The ticket prices differ depending on in which zone the stop at which one intends to get off is situated. The Warsaw municipal area is divided into two zones. Zone 1 covers all the stops in the city borders, and the Zone 2 covers the stops outside the city borders. The buses that passes between those two zones are marked with numbers 7XX and 8XX. So, if one intends to go further, it is worth checking if the stop at which one intends to get off is situated in Zone 1 or Zone 2. Most of the tickets can be bought in two options: valid for Zone 1 and valid for Zone 1 and 2. Temporary tickets are valid both for Zone 1 and 2. The map of the zones can be found at the website
The updated ticket prices are available here: www.ztm.waw.pl (tickets and charges section - 'bilety i oplaty' in Polish)
Types of tickets:
- Single fare ticket
entitles to travel by one means of transport, the one on which the ticket has been validated. The ticket entitles to travel both on day and night lines.
- Time-limit tickets
entitle to many journeys made on a short-term basis with as many changes of lines as necessary, time-limit ticket remains valid throughout the number of minutes as indicated by its nominal value.. During its validity one may have unlimited number of transfers; these tickets are valid both in daily and nightly communication:
- valid for 20 min
- valid for 40 min
- valid for 60 min
- valid for 90 min
There is an information on the approximate travel time between the specified stops available at the website www.ztm.waw.pl. Temporary tickets are valid for Zone 1 and Zone 2.
- Short-term tickets
entitle to many journeys within a specified number of hours or days, with an unlimited number of changes made during its validity periodone may use any means of transport during the day and night- 1-day City Travelcard (valid for 24h from the moment of validation)
- 3-day City Travelcard (valid from the moment of validating it until 11:59pm of the third day)
- 7-day City Travelcard (as above)
- Long-term tickets
- 30-day City Travelcard
- 90-day Travelcard
The long-term tickets are being sold as a top-up for Warsaw City Card (Warszawska Karta Miejska)
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NOTICE: If you have a ticket valid only for Zone 1 and you want to get to a place in the Zone 2, then you have to buy a ticket which is valid in Zone 2 (e.g. a short-term ticket). |
Warsaw City Card is issued upon application of the passenger. The foreigners have to fill in a special application.
You have to provide: your name and surname, PESEL number, or the date of birth in case of foreigners. You can also present your personal address, including postal code and the phone number, but that is not obligatory. The application may be filled online, or printed out and then filled and sent by post. You can also fill it in, in one of the passenger service points (the list of which is available here).
The card may be collected in person in one of the passenger service points. In order to do so, one will need to present one’s ID - the person who issues the document will then check whether the personal details on both documents are the same. The first issuance of the document is free of charge, on the condition that one has got a photo with him (it can be a computer file or a printed one, in which case it will be scanned).
The photo of the passenger is placed on one’s card, as well as his name and the surname. In case of losing the document, the passenger is obliged to pay 10 PLN to receive the duplicate. The card can be topped-up (meaning that the ticket one buys can be then coded on it) at some newsagents, at the post offices, underground stations where the machines for topping-up the card are situated. The card needs activating to be valid. The card is validated by placing it in front of the marked area on the validating machine. It needs to be done on the first ride.
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NOTICE! Buying the long-term ticket is much more economically viable than buying any other type of tickets, on the condition that one intends to stay in Warsaw for over a month and plans to use the public transport. |
A separate type of tickets is a so-called integrated ticket that is a special tariff offer under which holders of selected ZTM tickets may travel by Warsaw Suburb Rail ([Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa] special trains travelling in the city limits of Warsaw as outside the city limits) as well as buses, trams or the underground in the vicinity of Warsaw.
