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  • Warsaw – Metro System : C21 Bródno (Visiting Every Station)

    Warsaw – Metro System : C21 Bródno (Visiting Every Station)

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    The first in my attempt to visit every metro station in Warsaw and Bródno is located at the eastern end of the M2 line. It’s a relatively new station, with construction work starting in 2019 and they found the remains of two bison during the excavations. The station opened to passengers on 28 September 2022 as part of the M2 line extension.

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    The Catholic parish was established here in 1990 and this rather impressive and modern looking church was constructed in the first few years of this century.

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    The area is mainly residential blocks of flats built from the 1960s, which makes uncovering the history of this area a little more difficult as there’s not much that seems old. I can’t find any old maps of Warsaw which include this district, but I’m sure they’re out there somewhere….. This station is also intriguing as they’re opening in a few weeks the Metro Stage Theatre, which will operate at the -1 level of the metro station (the trains go from level -2) which adds some culture to arrangements.

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    The big commercial centre in the area is Factory Annopol, one of the city’s largest factory outlet centres.

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    As a random aside, I didn’t expect to see outlet shops for Trespass, Regatta and Mountain Warehouse. I don’t need any outdoor related items, but the prices here were rather favourable to say the least.

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    The station was spotlessly clean and, as with other stations, they don’t seem to have any staff visible. Although everything is so efficient that it would be hard to see what they would need to do.

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    The bright and welcoming station and an incoming metro train. There is plenty of seating, it’s spacious and the signage is clear throughout.

  • Warsaw – Metro System (Visiting Every Station)

    Warsaw – Metro System (Visiting Every Station)

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    I obviously need a new project since I only have about 18 ongoing ones….. It’s not a great secret that I have a moderate obsession with trains, metros and trams, although coaches and buses usually annoy me, so I can be picky rather than randomly loving all forms of public transport. The evolution of metro systems also intrigues me, I’ve been on a couple of systems in China which were expanding at an insane rate, and on systems which don’t seem to be getting bigger any time soon.

    The Warsaw Metro system (Metro Warszawskie) is the only rapid transit system in Poland and it’s of a manageable size as they only have two lines. After many failed starts to the project, the first section didn’t open until 1995 and a second line has since opened. The first line goes from north to south and is the M1 (the blue line) and the second line goes from east to west and is the M2 (the red line). They cross at just one place, Świętokrzyska, and there are plans to extend the lines and also to open new lines.

    So my intention here is to cause mass excitement for my two loyal blog readers with no end of posts about the history of the network, but I’m also going to visit every metro station and try and find something interesting to write about all of them. To check this will sufficiently interest me, I’ve already visited eight of the metro stations and I haven’t lost engagement yet, so I think it’s safe to start posting this. I’m starting with the M2 line, but to get us going, here is a list of all of the stations. I’ll eventually hopefully link to all of them. And, yes, I should probably get out more if I think metro systems are this exciting, but there we go…. I’m not saying this will be fascinating, but it’ll keep me sort of quiet for a little while.

    OK, given all of that, here is a list of the currently operational stations on the Warsaw Metro system, based on the network status since the last openings in September 2022, grouped by line:

    M1 Line (North-South) – 21 stations

    • A01 Kabaty
    • A02 Natolin
    • A03 Imielin
    • A04 Stokłosy
    • A05 Ursynów
    • A06 Służew
    • A07 Wilanowska
    • A08 Wierzbno
    • A09 Racławicka
    • A10 Pole Mokotowskie
    • A11 Politechnika
    • A13 Centrum
    • A14 Świętokrzyska
    • A15 Ratusz Arsenał
    • A17 Dworzec Gdański
    • A18 Plac Wilsona
    • A19 Marymont
    • A20 Słodowiec
    • A21 Stare Bielany
    • A22 Wawrzyszew
    • A23 Młociny  

    M2 Line (East-West) – 18 stations

  • Warsaw – Warsaw Metro

    Warsaw – Warsaw Metro

    Despite having visited Warsaw on many previous occasions, I’ve never quite got round to using the city’s Metro network. That’s primarily because trains and trams serve the capital well enough for my needs, but there’s been a large recent investment in the network. Since I had a 72-hour pass to use public transport, which includes the Metro, bus and trams, it seemed sensible to just pop in to have a look.

    The process of getting onto the network is easy, just insert the ubiquitous little public transport ticket into the slot on the machine and all is well. The gate opens and the ticket is spat back out to be used again. When leaving the network, there’s no need to do anything with the ticket, the gates just open to let people out. There are ticket machines all over the place for those who want to use the service, with English available as one of the language options.

    The network is all relatively new, with the first line (M1) opening in 1995 and by 2008 it had been extended and the number of stations served increased. The second line (M2) opened in 2015 and there is work underway to increase the length of it. There are also plans for an M3 line, although nothing concrete (I’m sure there’s a pun there) has been done with that yet. That means that there are currently 34 stations that are now open, with a plan for there to be 58.

    I can’t say that the trains seemed to be particularly busy when I was on them, but they were clean and spacious. The signage on-board the trains is also clear, so that it’s easy for passengers to see where they are and where the train is going. Over the next few decades, I imagine that this network will get even bigger and it’s a cheap and efficient way of getting around the city.