How to get to Toruń

There are many ways one can get to Toruń from other Polish major cities like Warsaw (Warszawa), Poznań or Gdańsk. In what follows we give an outline of how to reach Toruń from Warsaw. If you are planning another sort of trip and looking for a piece of advice, help or information - do not hesitate to contact the organizers (see: Contact).

Warsaw - Toruń by train

First you will have to reach the Central Station (Warszawa Centralna Station) from Frederic Chopin Airport (former Okęcie Airport). There are the following options:
By taxi - definitely the quickest and the most convenient way. You will find a taxi rank next to the airport exit. The following three taxi corporations cooperate with the airport and are recommended by the airport administration: Merc Taxi (phone: +48 22 677 77 77), MPT Radio Taxi (phone: +48 22 9191), Sawa Taxi (phone: +48 22 644 44 44). The average price of a course between the Airport and the Station is about 30 pln (~ 8 Euros).
MZA bus is the cheaper option. Municipal bus service (MZA) operate between the airport and Warszawa Centralna railway station seven days a week:
175 line operates 4:57 a.m. - 10:57 p.m. every 10-30 minutes (see new timetable (in English, but often crashes) from: Terminal 2, Terminal 1, Terminal Etiuda and (unfortunately in Polish, but work stable) : Terminal 2, Terminal 1, Terminal Etiuda (may need to choose day of the week: poniedziałek = "Monday", wtorek = "Tuesday", środa ="Wednesday", czwartek = "Thursday", piątek = "Friday", sobota = "Saturday", niedziela = "Sunday"))
N32 line (night service) operates 11:10 p.m. - 04:40 a.m. every 30 minutes (see new timetable (in English, but often crashes) from: Terminal 2, Terminal 1, Terminal Etiuda and (unfortunately in Polish, but work stable): Terminal 2, Terminal 1, Terminal Etiuda (may need to choose day of the week: poniedziałek = "Monday", wtorek = "Tuesday", środa ="Wednesday", czwartek = "Thursday", piątek = "Friday", sobota = "Saturday", niedziela = "Sunday"))
For more details (like ticket prices, location of bus stops) click the following link (note that there is a new version of web page and timetable for buses in English may be still under construction).

There are several direct connections by trains from Warsaw's Central Station to the Main Station in Toruń (Toruń Główny):
Warszawa Centralna 6:40 8:40 10:40 12:40 14:40 15:40 16:40 17:40 18:15 22:55
Toruń Główny 9:28 11:35 13:29 15:31 17:30 18:27 19:28 20:31 21:40 2:10
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Toruń Główny 0:39 6:18 7:09 8:15 9:14 10:11 12:27 14:08 16:04 17:46
Warszawa Centralna 4:30 8:56 9:52 10:56 11:55 12:50 15:10 16:50 18:50 20:25
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NOTE: above timetable is guaranted to be valid only to 11.12.2010!

Timetable on Sunday 12.12.2010:
Warszawa Centralna 6:45 7:45 9:45 10:45 12:45 13:45 14:45 15:45 16:45 17:45 18:45 23:10
Toruń Główny 9:33 10:33 12:38 13:35 15:32 16:35 17:35 18:29 19:35 20:31 21:35 2:05
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Visit Polish State Railways Time-table to get the full information on trains or German web-service.

Types of trains:

In Toruń

To get to the town center from the Main Station in Toruń you can take either a taxi or a MZK bus (MZK is a Torunian municipal bus service). A taxi rank is next to the main station, to the left from an underpass leading from the station. A course from the station to the Torunian Old Town costs about 15 pln (~ 4 Euros).
A bus stop is exactly in front of the underpass. There are three lines (numbers 22, 25 and 27) that run between the station and the Old Town. You get off three bus stops from the station on the first bus stop just behind the bridge over the Vistula river. One ticket costs 2,5 pln (~ 0,65 Euros) (you do not need to pay for your luggage). The beautiful Torunian Old Town will be exactly in front of you when you get off.
Lines 22 and 27 operate from about 5 a.m. till 10 p.m. seven days a week and the buses run every 10 (monday to friday) or 15 (weekdays and holidays) minutes, while line 25 operate from about 6 a.m. till 9 p.m. seven days a week except holidays and the buses run every 30 minutes (not operate on holidays).
See also timetable for buses: 22, 25, 27 ("Poniedziałek-Piątek"="Monday-Friday", "Sobota-Niedziela"="Saturday-Sunday", "Święta"="Holidays").

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