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European Car Free Day is an international initiative promoting sustainable transport and reducing the use of passenger cars. Many Polish cities organize campaigns encouraging the use of public transport.
In Warsaw today we will travel for free on buses, trams, metro and SKM trains.
Validators will be disabled, ticket machines in vehicles will not sell paper tickets, but the purchase of long-term tickets encoded on city cards will be possible. Metro gates will also be opened, said Katarzyna Strzegowska, director of the Public Transport Authority. All 17 P+R parking lots will be free of charge.
Free travel Today, free travel also covers all Koleje Mazowieckie trains, replacement buses and KM buses on the Modlin–Modlin Airport section. You will not need a ticket for all trains and replacement buses of the Warsaw Commuter Railway.
Today, free transport also awaits the inhabitants of Krakow. Validators and the possibility of purchasing tickets in mobile applications have been disabled. Traditional ticket machines remain available - you can buy tickets for subsequent days there.
Rzeszów is also celebrating European Car Free Day today. "You don't have to buy a ticket or show your authorization - you just get in and go. The vehicles run according to the applicable timetables," assures the City Hall. Similar rules also apply in Lublin.
A wide offer of free travel has been prepared for today also for the residents of Wrocław. They can use trams and city trains, agglomeration lines 9xx to neighboring communes, as well as Koleje Dolnośląskie and POLREGIO trains within the borders of Wrocław. Interestingly, they also have a free hour of riding as part of the Wrocław City Bike - the standard time is 20 minutes.
The European Car Free Day in Gdańsk looks slightly different. "Free public transport in Gdańsk will be available to holders of a valid Gdańsk Resident Card, i.e. with an active resident package 2026 (also in the form of the Jest z Gdańsk application). Additionally, if the card is without a photo, you must have an ID document with you," explains the Public Transport Authority in a statement.
In Gdynia, free travel is now possible based on the registration certificate of a vehicle that we own or co-own.

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