An early morning start from Trstená on a dismantled railway line, now cycle path, to Nowy Targ (PL). Then a slow InterCity train across Poland, avoiding Warszawa, to Gdańsk. And maybe an evening trip to Hel as well.
This was an impeccable cycle path - smooth, good condition. Only downside: the scenery was a bit bland for large parts of it. A kind of flat high plateau...
And that means today's only new #CrossBorderRail border - Podczerwone 🇵🇱 - Suchá Hora 🇸🇰 - is now behind me
BORDER 2️⃣9️⃣9️⃣ of the project 🎉
But this one has no hope
The track Kraľovany - Trstená 🇸🇰 and Nowy Targ - Kraków 🇵🇱 are both slow and winding, Trstená - Nowy Targ is now an impeccable cycle path, and so it will stay
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 18 of 145 IC 3560 07:27 Nowy Targ - Gdańsk Główny 16:40 PKP IC
Train type: Stadler ED160 EMU, 8 short carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (needs a ramp, but this is on board) 🛜: ⛔ (installed, but not working - annoying for a 9 hour trip!)️ 🍽️: ✅ (coffee is good I can confirm) 🧳: 🙂 (good design inside) 🧽: 🙂 (spotless)
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted, although reserving makes sense - just 3 Zloty / €0.70 from PKP)
@jon I mean if you don't live in like Wrocław then travelling to Warsaw is actually more expensive than anything else because all you get is constantly packed IC trains every two hours with comparatively empty and always expensive EIC/EIP trains in between and it sucks
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