Mateusz Pawlak
30-03-2023, last update 30-03-2023 13:36
From April 8, forgetful and absent-minded people will have to take into account a fine for leaving their luggage in public transport vehicles, stops or subways.
source: Bloomberg
City Council Warsaw, at the session on March 9, adopted a resolution on changing the order regulations in force in local collective transport. The new regulations will come into force on April 8 and, compared to the previous one, there will be several changes that correspond to the emergence of new threats, including a potential terrorist threat, e.g.
– In 2022, we recorded as many as 143 incidents of luggage being left unattended on trains and at metro stations. This year, by the beginning of March, we had already received 28 such notifications, informs Anna Bartoń from the Warsaw Metro.
A spokeswoman for the Warsaw Underground Railway adds that the police are called to all reports, and any intervention of the security services causes interruptions and delays in the operation of the metro and the necessity to close the station for passengers.
The same happens in the case of reports on trams (25 cases last year) or buses (22 incidents).
For leaving luggage in a train or metro station, as well as in a tram, bus, SKM train and at stops, you will be able to receive a fine of up to PLN 500 in accordance with Art. 54 of the Code of Offenses.
Throwing or throwing objects from or into the vehicle or onto the track will also be prohibited. This is the result of one incident when a passenger threw an unidentified object through the window of a subway train, which led to a long stop in traffic.
It will also not be possible to enter the roofs of vehicles, bumpers or other structural elements of vehicles, as well as the control cabins of vehicles.
It will still be forbidden to use inline skates, roller skates, skateboards, bicycles, bicycle carts, scooters or other sports equipment in WTP vehicles. This provision has been extended to personal transport devices and devices supporting movement, referred to in the Act of 20 June 1997 – Road Traffic Law (e.g. hoveboards, unicycles or electric skateboards).
Transporting these vehicles on public transport is possible – as long as they do not pose a threat to the safety of travellers.
The regulations prohibiting crossing the safety line preceded by a strip with tabs on platforms and stops – before entering, during the entry or departure of a WTP vehicle, have also been clarified. It will also not be possible to enter the track, the tunnel or technical rooms and areas with limited access at metro stations and the roofs of entrances to metro stations or bus shelters.
A point allowing the use of emergency exits at metro stations by people transporting a child in a pram, people with disabilities and reduced mobility, carrying large luggage or a bicycle, as well as traveling with animals has been removed from the new regulations. Currently, all metro stations are equipped with gates with increased width, thus the current regulation has become unjustified.
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