Poznan's public transport includes buses and trams. However, most of the city can be walked on your own or you can use the ubiquitous electric scooters. To make your visit more interesting, you can take a ride on a historic bus and tram.
Public transport
The public transport system is run by the operator ZTM - ztm.poznan.pl. There are dozens of tram and bus lines serving not only the city district but also the surrounding adjacent regions.
Orientation is very simple.
All lines are marked with a number. The number series from 1 to 99 are tram lines and from 101 to 199 are bus lines.
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The numbers 200 - 299 belong to night lines and from 300 upwards to out-of-town lines.
The stops are visibly marked with the numbers of the lines that stop here. Inside each stop you will find a timetable and a map of the lines.
Specific timetables can be found online at ztm.poznan.pl.
The suburban area is divided into zones. Poznan and its immediate surroundings, including the airport, fall into Zone A, while the following surrounding districts and villages in the vicinity fall into Zones B and D. Travellers almost always use only zone A.
Public transport is reliable, modern and safe. You need a valid ticket to ride.
Tickets
There are several ticket options, including purchasing tickets. For short-term visits for tourism purposes, travellers can use paper tickets purchased from ticket machines or an electronic ticket linked to your credit card purchased on the bus or tram.
The following ticket options are available:
- 15 minutes - 4 pln
- 45 minutes - 6 pln
- 90 minutes - 8 pln
- 24 hours - 15 pln (Zone A only)
- 7 day - 50 pln (zone A only)
Discounts
To make your stay in Poznan and use public transport more enjoyable, take advantage of the following benefits:
- Weekend ticket: if you mark your 24-hour ticket between 20:00 on Friday and midnight on Saturday, your ticket will be valid until midnight on Sunday.
- Family ticket: two 24-hour adult tickets entitle you to transport 2 adults and 3 children under 15 years of age
Children under 7 years of age can travel free on public transport when accompanied by a paying adult. Seniors over 70 years of age can use the Poznan public transport free of charge.
Buying a ticket
Tickets for public transport can be purchased in cash or by credit card at a ticket machine, but these are not available at all stops.
Paper tickets must be marked in the yellow terminal when boarding the car.
A more convenient alternative is to buy a ticket directly in the public transport car. On trams and buses, there is a contactless payment terminal in the middle of the car for purchasing tickets. You can buy multiple tickets with one payment card.
Tickets are valid from the moment of purchase.
Historical lines
During the summer season, the ZTM Municipal Transport Company also runs special lines operated by historic cars every weekend.
There are 4 routes on offer. There are two tram lines marked 0 or 20 and two bus lines marked 100 and 102.
You can take a ride in a vintage car purely for fun or practically. Line 100 goes to Lake Malta and the new zoo and line 102 goes to the Armoured Weapons Museum near the airport.
Special tickets are valid on the historical lines, which you can buy from the conductor in the carriage.
| Ticket type | Adult | Child | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single | 6 pln | 4 pln | 18 pln |
| All day | 10 pln | 7 pln | 30 pln |
Family ticket is valid for 2 adults and 3 children under 16 years of age.
All historic lines on a given day can be used for the day pass.
You can find specific timetables, routes including stops and updated information on tourist lines at mpk.poznan.pl/linie-turystyczne.
Electric scooters
Poznan has an extensive network of electric scooter stations from providers Lime and Bolt.
Along the busier roads there are cycle paths for safe transport of cyclists and scooter users.
How do you get from the airport to the city?
In addition to destination guides, you will also find airport guides. 😉
Info on airport transportation here: https://www.cestujlevne.com/leti...an/doprava
Yep, prices in zlotys will be very useful. But I already wrote here that you need to add the conversion everywhere. Nobody cares.
The list of those things is not entirely short. It's starting to get a little out of hand... 😆
Prices must be in zlotys when it comes to Poland, or?
I've written this before. If there are local prices somewhere, it would be nice to convert them via tooltip to something understandable, e.g. EUR or USD. If I'm going somewhere, I don't really care how much a litre of milk costs in the local currency, I want to know how much it is.
The conversion works on the Czech website - into CZK and EUR. On the others, strangely enough, it doesn't.