Public Transport Authority (Warsaw)

Public Transport Authority
Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie
AbbreviationZTM
Formation1 January 1992 (1992-01-01)
FounderWarsaw City Council
Typelocal transport authority
HeadquartersGrochowska Street 316/320
Warsaw, Poland
Region served
Warsaw metropolitan area
ServicesWarsaw Public Transport
Executive
Katarzyna Strzegowska
Websiteztm.waw.pl

The Public Transport Authority[1] (Polish: Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Warszawie,[a] 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[b] trains and park-and-ride car parks.

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

[edit]

Metro

[edit]
Main article: Warsaw 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

[edit]
Main article: Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)

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

[edit]
Main article: Trams in Warsaw

Warsaw tram network consists of 24 regular lines operating on 303 kilometres (188 mi)[4][c] 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

[edit]
Main article: Bus transport in Warsaw

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

[edit]
Network Operator Ownership
Owner
Metro Metro Warszawskie Sp. z o.o. municipal
Capital City of Warsaw
Szybka Kolej Miejska Szybka Kolej Miejska Sp. z o.o.
Trams Tramwaje Warszawskie Sp. z o.o.
Buses Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe Sp. z o.o.
Komunikacja Miejska Łomianki Sp. z o.o. municipal
Łomianki Commune
Arriva Bus Transport Polska Sp. z o.o. private
Deutsche Bahn through Arriva
Mobilis Sp. z o.o. private[6][7]
Egged
Michalczewski Sp. z o.o. private
PKS w Grodzisku Mazowieckim Sp. z o.o. shared
other minor operators on local lines
Source:[2][8]

Fares

[edit]

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).

Types

[edit]
Single fare, time-limit and short-term tickets
Type Ticket Fare (PLN) Valid within
regular reduced

(50%)

Zone 1 Zone 2 ZTM-KM-WKD

integrated ticket offer

Local

bus lines

Time-limit 20 minute ticket 3.40 1.70 Yes Yes No[A] No
Single fare

or

time-limit

Single-fare 75 minute ticket 4.40 2.20 Yes No No[A] No
Single-fare 90 minute ticket 7 3.50 Yes Yes No[A] No
Single-fare 75 minute group ticket (up to 10 people) — 22 Yes No No[A] No
Short-term One-day ticket (24h) 15 7.50 Yes No Yes Yes
26 13 Yes Yes Yes Yes
3-day ticket (72h) 36 18 Yes No Yes Yes
57 28.50 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Weekend ticket (from 7:00 PM on Friday till 8:00 AM on Monday) 24 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Group Weekend ticket (from 7:00 PM on Friday till 8:00 AM on Monday; up to 5 people) 40 — Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exceptions:

^ A: Valid on KM airport transfer RL line between the Warsaw Chopin Airport and Warszawa Płudy stations.

Fares as of 30 March 2023. Source:[10][11]

ZTM-KM-WKD integrated ticket

[edit]

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

[edit]
Name In office Ref.
from to
Kazimierz Kulig 1 November 1992 20 February 2000 [13] [14]
Bogdan Botar
(Acting executive)		 ? 12 June 2000
Przemysław Prądzyński 13 June 2000 3 March 2003 [15][16]
Robert Czapla April 2003 5 December 2006 [17]
Leszek Ruta 11 December 2006 July 2013 [13][18]
Andrzej Franków
(Acting executive)		 ? ? [18][19]
Wiesław Witek December 2013 October 2020 [20][21][22]
Katarzyna Strzegowska October 2020 Incumbent [20][23]

Notes

[edit]
  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

[edit]
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Granice stref biletowych – Warszawski Transport Publiczny". wtp.waw.pl. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Ticket tariff". wtp.waw.pl. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  11. ^ "UCHWAŁA NR XLVII/1139/2017 RADY MIASTA STOŁECZNEGO WARSZAWY" (PDF). wtp.waw.pl (in Polish). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  12. ^ "ZTM-KM-WKD integrated ticket – Warszawski Transport Publiczny". wtp.waw.pl. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Jubileuszowy iZTM". wtp.wawpl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  14. ^ "historia komunikacji - hobby - ZTM Warszawa". Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Dymisja szefa Zarządu Transportu Miejskiego". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 3 March 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Prądzyński zrezygnował - Grodzisk Maz. - Forum dyskusyjne Gazeta.pl". forum.gazeta.pl (in Polish). 3 March 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Odchodzi szef Zarządu Transportu Miejskiego". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 6 December 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Nowy dyrektor ZTM Warszawa: dziesięciu chętnych, czterech przechodzi". www.transport-publiczny.pl (in Polish). 20 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Kto zastąpi Leszka Rutę? Dziesięciu chętnych na szefa ZTM". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Zmiana warty w warszawskim ZTM. Wiesław Witek odchodzi". www.transport-publiczny.pl (in Polish). 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Wiesław Witek nowym dyrektorem ZTM. Wcześniej odpowiadał za remonty". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Więcej metra i tramwajów. Wiemy, jak zmieni się komunikacja". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Dyrektor ZTM". ztm.bip.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
[edit]
  • Media related to ZTM Warszawa at Wikimedia Commons
  • ztm.waw.pl – Public Transport Authority official website
  • wtp.waw.pl – Warsaw Public Transport passenger information
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Public_Transport_Authority_(Warsaw)&oldid=1264065729"