All-New Baltic Express Intercity Train Gdynia - Prague - part 1: Poznan - Wroclaw - Lichkov (Gr)

Train: Intercity IC 216
Brand name: Baltic Express
From: Gdynia Glowna, Poland
To: Praha hl. n. (Prague), Czech Republic
Covered in this trip report: Poznan - Lichkov (Gr) - border crossing between Poland and Czechia
Train operators: PKP Intercity, Ceske drahy
Route via: Sopot, Gdansk, Tczew, Bydgoszcz, Gniezo, Poznan, Leszno, Wroclaw, Klodzko, Miedzylesie, and Lichkov (Gr)
Scheduled departure time from Poznan Glowny: 07h31
Scheduled arrival time in Lichkov (Gr) : 12h50
Scheduled Travel time (Gdynia - Prague): 9 hours and 9 minutes
Distance (Gdynia - Prague): approx. 850 km
Travel season: December 2024
Reservation in: car no. 352
Travel class: First Class compartment
Train car manufacturer: H. Cegielski – Poznan in 1990
Ticket fare (Poznan - Prague - Decin): CZK 1,238 / EUR 49
Ticket bought on: eshop.cd.cz (Muj Vlak app)
Electric locomotive (Gdynia - Wroclaw): Newag Griffin
Registration: EU160-039
Constructed by: Newag Nowy Sacz in 2024
Electric locomotive (Wroclaw - Prague): Siemens Vectron MS
Registration: X4EA-324 “HANIA”
Constructed by: Siemens Mobility in 2024


00:00 Preview Summary
02:23 Poznan Glowny railway station
04:28 Our Intercity train IC 261 Gdynia - Prague
06:16 Departing from Poznan Glowny
08:27 Three-course breakfast in the dining car
10:45 Renovated Poznan - Wroclaw Main Line
12:40 Arriving in Wroclaw Glowny
13:58 Locomotive change from Griffin to Vectron
15:57 Departing from Wroclaw Glowny
17:47 Exploring the Czech and Polish passenger train cars
19:41 On the renovated Wroclaw - Klodzko Main Line
22:39 Last meters on Polish soil: Miedzylesie - Lichkov (Gr)