Editing Transport in Poland (section)

== Municipal transport ==
[[File:Solaris Urbino 10 1006.jpg|right|thumb|City bus in Warsaw, manufactured by Polish company [[Solaris Bus & Coach|Solaris]]]]

=== Bus ===
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[[Image:PL road sign D-15.svg|50px|left]]
Most Polish towns and cities have well-developed municipal bus services. Typically, a city possesses its own local bus service, however, in some cases they have private competitors operating on certain lines upon the agreement with local authorities.

Until the 1990s, interurban connections were operated by a single, state-owned company [[Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej|PKS]]. Since then, it has been broken into a number of independent national and municipal enterprises. In addition, several private operators emerged. There are two classes of service distinguished by vehicle length:
* ''autobus'' — longer vehicles (12.0 m and more),
* ''bus'' — shorter vehicles with smaller capacity, very popular on local connections, run by individual persons and smaller companies.
While they often use the same bus stops, they tend to use different stations.

=== Tram ===
[[Image:PL road sign D-17.svg|50px|left]]
[[Image:Bombardier NGT6 -2027.jpeg|right|thumb|[[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier]] tram in [[Kraków]]]]

Bigger cities run dense [[Tram|tram networks]], which are the primary mean of public transport. Currently, there are 15 systems serving over 30 cities including [[Bydgoszcz]], [[Gdańsk]], [[Katowice]], [[Kraków]], [[Łódź]], [[Poznań]], [[Szczecin]], [[Warsaw]] and [[Wrocław]], with the total track length varying from {{convert|200|km|-1|abbr=on}} ([[Silesian Interurbans]]) to less than {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} ([[Tramways in Grudziądz]]). A new network has been constructed in [[Olsztyn]] in 2015. See the [[list of town tramway systems in Poland]]

Since the 1990s, a number of cities attempts to upgrade certain parts of their networks to the [[light rail]] standard (called ''szybkie tramwaje'', En. ''fast trams''). The most notable investments are [[Poznański Szybki Tramwaj|Poznań Fast Tram]] and [[Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj|Kraków Fast Tram]] with the underground {{convert|1.5|km|1|abbr=on}} [[premetro]] section.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Trams in Poland 
 | url = http://polandtravelplanner.com/transport/tram.html
 | website = Poland Travel Planner
 | access-date = 10 April 2019}}</ref>

=== Trolleybus ===
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Trolleybuses can be found in three cities: [[Gdynia]] (with some lines reaching [[Sopot]]), [[Lublin]] and [[Tychy]].

=== Rapid transit ===
{{main|Warsaw Metro}}
[[Image:Warsaw Metro logo.svg|50px|left]]

The first [[rapid transit|metro]] line was opened in [[Warsaw]] in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirprometro.info/en/Warsaw/ |title=History of the Warsaw Metro |website=mirprometro.info |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>  Part of the [[Warsaw Metro|second line]] was opened in 2015. This is part of the country's rail transport infrastructure. There is an ongoing debate whether a new metro or [[premetro]] should be built in [[Kraków]]. The current President of Kraków, [[Aleksander Miszalski]], supports the idea and has declared that first works will commence in 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kr24.pl/krakow/metro-w-krakowie-miszalski-deklaruje-prace-rusza-w-2028-roku/ |language=pl |title=Metro w Krakowie. Miszalski deklaruje: „prace ruszą w 2028 roku” |website=kr24.pl |date=28 June 2024 |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

<gallery class="center">
File:Warsaw 07-13 img37 Plac Wilsona metro.jpg|Plac Wilsona Station
File:A21 Warsaw Metro.jpg|Stare Bielany station
File:C10 Rondo ONZ - peron, Ogłoszenie wyników plebiscytu na głos linii M2, 2014-10-29.jpg|Rondo ONZ Station and the Siemens Inspiro stock train
</gallery>

=== Commuter trains ===
[[File:PL-SKMWA logo.svg|left|117x117px]]
[[File:45WEa-002A SKM, Warszawa Gdańska.jpg|thumb|229x229px|A Warsaw SKM train at [[Warszawa Gdańska railway station|Warszawa Gdańska]]]]
In major Polish cities such as [[Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)|Warsaw]]  and the [[Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity)|Tricity area]], Commuter (SKM) trains provide efficient connections between the city center and surrounding suburbs or satellite towns. In other cities like Łódź (served by [[Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna|ŁKA]]) and Kraków (served by [[Szybka Kolej Aglomeracyjna|SKA]]), similar commuter rail services operate under different names but follow the same principles and rules.