To start with the main and major difference between UK and Poland is that public transport across Poland is heavily subsidised from local government funds therefore ticket prices are very low compared to other means of transport (an equivalent of 20 pounds for a monthly bus pass, about 50-90p for a single ticket depending on the city). Funds from the EU mean a lot when it comes to purchase of new vehicles, therefore the fleet in most of the towns in Poland is quite modern and usually built to the high specifications. Most recently USB sockets, dynamic passenger information systems, Wi-Fi and A/C became a hit for buses that are bought as brand new, with many of them being hybrid or fully electric.
Trivia you might find interesting:
Municipal operators are still common in Poland, although upcoming EU legislation would mean that in few years time they will become commercial and will have to bid for contracts on the same rules with private companies like Arriva, Mobilis and many others.
3 cities in Poland: Gdynia, Tychy and Lublin are the only ones that have trolleybus systems, all of them are low floor and with quite good state of infrastructure compared to the 1990's.
Public transport tickets in Poland are usually sold in newsagents kiosks and ticket machines and they need to be punched in the ticket machines after purchase - drivers only sell tickets on regional bus routes. Most recently contactless systems became very common to reduce use of paper tickets with their contactless versions cheaper by few percent to encourage their use by passengers
Capital city of Warsaw is the only city with underground system currently consisting of 1 line which was finished and 1 under construction with a middle part of it opened already.
If you would be interested about anything that relates to public transport in Poland or polish bus manufacturers (Solaris and Autosan are the biggest ones as well as foreign Scania, Volvo and MAN have their factories in Poland) enthusiasts approach or anything else I am happy to describe it or answer any questions you may have about it.
Trivia you might find interesting:
Municipal operators are still common in Poland, although upcoming EU legislation would mean that in few years time they will become commercial and will have to bid for contracts on the same rules with private companies like Arriva, Mobilis and many others.
3 cities in Poland: Gdynia, Tychy and Lublin are the only ones that have trolleybus systems, all of them are low floor and with quite good state of infrastructure compared to the 1990's.
Public transport tickets in Poland are usually sold in newsagents kiosks and ticket machines and they need to be punched in the ticket machines after purchase - drivers only sell tickets on regional bus routes. Most recently contactless systems became very common to reduce use of paper tickets with their contactless versions cheaper by few percent to encourage their use by passengers
Capital city of Warsaw is the only city with underground system currently consisting of 1 line which was finished and 1 under construction with a middle part of it opened already.
If you would be interested about anything that relates to public transport in Poland or polish bus manufacturers (Solaris and Autosan are the biggest ones as well as foreign Scania, Volvo and MAN have their factories in Poland) enthusiasts approach or anything else I am happy to describe it or answer any questions you may have about it.
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