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I Accidentally Rode Warsaw’s Last Soviet Metro Train

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Today I’m exploring the Warsaw Metro — travelling from some of the oldest stations to the newest to see what the system is really like. 🇵🇱🚇

Along the way I ride multiple types of trains, including an old Soviet-era metro carriage (which I thought had disappeared completely), as well as newer Škoda and Siemens trains.

I stop at several stations, including Plac Wilsona, the interchange between the M1 and M2 lines (using the internal transfer route), and Płocka, which genuinely reminded me of metro stations in Japan.

I also check something you don’t normally think about… the toilets — and even those were clean.

Overall, the Warsaw Metro is incredibly clean, safe, and modern, and honestly, it gave me strong Japan vibes.

I finish the journey at Bemowo, one of the newest stations on the network

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20 Comments

@hartelex 4 months ago

If you lived in 1997 in Kabaty the only thing you could really see in that place was empty fields and a forest.

@lucys.4695 4 months ago

Lech Wałęsa said we would be second Japan, so here you are 😂

@lesnicus 4 months ago

tickets in Warsaw not only work for metro, tram and bus but also on commuter trains within zone 1 and 2 depending on the ticket

@wally401 4 months ago

You're the big friend of Poland. I very like You, my friend.

@ytc-z8d 4 months ago

Plans to build a metro date back to long before WWII but something always got in the way :)

@mjk5807 4 months ago

What a wonderful, friendly Brit he is. I was moved watching his report from my beloved city.

@viktorno1707 4 months ago (edited)

Yes, every station has free public toilets, 10:10. If you can prove you're aged seventy or over, all transportation is free, even if you're a foreigner.

@gower99 4 months ago

As for ticket prices, no tourist needs Zone 2 tickets, Zone 2 is for towns outside of the city. 24h Zone 1 ticket costs 15 zł, so around 3 GBP.

@zepter00 4 months ago

Plac Wilsona is widely celebrated as not just a local favorite, but one of the most stunning subway stations globally. Its striking architecture and brilliant execution have earned it several major international accolades:Global Recognition: At the 2008 MetroRail conference in Copenhagen, it was officially named the Best Recently Constructed Metro Station in the World by international architects and experts.European Acclaim: It was selected by CNN and The Guardian as one of the most impressive and beautiful metro stations in all of Europe.The Design: Designed by Polish architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński, the station is famous for its massive, elliptical dome that resembles a giant seashell or a sci-fi spaceship. The acoustics absorb echoes beautifully, and the glowing ceiling rim frequently shifts colors between red, blue, and green.

@BurningGodzeroKU 4 months ago

Congadulation you tooka ride in the last metrovagonmash in warsaw

@Bartosz-p1p 4 months ago

I am very glad you advertise my city greetings from Warsaw Praga

@dzejrid 4 months ago (edited)

I was in either the last or second to last elementary school year when it opened. I lived in between two stations and was disappointed I couldn't go to school by metro, since my school was located where one of those stations was, but I do recall that first thing I did was taking a ride to Kabaty. There was literally nothing there, but an empty field and a wall of forest in the distance. The area developed rapidly in the next 5 years, and by the turn of the century, it was fully urbanised along the main metro route, with lots of construction sites further away. Today, it is totally unrecognisable. It really was a wilderness back then.

@zawal92 4 months ago

BTW Warsaw Chopin Airport is not connected by Metro but is connected by train system called SKM which is integrated with Warsaw public transport and you can get to Warsaw central station within 20min

@piotrwyszomorski6116 4 months ago

Pozdrawiam ciebie serdecznie 🖐

@badAim2 4 months ago

As for the train it's just considered an old classic worth keeping just to show a lil bit of history that's still on the move.
In many old cities, eg. Poznań you also have old busses and trams.
The real treat is the old steam locomotive that is doing regular shifts on every Saturday:
Wolsztyn → Poznań Główny: departure 10:46, arrival 12:50
Poznań Główny → Wolsztyn: departure 15:44, arrival 17:41
You should check it out when you get a chance. Look it up

@mecx7322 4 months ago

Warszawa Zachodnia train station will be served by M5 line in 30 years perhaps, and Warszawa Wschodnia by M3 line in 5 - 7 years. Copper metal plates on Plocka station commemorate industrial heritage of the neighbourhood. Wola district was the industrial heart of Warsaw, but now all big and small factories are gone, replaced by office and residential buildings.

@MDM-님-CDGS-KSA 4 months ago

In Los Angeles, they don't even want to acknowledge they have subway. Especially those in Beverly Hill don't want the subway to go there, meaning to Beverly Hills. They are okay with biking lanes though. I think that's a serious sign of deindustrialization.

@Mike-77-YT 6 days ago

On the displays when the next train arrives, it shows a picture of the kind of train that's arriving.

@el_es 4 months ago (edited)

Legend has it, that st4l1n asked the polish leader Bierut, what gift of friendship should the Soviet Union give to Poland, metro or the Palace of Culture and Science - Bierut said metro, so st4l1n gave us the Palace >.<

@mateusznowotarski5937 4 months ago

As a child, I remember my dad being a train driver, then a dispatcher at Pole Mokotowskie and City Hall. He would sometimes take me with him. I remember him sitting me on his lap, closing the doors, and pulling out of the station. Even the oldest Russian trains braked on their own at stations. Great memories. I haven't ridden the subway in many years. Besides the subway, Warsaw also has the WKD and SKM lines.