Koleje Wielkopolskie, short KW, is a Polish railway operator that primarily offers regional transport in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is one of five different companies that offers FIP in Poland.
On the KW website, all routes currently operated in regular service can be viewed. It should be noted that routes are often also served in parallel by other operators.
Summary
- KW accepts FIP Coupons and FIP 50 Tickets.
- Only 2nd class available on trains and no reservations possible.
- Some special services are excluded from FIP.
Validity of FIP Tickets
FIP Coupon: ✅FIP Coupon for relatives: ⛔FIP 50 Tickets: ✅
FIP Coupons and FIP 50 Tickets are valid with KW.
For journeys with different operators within Poland, either a continuous FIP 50 Ticket or FIP Coupons from both operators must be available.
Train Categories and Reservations
KW does not distinguish between different train categories. Trains have the abbreviation “KW” at the beginning in journey planners followed by a specific train number; line numbers are not used. Only 2nd class tickets are offered, as there is no 1st class on KW trains. Additionally, no reservations are possible.
Ticket and Reservation Purchase
Online
Koleje Wielkopolskie Website
FIP 50 Tickets
On the Koleje Wielkopolskie website, which is only available in Polish, tickets with FIP 50 discount for KW journeys can be purchased online. First, a connection must be selected, then the discount option “UMOWA (ulga 50%)” must be chosen when purchasing the ticket.
In the past, “UMOWA” was not always the correct option for FIP tickets, but at KW there is no other selection available. If in doubt, ask on-site whether this is indeed the correct fare for FIP tickets.
Koleo Website
FIP 50 Tickets
On the Koleo website, tickets with FIP 50 discount can be purchased online for many railway companies in Poland. To do this, FIP 50 must be added once as a discount in the Koleo customer account here.
First, you must log into a Koleo account and then switch to settings via the gear icon in the top right.
Then under My Account / Moje konto at Discount / Zniżka, add the discount Międzynarodowa Karta Zniżek FIP (50%).
Subsequently, the discounted price is displayed directly in the connection search.
It is recommended to check the price again in a non-logged-in state before purchasing to find out whether the FIP 50 price was actually calculated. With individual railway companies, there have been incorrect price calculations in the past without the FIP 50 discount.
DB Website FIP (DB Employees)Cross-border FIP 50 Tickets between Germany and Poland, with ticket portion only for the Polish section. For Deutsche Bahn employees only.
FIP 50 Tickets
Deutsche Bahn employees can purchase FIP 50 Tickets online for journeys from Germany to neighboring countries. These tickets are available in the DB Reisemarkt > Bahnangebote > Ausland > FIP-Angebot. The FIP 50 ticket is only valid for the foreign section of the route. This is especially important for DB employees, as FIP 50 Tickets are not valid in your own home country. Therefore, an additional ticket is required for the domestic section within Germany up to the border point.
Booking is only possible via the link in the DB Reisemarkt. Discounts do not need to be selected; they are applied automatically.
FIP 50 Tickets can be purchased for the following countries:
- Poland
- Austria
- Italyonly Brenner route with Austria and ECE Frankfurt – Milan
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Luxembourg
- Denmark
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- France
Reservations
The reservation price is calculated per journey. This means that for connections with transfers, you only need to pay once for multiple trains.
Seat reservations can be purchased via the Deutsche Bahn website. To do so, select the “Book seat only” option in the search.
DB Website FIP (International)Cross-border FIP 50 Tickets between Germany and Poland for the entire route (not valid in the issuing country of the FIP Card)
FIP 50 Tickets
Online FIP 50 Tickets for journeys within Germany and neighboring countries can be booked via Deutsche Bahn. The tickets must include at least one section within Germany. The FIP 50 ticket is issued for the entire route. The ticket is not valid in the country where the FIP Card was issued; an additional ticket is required there.
Employees of ÖBB, SBB, and PKP can also book tickets that are only valid for the German section of the route. For the section within their own country, an additional ticket is required, as the ticket price is calculated starting from the German border. The ticket is not valid in the country where the FIP Card was issued.
Booking is only possible via the link. Discounts do not need to be selected—they are applied automatically.
FIP 50 Tickets can be purchased for the following countries, as long as a section in Germany is included:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Franceonly regional trains between Germany and France
- Germany
- Italyonly Brenner route with Austria and ECE Frankfurt – Milan
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Switzerland
Reservations
The reservation price is charged per journey. For connections with transfers, you only pay once for multiple trains.
Seat reservations can be purchased via the Deutsche Bahn website. To do so, select the “Seat reservation only” option in the search.
On-Site
On the Train
FIP 50 Tickets can also be purchased directly on the train. To do this, you must contact the train staff immediately after boarding. When boarding at stations that also have a ticket office or ticket machine, a surcharge for issuing the ticket on the train may be added to the ticket price. Tickets can be paid for in cash or by contactless credit card. Payment is only possible in the local currency, zloty.
Discounts
For regular tickets, children under 4 years travel free. Children up to and including 11 years receive a 50% discount on the adult fare. From age 12, the full adult fare applies.1
Regardless of FIP, Polregio offers an affordable weekend ticket which, in the form of “BILET TURYSTYCZNY”, is also valid on KW trains. It allows travel from Friday 18:00 to Monday 06:00 on all “Regio” trains of Polregio as well as all trains of KW, KMŁ, Arriva RP and ŁKA (except ŁKA Sprinter). More information on the Polregio website.
Special Tariff Conditions
Special Trains
FIP tickets are not valid on special trains operated by KW.
Break of Journey
Breaks of journey are possible at any time; no documentation is required for this.
Buses
FIP tickets are only valid on KW buses that operate as a replacement service for a train.
Recommendations
Similar to other regional railway companies in Poland that accept FIP, using FIP with KW is simple and convenient with few exceptions. However, on many routes, trains from PKP InterCity and Polregio also operate, which means that having an additional PKP FIP Coupon is very helpful when using a FIP Coupon, in order not to be too restricted in train choice.
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