A new “shame connection” from Poland. The number of trips to Russia is increasing
Although it might seem that no one wants to travel to the aggressor’s country today, it turns out that bus connections to Russia are growing like mushrooms after rain. A new product has appeared in Poland.
Russia, although subject to sanctions and widely criticized for its aggression against Ukraine, can still easily be a tourist destination for many people. It turns out that it is popular even in Europe, and Poles can count on increasingly new international connections to this place. The Warsaw-Kalngrad route was recently announced.
New connection from Poland to Russia
Such routes certainly outrage many people, after all, every trip to Russia supports that market, which in turn translates into increasing funds for further attacks on Ukraine. It seems that there is no shortage of people willing to go on such trips anyway. The carriers Trans-Pol and the Russian PKF AwtoKonig are responsible for organizing the new ones.
Connections run from November 2 twice a day at 10 p.m. and last approximately 9.5 hours. Tourists pass through the Bezledy-Bagrationovsk border crossing, which is one of the main contact points between Poland and the Russian oblast. A one-way ticket costs PLN 6,000. rubles, i.e. approx. PLN 250. Until now, it was also possible to use the Ecolines carrier, offering a connection from Warsaw Zachodnia to Kaliningrad, almost every day.
Are trips to Russia popular?
The above-mentioned novelty is not the only route to Russia that you can count on in Poland. It turns out that this is the eighth line of this type – six to Kalingrad and two to St. Petersburg. Buses run, among others: from Warsaw, Gdańsk, Sopot and Suwałki. The consent to launch them is issued by the Chief Road Transport Inspectorate.
“The application is being considered in terms of meeting the requirements specified in the Road Transport Act and the agreement between Poland and Russia. A partner from the Russian side must be provided. The entrepreneur must have a permit to perform the occupation of road transport operator, a license, and specify in the application the vehicles that will be used to perform the timetable. These are the formal and legal conditions that provide the basis for issuing such a permit,” Wojciech Król, spokesman for the Chief Inspectorate of Road Transport, commented for Radio Olsztyn.
The fact that only people who have the right to reside in the EU can cross the Polish border do not discourage people from traveling. It turns out that many people with dual citizenship use the connections. According to Asp. Kacper Lewoniewski, head of the customs department of the Border Guard in Grzechotki, most people travel for family purposes, and increased traffic is noticed during the holidays.
