Communication in Poland

Coming to Warsaw by car?
Traveling by car can be very dangerous and arduous due to very poor quality of roads and the way they are signed as well as due to the number of cars in Poland. Generally, Polish drivers like to exceed speed limits and policemen like to give tickets.
The speed limit in Warsaw is now 50km/hr. In other urban areas the limit is 60km/hr, outside urban areas 90km/hr, dual carriageways 110km/hr and motorways 130km/hr. Petrol stations are open 24 hours and have small grocery stores inside.
Foreigners can drive on their national licenses for six months from the entry date on their passports.

Coach transport
The largest coach station, both for domestic and international destinations, is the Western Warsaw Coach Station (Dworzec PKS Warszawa Zachodnia), 144 Jerozolimskie Street. The concourse has tourist and coach information offices. Another coach station, for eastbound destinations, both domestic and international (Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia - Kaliningrad), is the Warsaw East Station (Warszawa Wschodnia). Polish Express (Polski Express) coaches (domestic lines) depart from the coach stop at Jana Pawła II Street, next to the Central Station, and from Okęcie Airport.
Tickets for domestic destinations can be bought at the ticket offices of Western Warsaw Station and Warsaw East Station

• Information on domestic coach destinations: tel. 94 33
• Information on international coach destinations: tel. 823 57 70, 628 62 53

Coming to Warsaw by train?
Warsaw has three large railway stations for international and intercity connections: Western Warsaw Station (Zachodnia), Central Warsaw Station (Centralna), Eastern Warsaw Station (Wschodnia).
The best place to get on and off trains is the Central Station, located in the heart of the city centre (54 Jerozolimskie Av.).
In the underground and over ground levels of the Station there are: a pharmacy, a post office, exchange bureaus (kantor), cash machines, numerous shops and kiosks, fast-food bars and bookshops.
In the main hall there is a tourist information office.

Those who wish to reach the right-bank, eastern parts of Warsaw should get off at Eastern Warsaw Station (Warszawa Wschodnia). If your journey is to be continued by coach, you should get off at Western Warsaw Station (Warszawa Zachodnia). There, in the main hall, next to the ticket offices, you will find a tourist information counter. Suburban trains operate from the following stations: Warszawa Śródmieście, Wschodnia, Zachodnia, Powiśle, Ochota, Wileńska.

• Timetable information: 94 36, 94 31
•  Information on ticket prices: 524 50 40

Coming to Warsaw by air?
Warsaw airport is about 10 km from the city centre. It has a post office, a bank, exchange bureaus (kantor), cash machines, a restaurant, a fast-food bar, a coffee bar, souvenir shops and a car rental office. There is also a tourist information office at the Arrival Hall.
The majority of international airline representatives have their offices there.

You can reach the city centre by bus number 175, and bus number 188 will take you towards the right-bank, eastern parts of Warsaw (Praga, Grochów, Gocław). The domestic airport is next door to the international terminal.

• Airport information 650 41 00
• Flight information 650 39 43, 650 42 20
• LOT tickets reservation for private trips 0 801 300 952, 95 72
• LOT ticket information for business trips 0 801 300 953, 95 73
• Airport customs office 650 34 80/31
• Domestic Airport information 650 17 50, 846 11 43