Germany and Poland to Expand Cross-Border Train Services
Germany and Poland will increase the number of cross-border train services by 50% when the new railway timetable comes into effect.
Extra train services between Germany and Poland
Germany’s Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Polish State Railways (PKP) will significantly expand the number of trains between the two countries.
From 14 December 2025, when the new railway timetable comes into effect, the number of daily long-distance train connections between Germany and Poland will rise by 50%.
The expansion will include the introduction of new routes as well as more trains and greater capacity on existing services.
From 14 December, a total of 17 long-distance train pairs will operate across the German–Polish border each day, up from the current 11 EuroCity services.
Extra trains between Berlin and Warsaw
The Berlin–Warsaw Express, the EuroCity (EC) service between the German and Polish capitals, will gain an additional daily departure.
From 14 December 2024 it will run seven times a day in each direction, up from the current six.
This means there will be a train between Berlin and Warsaw roughly every two hours for most of the day.
A Polish EuroCity train from Warsaw has just arrived at one of the upper platforms of Berlin Hbf. ©AndyBTravels
New Leipzig to Krakow service
Deutsche Bahn and PKP will also jointly launch a new EuroCity service between Leipzig and Kraków.
There will be two daily trains in each direction, calling at Wrocław and Katowice en route.
One of these trains will continue from Kraków to Przemyśl, a city in south-eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, providing a convenient connection to onward services into Ukraine.
New overnight trains
Deutsche Bahn and PKP will also expend the number of overnight train services between Germany and Poland.
The two railway companies will introduce a new daily overnight EuroCity service between Berlin and Przemyśl, calling at Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków.
Another overnight EuroCity train will operate between Berlin and Chełm, via Łódź and Warsaw.
Chełm also offers excellent connections to trains to and from Ukraine, making this route likely to be popular with Ukrainian travellers as well.
The existing Chopin night train between Munich, Vienna and Warsaw will gain additional through coaches running between Munich and Przemyśl.
These coaches will be detached from the main train, most likely in Bohumín in the Czech Republic, and will then continue as a separate service towards Kraków and Przemyśl.
Deutsche Bahn and PKP have not yet confirmed whether the new overnight EuroCity trains, or the Munich–Przemyśl through coaches, will consist of standard seating only or also include couchettes or sleepers.
Map showing all long-distance train routes between Germany and Poland, including the new services coming with the December 2025 timetable change. ©Deutsche Bahn
Conclusion
Deutsche Bahn and PKP, the national railway companies of Germany and Poland, will increase the number of daily trains between the two countries by 50% when the new timetable comes into effect in December 2025.
The main Berlin–Warsaw route will gain an extra daily train pair, providing departures approximately every two hours, while a new overnight EuroCity service will operate on the Berlin–Łódź–Warsaw–Chełm route.
Two daily EuroCity trains in each direction will link Leipzig with Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków, with one of these continuing to Przemyśl.
There will also be a new overnight EuroCity service between Berlin and Przemyśl via Wrocław and Kraków, while the Chopin sleeper train between Munich and Warsaw will include through coaches running from Munich to Przemyśl.
