Mennica Polska, together with PKP Intercity, has launched another 10 ticket machines offering the carrier’s rail tickets. Single tickets for PKP Intercity trains are now available in 86 devices across 20 Polish cities, including 41 in Warsaw. Soon, it will be possible to purchase tickets at Mennica machines in other cities, such as Wrocław or Lublin. Ultimately, PKP Intercity aims to enable the purchase of its tickets in over 150 devices by the end of the year.
Currently, in Warsaw, tickets for PKP Intercity train travel can be purchased at 41 devices, including 10 belonging to Mennica Polska. Soon, Mennica Polska and PKP Intercity will launch additional devices in the capital as well as in Wrocław and Lublin. The target is to have 70 of them across Poland. PKP Intercity also conducts sales through its own ticket machines, yellow-and-blue ASEC company devices, and AVISTA machines.
Passengers traveling from cities such as Bydgoszcz, Toruń, Katowice, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Opole, Poznań, Szczecin, or Jarocin can already use the ticket machines today.
The ticket machines are equipped with easy-to-use touch screens. Simply select the most convenient connection and make a payment with a payment card (VISA, MASTERCARD systems) or, if available, with cash. The machine prints a payment confirmation, the ticket, and – in the case of a train with a reservation – a seat assignment. The entire operation takes no longer than 2 minutes, and the ticket price is the same as for a ticket purchased at a ticket counter.
In total, in July of this year, passengers purchased over 25,000 tickets for PKP Intercity train journeys via ticket machines.
In all ticket machines, it is possible to purchase tickets for Twoje Linie Kolejowe (TLK), Express (Ex), and Express Intercity (EIC) train journeys, excluding couchette and sleeping berths.
PKP Intercity is actively expanding new ticket sales channels. Currently, besides traditional ticket counters, tickets can be purchased from the conductor on board the train, in ticket machines, via mobile phone and the BILKOM application, or through the e-IC online sales system at www.intercity.pl. Tickets purchased online no longer need to be printed; simply download the proof of purchase to any mobile device and show it to the conductor during inspection.
List of ticket machines:
• 20 ASEC company ticket machines (only in Warsaw, payment by card and cash) – list here.
• 45 AVISTA company ticket machines (throughout Poland, payment by card and cash) – list here.
• 10 Mennica Polska ticket machines (only in Warsaw, payment by card only) – list here.
• 11 PKP Intercity’s own ticket machines (in Warsaw at the Central Railway Station, payment by card only).