Unacceptable.

As I arrived home at W-wa Jeziorki this evening, my train a mere 27 minutes late, I spared a thought for the poor commuters trying to get home to Żyrardów. The departures board announced that their train was 90 minutes late. Below: Actually, by the time it departed, the train was 97 minutes late. It was due to depart at 17:24, it left at 19:01. Quite a feat, as the 42km/26mile journey was only scheduled to take 49 minutes.


Koleje Mazowieckie is losing its way. At first, the newly re-painted green, white and yellow rolling stock looked good, the double decker trains, the FLIRT trains, new connections, a joint Warsaw city transport-Koleje Mazowieckie season ticket... Now things are getting back to how they were. This train (right) that waited rather a long time a W-wa Powiśle, had three out of its 12 offside doors jammed open, so passengers could step out on the wrong side, in front of a train coming the other way, or simply fall out of the train when moving. In the front three carriages, not a single neon light was working (it was emergency lighting only); graffiti is coming back onto the rolling stock, and snow's not been cleared from the platform. Wstyd, Panie!