Since April 1, Poland has adjusted the rules for providing free rail travel for Ukrainian refugees.

Free rail travel for Ukrainians

It is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply.

According to Andrzej Bittel, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, PKP Intercity has already provided more than 1 million free tickets to citizens of Ukraine. But from April 1, the rules for issuing them are changing.

In particular, the following groups of Ukrainian citizens can use free travel on PKP Intercity trains:

• children and adolescents under 18 years of age,
• women,
• men over 60 years old,
• men aged 18-60 with disabilities.

The new rules for issuing free tickets are valid from 1 to 30 April this year.

“Documents certifying the right of citizens of Ukraine to free travel in internal transport are: a Ukrainian passport confirming the border crossing after February 24, 2022, or another document with a photo proving identity, such as a driver’s license, a student ID card along with proof of providing a PESEL number, indicating the status of a foreigner as a person who crossed the border after February 24, 2022,” the message says.

As previously reported, European railways provided Ukrainian refugees with hundreds of thousands of free tickets.

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