Polish Emergency Evacuation Trains

Polish Emergency Evacuation Trains from the Polish-Ukrainian Border

Polskie pociągi ewakuacyjne z granicy polsko-ukraińskiej
Польські евакуаційні потяги від польсько-українського кордону

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If you would like to skip all the introductory material on this page and view the daily evacuation train timetables now, here is the link: https://pociagidopolski.pl/

Polish Emergency Evacuation Trains – Introduction

This post is about the Polish emergency evacuation trains from the three cross-border railway crossings that are served by Ukrainian trains.

These special evacuation trains are a highly organised service run by various Polish railway companies operating within Poland.

The purpose of these special train services is to evacuate refugees from Ukraine, once in Poland, on a speedy basis for onward travel to Polish cities further afield. Some international train connections are also shown.

There are three cross-border railway stations on the Polish side of the Ukrainian border

Chełm
Hrubieszów
Przemyśl

About the train timetables

Easy-to-read railway timetables have been created by volunteers in Poland. Apart from train departures listed from the three stations in the above list, departures from various Ukrainian cities to Poland are also shown.

Please note that the service also provides timetables for trains from Ukraine to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.

The daily timetables are in Polish and Ukrainian.

Polish Emergency Evacuation Trains – Timetables

To see the latest train times, please go to the website shown below:

pociagidopolski.pl

You can also view the timetable in English via Google Translate.

This invaluable service has been publicised by Polish YouTuber Po kolei z Kuleckim. On Track With Kulecki.

Polish Emergency Evacuation Trains video

In depth information and how the evacuation trains work. View the YouTube video below. In Polish.

The author of the video explains on his YouTube channel

The railway has turned out to be an irreplaceable means of transport when evacuating refugees from Ukraine. Every day, thousands of people cross the Polish border by rail and receive help. One of the first difficulties is obtaining information about train connections and departure times.