Barciur
OBS Chief
Hello all!
It's been a long while since I've done an "exotic" trip report and since I was able to travel back home to Poland this summer, I did a little one day excursion to the Baltic with a little cross over into Germany. I went with a friend and we travelled on a very old Polish sleeper overnight from Warsaw to Świnoujście, and then a regional train across the border into Germany, with same day return on the same route. There will be mostly pictures (over 90) and some info, hopefully you will find that interesting!
First, some information. The map of the journey is as follows:
We dedpart at 5:56PM, have a 2 hour layover in Warsaw, then depart at 9:45PM to arrive in Świnoujscie at 7:50am. Normally, the journey would be about 2 hours shorter, but due to massive construction between Poznań and Szczecin - both former German towns before WW2 - the train takes a detour and travels all the way to the German border and then turns north to go alongside the Oder river. This, combined with longer stops, creates for a longer journey. We do not care, however, as we will simply sleep longer!
1. The journey starts, as always, in Lublin. The train station area is undergoing big construction, with a new Metropolitan Transit Center to be built here, which will house both the train and bus stations.
2. The nice thing about this train station is the old style boards, soon to be probably replaced and forgotten. We are taking the 17:56 Intercity train to Warsawa Wschodnia, which is Warsaw East station.
3. The platforms are new and modernized, which is nice to see.
4. View in the western direction, towards Warsaw. In the background we see our train.
5. The train we are taking is an EMU made by PESA Bydgoszcz, called PESA DART (ED161). Built in 2014, these were created for somewhat shorter Intercity routes, to replace a fleet of really old cars with 8 persons to a compartment.
It's been a long while since I've done an "exotic" trip report and since I was able to travel back home to Poland this summer, I did a little one day excursion to the Baltic with a little cross over into Germany. I went with a friend and we travelled on a very old Polish sleeper overnight from Warsaw to Świnoujście, and then a regional train across the border into Germany, with same day return on the same route. There will be mostly pictures (over 90) and some info, hopefully you will find that interesting!
First, some information. The map of the journey is as follows:

We dedpart at 5:56PM, have a 2 hour layover in Warsaw, then depart at 9:45PM to arrive in Świnoujscie at 7:50am. Normally, the journey would be about 2 hours shorter, but due to massive construction between Poznań and Szczecin - both former German towns before WW2 - the train takes a detour and travels all the way to the German border and then turns north to go alongside the Oder river. This, combined with longer stops, creates for a longer journey. We do not care, however, as we will simply sleep longer!
1. The journey starts, as always, in Lublin. The train station area is undergoing big construction, with a new Metropolitan Transit Center to be built here, which will house both the train and bus stations.

2. The nice thing about this train station is the old style boards, soon to be probably replaced and forgotten. We are taking the 17:56 Intercity train to Warsawa Wschodnia, which is Warsaw East station.

3. The platforms are new and modernized, which is nice to see.

4. View in the western direction, towards Warsaw. In the background we see our train.

5. The train we are taking is an EMU made by PESA Bydgoszcz, called PESA DART (ED161). Built in 2014, these were created for somewhat shorter Intercity routes, to replace a fleet of really old cars with 8 persons to a compartment.
