FAQ – Warszawski Transport Publiczny

Various carriers provide transportation services of municipal public transport in Warsaw. Their vehicles can be distinguished by external and internal signs. These signs include company names and numbers of rolling stock vehicles (four- or three-digit numbers that can be preceded by the letter A). Items found on board of vehicles must be handed over to the vehicle driver or after a telephone arrangement to the appropriate carrier. You should do the same to recover the left (lost) objects. However, if bus identification is not possible and you do not known by which carrier the course was operated, please contact the City Contat Center at number 19 115 or by the webpage warszawa19115.pl.

MIEJSKIE ZAKŁADY AUTOBUSOWE Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.mza.waw.pl
• phone
     22 568-78-05

MOBILIS Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.mobilis.pl
• phone
     22 478-31-21

PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO KOMUNIKACJI SAMOCHODOWEJ W GRODZISKU MAZOWIECKIM Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.pksgrodzisk.com.pl
• phone
     22 679-49-96
     604-291-782

RELOBUS TRANSPORT POLSKA Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     http://www.relobus.pl/en
• phone
     722 030 112 (dispatcher)

MICHALCZEWSKI Sp. z o.o.

• http://michalczewski.pl
• phone 22 510-15-46 (dispatcher)

 KOMUNIKACJA MIEJSKA ŁOMIANKI Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.kmlomianki.info
• phone
     22 751-33-79

TRAMWAJE WARSZAWSKIE Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.tw.waw.pl
• phone
     22 526-68-84

METRO WARSZAWSKIE Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.metro.waw.pl
• phone
     22 655-42-42
     (number is available between monday to friday at 7:30-15:00)

SZYBKA KOLEJ MIEJSKA Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.skm.warszawa.pl
• phone
     22 699-71-95

KOLEJE MAZOWIECKIE Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.mazowieckie.com.pl
• phone
     22 364-44-44

WARSZAWSKA KOLEJ DOJAZDOWA Sp. z o.o.

• webpage
     www.wkd.com.pl
• phone
     22 755-70-82

You can get them at the Passenger Service Centres. They are printed for free.

Unused tickets, except for single fare tickets of currently applicable nominal values, may be returned in the Passenger Service Centre at the “Świętokrzyska” metro station.

Details concerning such returns – see Part III Transport Tariff.

Tickets which, due to technical problems, are difficult to validate may be returned in the Passenger Service Centres.

Defective tickets may be also returned at the sale point. The selling person is obliged to accept the complaint, replace the ticket at the ZTM ticket office and return the replaced ticket to the passenger.

Ticket destroyed through the fault of the passengers will not be accepted for replacement.

Passengers aged 70 years or over become entitled to travel free, based on their identity card. In order to enable them passing the entrance gates at the metro stations, we provide them with special, free of charge multi-pass tickets.

Passengers may obtain such tickets in all Passenger Service Centres. They can also visit such Centres to extend the validity of already held cards enabling opening the metro entrance gates.

The multi-pass tickets are also issued on every metro station, near the gates.

To get a new personalized card it is required to appear with a recent photo and an ID card, as it is necessary to verify the personal data. A fee in the amount of PLN 14,00 is charged for issuance of another personalized card.

A person holding a free travel entitlement may receive a pass to travel by metro at Passenger Service Centers. It’s a multiple-use pass.

A person holding a WKM card may receive a pass which will be coded on the card  when he/she presents documents entitling to free travel. 

One-time passes are issued at each metro station by a train dispatcher. 

Currently, there are 21 Passenger Service Points. All Passenger Service Points are located in Warsaw. Addresses and opening hours of PSPs

Passengers do not have to pay extra for luggage, a stroller or a bike.

Children from birth to 30 September in the calendar year in which they are 7 are entitled to for free rides on public transport.

Unused short-term tickets (24h and 3-day) in paper form (the so called cards) can be return at any ZTM Passenger Service Point. Long-term tickets (30 – and 90-day), and unused short-term tickets (24 and 3-day) encoded on an electronic proximity card can be returned in Passenger Service Points located in Warsaw at ul. Grochowska 316/320, at the “Świętokrzyska” metro station (Pavilion 1000 G) and Information point at the Chopin Airport (Terminal A, Pavilion 1-398.5).

More on the terms and conditions of ticket returns

The name of the operator is located on each receipt confirming the purchase of a ticket in a ticket vending machine. Invoices for tickets bought in ticket vending machines are issued by their operators: Mennica Polska S.A. /the Mint of Poland/ and Mera Serwis.

In order to receive an invoice, please contact the operators:

• Mennica Polska S.A.
  WARSAW CITY CARD CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER
  MENNICA POLSKA S.A.
  metro station ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKA pav. 1000E
  opening hours: Monday-Friday 8.00-18.00
  tel. +48 22 656 41 00 (Monday-Friday 8.00-18.00)
  e-mail: cok@strefa.waw.pl

• MERA SERWIS
  tel.: +48 22 724 40 99 (between 8.00-19.00)
  e-mail: faktury@mera-serwis.pl
  BOK MERA www.mera-systemy.pl/kontakt-mera-systemy

Ticket vending machines are operated by operators: Mennica Polska S.A. /the Mint of Poland/, Mera Serwis and Public Transport Authority of Warsaw /ZTM/. In the case of the following technical problems:

– Difficulties in handling the device, both in purchasing card tickets and topping up the Warsaw City Card,

– Difficulties in giving out a card ticket by a ticket vending machine, difficulties in feeding money to the machine

– the impossibility to get change, please contact the relevant operator (information on the operator is located on each device and on the receipt confirming the purchase of a ticket) or the carrier to whom the vehicle on board which the ticket vending machine is installed belongs.

The application should include detailed information enabling identification of the device such as the number of the ticket vending machine, its location, rolling stock bus number, carrier name, time of ticket purchase. In the case of objections concerning the quality of tickets (faint print, poorly cropped ticket) please submit complaints to Passenger Service Points. In addition please report any inconveniences associated with the functioning of ticket vending machines to the city helpline on 19 115.

Complaints against ZTM employees are accepted only in writing in a form of a letter specifying the surname and name (or official name), as well as residence address or permanent residence address of the person (entity) filing the complaint. The complaint may be filed with the Passenger Service Centre, sent by post or e-mail.

Complaints against ticket inspectors related with appeals against imposing an additional charge for travelling without a valid ticket should be filed only in writing

Complaints in writing against drivers and other employees of ZTM, Miejske Zakłady Autobusowe (Urban Bus Authority), Tramwaje Warszawskie (Warsaw Trams), as well as of Metro Warszawskie (Warsaw Metro) are accepted in the Passenger Service Centres.

Passengers may also file such an oral complaint by calling the infoline number 19 115.

The request for payment may be paid in each ZTM Passenger Service Centre or at the post office. Passengers may also make payments by bank transfer to the ZTM bank account with Bank Handlowy w Warszawie 02 1030 1508 0000 0005 5005 5023, stating the number of request in the transfer title (consequences of erroneous filling in the transfer request are incurred by the passenger).

The summons must be paid within 14 consecutive days from the date of its issue, with statutory interest accruing from the 15th day. After 3 months, ZTM may refer the case to court. Information on the current amount to be paid can be obtained at Passenger Service Centres, on ePOP in the Check debt collection tab by logging in, for example, using mObywatel or electronic banking or by calling 22 27-84-910.

Additional fee according to the tariff can be reduced by 40% for payment of the tickets directly at the controller’s on-site inspection or by 30% if you pay within 7 consecutive days from the date of issue of summons. Please note that this amount be added to the shipping charge (the value of single transfer ticket), which is not reduced.

It is possible to spread the liabilities to ZTM into installments, which requires a written application together with the original document (or a photocopy confirmed by the originator of the document) confirming the amount of income earned / received by the passenger, or none. A certificate confirming the financial status of the person may be concerned by a certificate from the employer, the Town or Commune Office, the Tax Office, the Labor Office, the Social Insurance Institution, the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund, etc. This document should be issued with a date falling within the last 3 months prior to the application (not earlier). The application and the original certificate of income (or photocopy confirmed by the original document by the exhibitor) can be sent to the ZTM headquarters at ul. Żelaznej 61 in Warsaw or at any Passenger Service Point. In the case of declaring debt repayment by third parties, the debtor in the application enters the data of the payer, and the payer submits the document confirming the received income (referred to above) to the request.

Such appeals, only in writing, may be filed at all Passenger Service Centres, or may be sent by post to the following address: ul. Grochowska 316/320, 03-839 Warszawa, or via e-mail at: windykacja@ztm.waw.pl.

The fact of filing of the appeal does not cancel the payment deadline.

Appeals not identifying the name, surname or the address of the filing party are not put under examination.

A valid seasonal personal ticket or other document entitling to discount/free of charge travel should be presented within 7 days following the date of issuance of the request for payment in Passenger Service Centres at: “Centrum”, “Świętokrzyska” and “Ratusz Arsenał” metro stations.

Being unable to present the document within the prescribed time limit, within 7 consecutive days, you should write to ZTM a request to extend the time limit for presentation of the aforementioned document.