Another new bus stop for ul. Karczunkowska

Despite the pandemic, the City of Warsaw is not neglecting public transport. Nearly two years after the opening to traffic of the viaduct over the railway line at W-wa Jeziorki station, pleas of local residents for a more convenient bus stop have been met. I too remonstrated with with the authorities. I wrote to complain that the siting of the bus loop to the west of the railway line was bad news for anyone shopping at Biedronka, nearly half way between the station and the next bus stop (Trombity), and a new one was required. Lo and behold, here it is. We have it. It's official. Here is the new stop, Nawłocka, on Warsaw public transport's website (wtp.waw.pl).

Below: this is Nawłocka 01. Note the zig-zag markings on the roadway and the yellow, knobbly paving for the visually impaired. The bus stop sign is temporary. Note also the portable toilet to the left. 

This suggests that the bus stop on the other side (Nawłocka 02) is also temporary, and that the builders will be back to build a permanent bus stop that meets the design requirements. It can't be situated directly opposite, as two simultaneously stopped buses would block the road - I can only presume it will be located further west (ie behind where I was standing to take this photo), as there's not the space for one further to the east, nor where the temporary one is located (below).

 

Below: "Bus Stop, Bus Stop, are you ready to do the bus stop?" Ten past six on a Sunday evening, you must be joking! Photo taken on 29 August.

I hope that our decades-long wait for a pavement for the stretch of ul. Karczunkowska between Nawłocka and Trombity bus stops may soon be over. This is an extremely dangerous stretch for pedestrians. The worst part, over 220 metres long (below), has but a grass/earth verge that fills with rainwater or snow to make walking along it impossible if you want to keep your footwear clean and dry. At least one local resident has been killed by traffic here. Imagine walking along here in the dark on a rainy winter night. If Nawłocka 02 bus stop is placed here, the dangerous part of my journey home from the station will at least be some 20 metres shorter.

Nawłocka is the second new bus stop for ul. Karczunkowska in just over three years; Pozytywki 01 and 02 were opened in June 2018, serving the PWPW state security-printing plant and the new logistics and office park. Jeziorki is becoming a well-connected part of Warsaw!

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