Poland's PKP Intercity to launch daily Warsaw–Kyiv service from December 2026

Poland's state-owned operator PKP Intercity has notified Poland's Office of Rail Transport (UTK) of plans to run a daily passenger train between Warszawa Zachodnia and Kyiv Pasazhyrskyi. The service would run daily from 13 December 2026, according to the notification reported by Polish rail outlets Kolejowy Portal and TransInfo.

The connection itself is not new — a direct night train between Warsaw and Kyiv already operates. The filing concerns running the link as a daily service for the 2026–2031 period, and within Poland the train will carry international traffic only: Polish intermediate stops allow boarding only towards Kyiv and alighting only on the return leg. PKP Intercity operates Poland's long-distance passenger services and has been expanding its international network in recent years.

The December 2026 launch date aligns with the annual European timetable change, which typically takes effect in mid-December. The timetable is already set out in the notification — departure from Warszawa Zachodnia at 18:46 and Dorohusk at 22:00, with the return service arriving in Warsaw at 9:14 — and the procedure now underway is UTK's economic-equilibrium test for new commercial services, with a one-month window for objections.