The Warsaw Metro is a rapid transit underground system serving the Polish capital Warsaw. It currently consists of two lines, the north–south M1 line which links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and southern districts, and the east–west M2 line. Three more lines are planned. The system is operated by Metro Warszawskie, a company owned by the city, and managed by Public Transport Authority in Warsaw. As of 2024, it is the only metro system in Poland.
Controlled-access highways in Poland are part of the national roads network and they are divided into motorways and expressways. Both types of highways feature grade-separated interchanges with all other roads, emergency lanes, feeder lanes, wildlife crossings and dedicated roadside rest areas. Motorways differ from expressways in their technical parameters like designated speed, permitted road curvature, lane widths or minimal distances between interchanges. Moreover, expressways might have single-carriageway sections in case of low traffic densities.
The ministries of Poland are the various departments performing functions implemented by the Polish government. Each ministry is headed by a governmental minister selected by the Prime Minister, who sits in the collective executive Council of Ministers. The current competences and regulations of the ministries were established under a series of central administrative reforms carried out by prime ministers Józef Oleksy and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz between 1996 and 1997. Under legal regulations, the cabinet can create, combine, or dissolve ministries, with the Prime Minister determining the scope and responsibilities of ministers. The number and range of ministries has varied throughout the past.
The Public Transport Authority is a local government body organising public transport in Warsaw and surrounding metropolitan area. Services managed by the Authority are corporately branded as Warszawski Transport Publiczny. These include: bus and tram networks, two metro lines, szybka kolej miejska trains and park-and-ride car parks.
The Ministry of National Education is a ministerial department of the government of Poland, established on 1 January 2024 after being separated from the Ministry of Education and Science. The ministry's prerogatives include setting educational standards and youth activities. It does not oversee higher education, which falls under Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The two were created in May 2006 by splitting the Ministry of Education and Science. In January 2021, the two were merged, only to be separated again in 2024.
Służewiec is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Mokotów. Most of the neighbourhood consists of office buildings, which form one of the biggest complexes of office buildings in Poland, and one of the most important office centres in the city. It contains many headquarters of branches of many domestic and multinational corporations. A small portion of the neighbourhood also forms a residential area with apartment buildings.
The Warsaw tram network is a 125.3-kilometer (77.9 mi) tram system serving a third of Warsaw, Poland, and serving half the city's population. It operates 726 cars, and is the second-largest system in the country. There are about 25 regular lines, forming a part of the city's integrated public transport system organized by the Warsaw Transport Authority. Since 1994 the system is operated by the municipally-owned company Tramwaje Warszawskie sp. z.o.o.
National road 2 is an A-class, S-class and GP-class Polish national road, being part of the European route E30 from Cork (Ireland) to Omsk (Russia). The highway traverses through the Lubusz, Greater Poland, Łódź Masovian and Lublin voivodeships. It runs latitudinally.
Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime Economy was formed on 21 November 2011, from transformation of Ministry of Infrastructure.
The Polish student ID is a document certifying that the person is enrolled in an institution of higher education in Poland.
Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction was the office of government in Poland responsible for construction and infrastructure. Andrzej Adamczyk was the only Minister of Infrastructure and Construction. It was created in late 2015 from the split of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, in 2018 became Ministry of Infrastructure.
Ministry of Marine Economy and Inland Navigation was formed in 2015, from transformation of Ministry of Infrastructure and Development. It was dissolved in 2020.
In Poland, public roads are classified into two kinds of road hierarchies: road classes and road categories.
The Ministry of Education and Science was a ministry of the Government of Poland, which administrated the science and education. It functioned from 2005 to 2006, and again from 2021 to 2023.
Ministry of Construction is an abolished Polish government administration office serving the minister in charge of construction, spatial management and housing.
Natolin is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is a predominantly mid-rise multifamily residential area, with a smaller presence of low-rise single-family housing in the southwest.
The Świnna rail crash, also known as Jeleśnia runaway train, was a runaway train accident involving two passenger trains on Skawina – Żywiec railway line 97 in Poland on 19 December 2005. The brakes in passenger train running from Sucha Beskidzka to Żywiec stopped operating after it entered the steep sloped section of line, reaching speed of 90 km/h and creating the threat of head-on collision with another passenger train, going in opposite direction from Żywiec to Sucha Beskidzka. Due to coordinated efforts of train dispatcher at Jeleśnia station and crew of both trains, the trains eventually collided in a controlled manner in Świnna, Silesian Voivodeship, just outside Żywiec. 2 members of train crews and 6 passengers were injured.
Ursynów-Centrum, also known as South Ursynów, is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów.
Na Skraju is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Ursynów, in the eastern portion of the City Information System area of Ursynów-Centrum.
Wyżyny is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, Poland, located in the district of Ursynów, within the City Information System area of Natolin. It consists of a housing estate of multifamily residential buildings. It was developed in the 1980s.
