Transport Apps: How to Plan a Route and Buy Tickets in Poland?

How do you find your way to a destination in Poland? How do you plan the shortest and most convenient route? Where can you buy bus, tram, train or plane tickets in Poland? In this article, we've gathered useful apps that will keep you from getting lost in the country.

Google Maps

Of course, this global app is the number one tool for finding routes anywhere in the world, including Poland. It includes public transport routes and maps for more than 15,000 localities. It's a database with details on over 100 million places. You can also browse street views along with photos of the interiors of various venues — restaurants, museums, shops and many more.

Jakdojade.pl

The official jakdojade.pl app offers quick and convenient access to: ⇒ public transport route planning, ⇒ up-to-date timetables, ⇒ a personal GPS navigator for public transport, ⇒ as well as ticket purchasing. With the Jakdojade app, you can easily and accurately plan your route to any destination. In some cities, it is possible to buy single-journey tickets. It's worth noting that the app is available in Ukrainian, which makes route planning and ticket purchasing even easier.

moBiLet

Mobilet is an app that allows you to: ⇒ purchase electronic tickets for public transport (buses, trams, metro, light rail); ⇒ pay for parking spaces in paid zones. The Mobilet service operates in over 100 cities across the country, including Kraków, Łódź, Tricity, Upper Silesia, Warsaw, Poznań, Szczecin, Toruń and Lublin. To start using the app, you need to activate your account in the Mobilet system.

mPay

mPay is a truly versatile app. It offers: ⇒ public transport tickets, ⇒ train tickets (PKP Intercity, Koleje Mazowieckie, Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, Koleje Wielkopolskie, Koleje Śląskie, Koleje Małopolskie), ⇒ parking payments, ⇒ as well as a range of other payments (toll motorways, insurance, utility bills, loans, bank transfers, event tickets, games, software and subscriptions to popular services such as Netflix or Spotify).

zBiletem

zBiletem is a simple and convenient app for buying public transport tickets from dozens of Polish carriers. You can pay with a debit/credit card, BLIK, Google Pay or PayU. Tickets are displayed in the app even without an internet connection. zBiletem also lets you purchase season tickets in Bydgoszcz, Czechowice-Dziedzice, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Gniezno, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Grudziądz, Kalisz, Legnica, Przemyśl, Rzeszów, Słupsk, Szczecin, Świdnica, Tarnów, Zawiercie and many other cities.

SkyCash

SkyCash is another popular app for purchasing public transport tickets in Poland. Once downloaded to your smartphone, you can buy bus and train tickets and pay for parking. If you use the Play or T-Mobile mobile networks, you can also make phone-based payments directly through the SkyCash app.

rozklad-pkp

This train travel planner provides complete and up-to-date information for journeys with all rail operators in Poland and abroad. It helps you find routes with connections, check arrival and departure schedules, and plan a trip from your current location to the nearest railway station, a given address or any point on the map.

BILKOM Bilety

The app allows you to easily and quickly purchase tickets from PKP Intercity, PolRegio, PKP SKM, Koleje Wielkopolskie, Koleje Małopolskie, Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, Arriva RP and Koleje Śląskie.

In Bilkom, you can buy and return tickets, check current connections, ticket prices and train delays. Payment is possible by bank transfer, debit/credit card and BLIK.

KOLEO

KOLEO is an app featuring the PKP train timetable and tickets for trains from most carriers in Poland. Tickets can be purchased with no additional fees and with a lowest-price guarantee (ticket prices in KOLEO are the same as at the ticket office). KOLEO also offers: ⇒ a continuously updated railway timetable, ⇒ ticket prices for all rail connections in Poland, ⇒ rail tickets from carriers including PKP Intercity (TLK, IC, EIC, EIP), POLREGIO (PR), Arriva RP (ARRIVA), Koleje Dolnośląskie (KD), Koleje Małopolskie (KMŁ), Koleje Śląskie (KŚ), Koleje Wielkopolskie (KW), Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (ŁKA), PKP SKM (SKM-T). Discounts, promotions and passes (monthly, weekend and others) are available. Payment by card, BLIK or Google Pay.

E-podróżnik.pl

The app helps you buy tickets and organise travel throughout Poland and beyond. You can purchase tickets for services operated by nearly 400 rail and bus carriers, and browse timetables from over 1,000 transport companies. Special prices are available for services marked as Cheap e-travelling. You can also find connections from any location using public transport timetables in 25 metropolitan areas, and use in-journey navigation. The app is free and includes all the features available on the e-podróżnik.pl website. It saves your recent searches and lets you store favourite routes. No account registration is required to search for connections.

PKP INTERCITY

The app lets you buy return tickets for all train types — EIP, EIC, IC and TLK — using all available discounts and promotions. You can also purchase additional tickets (for a bicycle, a dog or extra luggage). Purchased tickets are available offline.

FlixBus

FlixBus is one of the largest intercity bus carriers in Europe, offering services between more than 1,400 cities in 27 countries. Through the app, you can search, book and order tickets, as well as find bus stops. Exclusive ticket deals are available to those who book through the app.

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