PKP Poznań Main – Gdynia Główna. Train timetable

The route from Poznań to the coast serves a very diverse range of passengers: employees travelling on business to Gdynia, students returning home for the weekend, families heading for a seaside holiday and tourists starting their break straight from the station. For some of them travel time matters, for others the comfort of travelling without a change is more important. The route connects two major railway hubs, so the timetable is frequent throughout the year, not just during the holiday season.

IC category trains dominate departures from Poznań Główny station(##BRAK## accounting for 70 per cent of traffic. Express InterCity has a 9 per cent share, and Koleje Wielkopolskie 6 per cent – the latter mainly serving regional traffic in other directions.

A ticket on the route to Gdynia is purchased on the PolishTrains service by selecting stations, date and train category, then paying online by card or BLIK. Standard on these trains includes carriages with reserved seating and luggage space.

The journey from Poznań to Gdynia takes just over three hours at the fastest, by IC train without a change. The Poznań Główny–Gdynia route on PolishTrains shows a list of available services with their journey times, so you can compare options straight after searching.

Services on this route vary in duration depending on the number of stops and stations the connection passes through. If you plan a return journey, you can buy your return ticket at the same time as your outward journey – on PolishTrains you select the date and time of return separately in one booking.

For a standard ticket on this route, passengers typically pay from around PLN 60 to around PLN 95. The price difference is mainly due to the train category – an Express InterCity service costs more than a regular IC over the same distance.

A 50 per cent discount on Intercity is available to students and those under 26 years old, as well as other groups entitled to it by law, on presentation of the appropriate document. The same discount rules apply in TLK and IC, train category makes no difference here. A 50 per cent discount on Intercity is selected when buying a ticket on PolishTrains by choosing the appropriate passenger category before payment.

Direct services run straight through, others pass through stations such as Toruń Główny(##BRAK## Krzyż(##BRAK## or Toruń Wschodni(##BRAK## When changing trains it is worth leaving a few minutes' buffer, as the interchange platform can be some distance from where you exit the first train.