Intercity Premium, który jest obsługiwany przez pociągi Alstom New Pendolino o prędkości 250 km/h (jednak obecnie nie można osiągnąć tych prędkości w Polsce)

Przyjdź, gdy zobaczymy, jak to jest podróżować najlepszym pociągiem PKP Intercity

[spark_]

Poland is amazing !! Thanks to YouTube, now I know so many more things about Poland 🇵🇱 I've always been wanting to visit Poland, but I didn't know this much of Poland, or how really beautiful Poland was/ is !!! How Poland progressed / advanced within the last decades is really intriguing/ incredible !!! 👏 👏👏👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🚄🇵🇱💕💞

[wojwesoly]

Actually, pkp does ticket pricing a little differently. The price is not dependent on days till departure, but on how full the trains are. There is a base price and an empty train has a 45% discount. The fuller the train gets, the smaller the discount becomes (30%, 15%, 0%), until it reaches the base price.

[DS.J]

Took this service once between Warsaw and Krakow. Excellent train. Something that should be replicated throughout the country to all major destinations in the country and beyound.

[and.nowojski.J.]

Beautifully. In a short period of time, PKP has changed beyond recognition... All of Poland, too... Best regards

[valamerkozlowski]

Poland has the most advanced rail system in the whole Europe. And also the cleanest of them all

[vladmateescu]

I was comparing it to the equivalent Bucharest to Constanta line (also linking the capital with the largest sea port and also the "best line in the country"). Quite different. There there are only 2 tracks, not 3 like here. Trains go max 160km/h, not 250km/h. But the biggest difference I guess is that the actual stations are not as renovated as the polish ones. Good job Poland.

[albfilms]

You covered everything. Thank you very much for the info!

[dmnx]

1:28 these are SKM ticket machines, pkp ticket offices were shown on the sign when you was entering the tunnel

[sicl]

Since 2021 speed limit on about a third of this line is 200km/h.

[LMB]

2:46 the tilting technology in this train is what Fiat (edit: Fiat Ferroviara) bought from the never to be completed British APT, the follower of InterCity 125

[asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw]

Central Europe desperately needs dedicated high speed lines.

[Andrzej]

The tracks are prefectly fine for speeds of 250km/h the only limiter to this is the signalling which is not good enough to manage those speeds.

[some_romanian_hater]

11:19 Bro that locomotive is so rare!!! its an EP08-01 it recently burnt down but i hope it will get back on rails

[Ninja-fuhx]

Thats strange because I took the same train a few weeks ago and actual travel time was 30 minutes shorter.

[lukemac_geniushsly]

hello Simon! Takk for videoen. Jeg skal ta det samme tog neste uke fra Gdansk lufthavn til Warsawa.. Jeg skal bruke google maps og denne er anbefalt som rute

[carolinekelly]

Hello, thanks for connecting and reaching out. I am surprised to receive this video? It would have been good for you to contact me sooner. Several years ago.

[EsotericDesi]

Were those tables in the café car shaking and making all that noise..?... Or maybe I'm wrong... But, beautiful train either way...

[tydzienwpiguce]

Where did you find information that Gdańsk is 4th largest city in Poland? Gdańsk is 6th....
1 Warsaw
2 Kraków
3 Wrocław
4 Łódź
5 Poznań
6 Gdańsk

[thomaslazarski]

I wonder what maximum speed this modern train is capable of un disturbed.

[adamzawadzki]

Queues to the ticket machine is normal. PKP is know for its horrible attitude towards passangers.
There will not be more machines or enough of cashiers after renovation