RegioJet returning to Poland? [RegioJet] requests paths for new timetable
RegioJet has submitted applications for routes to Poznań, Kraków, Szczecin, and Wrocław for the new timetable, effective December 2026. The company has not commented on this decision, but PKP PLK, the company that manages the timetable, confirms these reports and states that RegioJet will receive the worst-case slots for Poznań and Kraków.
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At the time of this publication, RegioJet had not responded to our questions regarding the submitted applications and whether it plans to return to Poland. A spokesperson for the Czech company did respond to Interia.
"We have submitted applications for train path allocation for the 2026/2027 timetable. These are currently being reviewed by PLK, and a coordination meeting should be held soon. The train path allocation process is still ongoing, and the final shape of the timetable for this period will depend on its results," Lukáš Kubát, spokesperson for RegioJet, told Interia.
35 applications. From Warsaw to Gliwice, Poznań, Kraków, Wrocław, and Szczecin.
Rusłana Krzemińska, spokesperson for the infrastructure manager, confirmed that the applications had been received by PKP PLK. "We confirm that as part of the work on developing the 2026/27 annual timetable, RegioJet has submitted applications for path allocation on domestic routes," said the PKP PLK representative, adding a detailed list of the routes RegioJet requested.
The Czech company applied for three routes on the Gliwice–Warsaw Central route, one on the Gliwice–Warsaw Gdańsk route, three on the Kraków Główny–Warsaw Gdańsk route, five on the Poznań Główny–Warsaw Gdańsk route, one on the Szczecin Główny–Warsaw Gdańsk route, and five routes from Warsaw Gdańsk to Wrocław Główny, as well as an almost identical number of routes on the opposite routes. The only exception is the Warsaw Gdańsk–Kraków Główny route, where RegioJet applied for two routes, not three as for the Kraków–Warsaw route. This brings the total to 35 domestic routes on which RegioJet has been granted open access. The list does not include the Warsaw–Trójmiasto route, where RegioJet operated before leaving Poland.
Over 60 applications were rejected.
But that's not all, as a PKP PLK spokeswoman also told us that the operator rejected as many as 63 other timetable applications submitted by RegioJet. "The reasons are inconsistencies in the documentation with the decisions issued by the Office of Rail Transport, the lack of route confirmation by Deutsche Bahn, and duplicate applications for routes to Warsaw Central and Warsaw Gdańsk," says Rusłana Krzemińska.
