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European Railroad Discussion > Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad SwedenDate: 01/31/20 01:03 Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad Sweden Author: gobbl3gook Hi All,
Two years ago I was posting photos from an adventure in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. In 2019 I went back to Eastern Europe, and will start posting a new series of photos. Poland, Part 1. Ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście Backstory: I flew into Frankfurt, Germany and spent 2 weeks traveling with friends from Portland. We visited Utrecht, Netherlands, Bremen Germany and Copenhagen Denmark. I rode a lot of trains, and railfanned along the Rhine River by bicycle. But, since Western Europe is more frequently visited by American tourists, I'll start the travelogue with my transition into Eastern Europe. At the end maybe I'll catch up with photos from Germany, etc. My Portland friends flew back to the US, and I spent 2 days visiting another friend in Malmo, Sweden. Then it was a 1 hour train ride to the Port of Ystad, where there were departures to Poland. I pedalled the last 15 kilometers on a seaside path, since the train line was out of service, and purchased a ticket for myself and my bicycle on the PolFerries Line to Świnoujście, the northwesternmost city in Poland. It is on the Baltic Sea, at the German border. I'm posting the ferry photos out of general transportation interest. We'll be back to trains soon. 1) Another ferry departing Ystad, as seen approaching Ystad from the seaside bike path 2) Ferry schedule, posted at ticket office. It's always a good idea to take a photo of any train or ferry schedule you see, anywhere. Just in case you might need the information down the road somewhere. 3) Boarding the Mazovia. I get a bit of a rush riding onto a ferry on my bicycle... Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/20 01:25 by gobbl3gook.    Date: 01/31/20 01:12 Re: Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad Sweden Author: gobbl3gook 4) Bike parking on ferries is usually just inside one of the loading doors, where there's a little triangle of space for hardware stowage, and bicycles.
5) Poster onboard -- the older ferries had much classier lines than the Mazovia, but they had long since been taken out of service. I appreciated the photo tribute, though. 6) Sailing from Ystad. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/20 01:30 by gobbl3gook.    Date: 01/31/20 01:23 Re: Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad Sweden Author: gobbl3gook 7) Boarding the train to Ystad (almost to Ystad) in Malmo. Malmo station has trains leaving every 5 minutes or so, to all parts of the country. Regional trains depart every 30 minutes. Very impressive. Makes the Amtrak Cascades look pretty pathetic, with only 2 Talgos trom Portland to Eugene each day. (Why the fuss with "High Speed Rail" in the Pacific Northwest??? All they need to do is run Cascades on 1 hour headways all day long, and they'll run them full!).
I didn't take any photos of the train ride or departure. I was a little under the weather, and it seemed a little mundane... However, I wish I had photos now! 8) It's hard to get a decent shot of a giant ferry. There's always buildings and things alongside the piers. This is the best I could do. Next, Crossing the Baltic Sea on the Mazovia Photos from Sept 28, 2019. Ted in OR Trainorders.com poster since 1998 For those that weren't following my posts in 2018, here are the links to Kazahkstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Kazakhstan, part 1, Almaty 2 Train Station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4467027 Kazakhstan, part 2. Trainwatching near the Almaty 1 station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4467835 Kazakhstan, part 3, Almaty 1 train station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4468789 Kazakhstan, part 4. Boarding train 41 https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4469593 Kazakhstan, part 5. Train 41 to Turkistan https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4470456 Kazakhstan, part 6. Turkistan City https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4471336 Kazakhstan, part 7. Silk Road Express on the steppes https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4472113 Kazakhstan, part 8. Train 378 to Aktau https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4472772 Kazakhstan, part 9. Train car details https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4473623 Kazakhstan, part 10. Stations and etc. https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4474370 Kazakhstan, part 11. Aktau City https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4475213 Kazakhstan, Part 12. Caspian Sea Ferry: new Asia-Europe routing https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4476138 Azerbaijan, part 1. Baku station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4477020 Azerbaijan, part 2. Train 664 to Balakan https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4477815 Azerbaijan, part 3. Balakan https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4478587 Georgia, part 1. Mtskheta https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4495266 Georgia, part 2. Tbilisi https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4496046 Georgia, part 3. Train 371 to Armenia https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4496838 Armenia, part 1.Yerevan Railway Station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4497661 Armenia, part 2. Regional Trains https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4498496 Armenia, part 3. Yerevan yards https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4499320 Armenia, part 4. Yerevan Childrens Railway https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4500760 Armenia, part 5. Childrens Railway Station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4501699 Armenia, part 6. Railway museum https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4502704 Armenia, Part 7. Boarding train 684 to Gyumri https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4515515 Armenia, Part 8. Riding train 684 https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4525133 Armenia, part 9. Gyumri Station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4525945 Armenia, part 10. Streamliner meet https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4526582 Armenia, Part 11. Gyumri roundhouse https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4527413 Georgia, Part 4, Akhalkalaki International Station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4586814 Re: Georgia Part 5, Abandoned Akhalkalaki Station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4679323 Georgia part 6, no traffic on Akhaltsikhe branch https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4680533 Georgia, part 7. Aerial cable car https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4683211 Georgia part 8. Batumi rail yards https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4709967 Georgia part 9. Batumi passenger station https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,4713709 And, other posts: Estonia, 2016 https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php Wolsztin, Poland, 2019 https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,4876225 Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine, 2019 https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?17,4893121 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/20 01:31 by gobbl3gook.   Date: 01/31/20 11:45 Re: Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad Sweden Author: King_Coal Good to see you out and about again. Looking forward to the trip.
Date: 01/31/20 15:52 Re: Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad Sweden Author: F7sForever Curious to know more about your travel by bike. Did you bring it with you from the US, or rent/buy there? How did it all work? Thanks for sharing the photos. Can't wait to see more!
Jody Date: 02/01/20 03:42 Re: Poland Part 1: Boarding the Mazovia in Ystad Sweden Author: gobbl3gook Hi Jody,
I brought my bike with me. No oversize luggage fees for bikes on American Airlines. And, I think, Alaska or Delta. I like to have a good fitting bike if I'm going to be covering a lot of ground! I love traveling by bicycle, train and ferry. So that's what I do. It takes some logistical sleuthing sometimes, but if you have a little time, patience and like a good adventure, you can go through many countries this way. I had done a fair bit of bicycle touring in the US before my first trip to Europe in 2015. And it is much, much easier there. In most of Europe there are wonderful paths everywhere. And regional trains leaving every hour or so with places to stash a bike. On this trip I took 48 individual train rides over 2 months. And another 20 or so just for fun, back and forth on a pretty line, or cruising around a city. The first page on the Kazahstan story also has a bit more about my mode of operation... Always feel free to ask questions! Ted in OR |