Tag: PKP (Polskie Koleje Państwowe)
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When I filmed it in March 2014 hauling Intercity coaches and a classic WARS bar car, that machine had already been relentlessly pounding the Polish rails for 45 years straight. It is the absolute definition of an industrial workhorse.
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When the new train doors hissed shut behind me in Gliwice, I rolled my bicycle straight into the back of a police riot shield wall. I was trapped in the dead zone between a tactical line and ten very hungover football hooligans. It was turning into quite a Sunday morning…”
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“From sharing traditional Silesian Szkloki sweets with a constellation of local schoolgirls to witnessing a perfectly synchronized, carefree performance on a June hillside, my time on the rails proved one thing: Silesia always has a habit of surprising you when you least expect it.”
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Regular Polish commuters knew exactly which seats to avoid on a freezing winter evening. I, however, spotted a row of empty seats during rush hour and celebrated my ‘miracle’—unaware that the heater beneath me was operating at a magnificent, ankle-liquefying Soviet-era level…”
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Then there were the plastic seats — back-to-back rows that discouraged comfort and punished optimism. I tried one once, briefly, before realising they were designed for people who had already given in.
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… she demanded: “Co tam takiego ciekawego do fotografowania?”
