More than five thousand signatures gathered in Krakow defender train interREGIO “Jan Matejko,” which did not survive the timetable changes. The reasons for his departure are very different, depending on the source.
Fans claim that the Matejko was devoured by Pendolino, because due to the introduction of new trains ran out for him on the tracks. Ministry of Infrastructure arms out and emphasizes that the train was scarce, and it starts the Regional Transport company in fatal financial situation and needs to save, what you can. The truth probably lies in the middle.
Regional Transport actually waiting for the state drip-reform after fatal turn six years ago. Same decided to liquidate part interREGIO connections in the new distribution, although they enjoyed considerable popularity, but the government did not want to subsidize. You can, however, be questioned whether Regional Transport Matejko just wanted to eliminate the known combination of Warsaw and Krakow, especially loved by students.
For fans of the conspiracy theory of the case is simple – Matejko have to disappear, to be able to earn more PKP Intercity which activates the Pendolino trains. There cheapest indeed start from 49 zł, but you have to buy them well in advance, and the maximum price can be as high as 150 zł. Matejko cost about 60 zł, even if you bought a ticket just before departure. Who had a student discount, this was going to have about half the price, and for that much faster than the bus or even a car.
The confusion around Matejko shows that Poles want to first of all trains fast and cheap, and they want comfort already much less. Matejko for a long time had old cars, and then there were bonded after modernization, but certainly less comfortable than EIC connections, not to mention the new Pendolino. Our government, however, chose a different model railway on the main routes to be primarily a prestigious and representative, and not cheap. On the route from Warsaw to Krakow remaining three pairs Although economic connections TLK, but their departure time for sure a lot of people do not fit.
In the EIC and the EIC Premium, or Pendolino, but now you can pick at will. However, this offer passengers the former Matejko probably not be interested unless they buy tickets well in advance. They give rather earn the Polish Busowi, or benefit from the increasingly popular car-sharing, the leader in our country has become BlaBlaCar. The roads are clogged up more and more, and renovated the tracks do not use their full potential. Because our government does not understand that the task of passenger railways is not making, but to serve the public.
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