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Metropolitan Transport Authority
Native name
Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego
Company typeMunicipal budgetary unit
Founded22 November 2017
Headquarters
Katowice
,
 Poland
Key people
Małgorzata Gutowska (director)
Websitewww.metropoliaztm.pl

Metropolitan Transport Authority (Polish: Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego, ZTM) is a municipal unit of Metropolis GZM, established on 22 November 2017 to organize, manage, and supervise local public transport across the cities of the metropolitan union, municipalities with signed agreements, and neighboring municipalities (a total of 57 cities and municipalities).[1] It is the largest public transport authority in Poland by area.[2]

History

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Metropolitan Transport Authority was established on 22 November 2017 by the GZM Assembly through resolution No. III/16/2017.[3] On the same day, resolution No. III/17/2017 granted it a statute.[4][5] On 1 January 2019, Metropolitan Transport Authority assumed the responsibilities of the previous transport authorities in the region: Municipal Transport Union of the Upper Silesian Industrial District [pl], Intermunicipal Passenger Transport Union in Tarnowskie Góry [pl], and Municipal Transport Authority in Tychy [pl].[6]

In January 2019, Małgorzata Gutowska was appointed director of Metropolitan Transport Authority.[7][8]

Area

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Metropolitan Transport Authority provides services across the following 57 cities and municipalities:[9]

  • Będzin
  • Bieruń
  • Bobrowniki
  • Bojszowy
  • Bytom
  • Chełm Śląski
  • Chorzów
  • Czeladź
  • Czerwionka-Leszczyny
  • Dąbrowa Górnicza
  • Gierałtowice
  • Gliwice
  • Imielin
  • Jaworzno
  • Katowice
  • Knurów
  • Kobiór
  • Koziegłowy
  • Krupski Młyn
  • Lędziny
  • Łaziska Górne
  • Łazy
  • Miasteczko Śląskie
  • Miedźna
  • Mierzęcice
  • Mikołów
  • Mysłowice
  • Myszków
  • Ornontowice
  • Orzesze
  • Oświęcim
  • Ożarowice
  • Piekary Śląskie
  • Pilchowice
  • Psary
  • Pszczyna
  • Pyskowice
  • Radzionków
  • Ruda Śląska
  • Rudziniec
  • Siemianowice Śląskie
  • Siewierz
  • Sławków
  • Sosnowiec
  • Sośnicowice
  • Świerklaniec
  • Świętochłowice
  • Tarnowskie Góry
  • Toszek
  • Tworóg
  • Tychy
  • Wielowieś
  • Wojkowice
  • Wyry
  • Zabrze
  • Zbrosławice
  • Żory

Metropolitan Transport Authority operates a network of over 500 transport lines (buses, trams, trolleybuses) serving nearly 7,000 stations. Approximately 1,500 vehicles operate daily under the Metropolitan Transport Authority brand. Passengers can track real-time departures using around 550 Dynamic Passenger Information System (SDIP) boards.[10] SDIP is a main component of passenger information, displaying departure times, transport updates, and air quality information. New boards include cameras to enhance safety at stops.[1]

Operators

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Metropolitan Transport Authority's transport lines (buses, trams, trolleybuses) are operated by enterprises:[11]

Additionally, these and other operators form consortia. In total, Metropolitan Transport Authority contracts over 20 entities, including consortia, to operate its lines.[11]

Tickets

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20-minute ticket (April 2024)

Metropolitan Transport Authority offers single-use (short-term) tickets in time-based formats (20, 40, and 90 minutes). Multi-ride tickets (20, 40, or 80 rides, valid for 180 days) can be encoded on the Silesian Public Services Card or online applications. Medium-term tickets include daily (valid on the day of activation), 24-hour, and 7-day tickets. Long-term tickets are available for 30, 90, or 180 days.[13]

The full ticket range, including season tickets, can be purchased via the dedicated Metroappka Transport GZM app introduced in 2024.[13]

Metrotickets

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Metrotickets are personalized monthly tickets allowing unlimited travel on Metropolitan Transport Authority services and Koleje Śląskie trains within the GZM area (depending on the ticket type, excluding special-fare or commercial trains). Two variants (Red and Whole Metropolis) also allow unlimited travel on the Katowice–Sławków route operated by POLREGIO (excluding special-fare or commercial trains).[14]

Logo of the Transport GZM system

Passengers can choose from seven Metroticket variants (standard and discounted): Katowice Zone, five color-coded zones (Red, Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow), and a Whole Metropolis ticket.[14]

Metroticket variants[14][15]

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  • Katowice Zone – valid within Katowice city: Metropolitan Transport Authority public transport and all Koleje Śląskie railways.
  • Yellow – valid across the entire Metropolitan Transport Authority network and Koleje Śląskie railway sections: Tarnowskie Góry [pl]–Katowice Zone (inclusive) and Bytom–Gliwice.
  • Green – valid across the entire Metropolitan Transport Authority network and Koleje Śląskie railway sections: Gliwice–Katowice Zone (inclusive), Knurów [pl]–Gliwice.
  • Red – valid across the entire Metropolitan Transport Authority network and Koleje Śląskie railway section Dąbrowa Górnicza Sikorka [pl] – Katowice Zone (inclusive), plus the POLREGIO section Katowice–Sławków [pl].
  • Blue – valid across the entire Metropolitan Transport Authority network and Koleje Śląskie railway section Nowy Bieruń [pl]–Katowice Zone (inclusive).
  • Orange – valid across the entire Metropolitan Transport Authority network and Koleje Śląskie railway sections: Tychy Lodowisko–Katowice Zone (inclusive), Łaziska Górne Brada [pl]–Katowice Zone (inclusive), Kobiór [pl]–Katowice Zone (inclusive).

Purchasing a color-coded zone ticket automatically includes access to the Katowice Zone.[14][15]

Development and service quality

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MAN Lion's City 12 EfficientHybrid bus on metropolitan line M14

Metropolitan Transport Authority, beyond ongoing changes due to roadworks or new infrastructure, develops long-term modernization and improvement plans for its network.[1]

Metropolitan Transport Authority metrolines

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As of February 2024, 32 metropolitan lines ("Metrolines") operate within Metropolis GZM, managed by Metropolitan Transport Authority:[16]

Line number Starting station Ending station Served municipalities Launch date Source
M1 Katowice

Adam Mickiewicz Street [pl] (Katowice Dworzec)

Gliwice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Katowice, Chorzów, Świętochłowice, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze, Gliwice 8 May 2021 [17][18]
M24 Katowice

Adam Mickiewicz Street

Zabrze

Johann Goethe Street

Katowice, Chorzów, Świętochłowice, Ruda Śląska, Zabrze [17]
M2 Katowice

Piotr Skarga Street [pl] (Katowice Dworzec)

Gołonóg [pl]

Zajezdnia (Tworzeń [pl] Katowice Steelworks)

Katowice, Sosnowiec, Dąbrowa Górnicza [17][19]
M3 Katowice

Piotr Skarga Street (Katowice Dworzec)

Tarnowskie Góry

Dworzec

Katowice, Chorzów, Bytom, Tarnowskie Góry [17]
M4 Katowice

Piotr Skarga Street (Katowice Dworzec)

Zagórze

Zajezdnia (Ostrowy Górnicze [pl] Pomnik)

Katowice, Sosnowiec [17]
M18 Tychy

Osiedle Z1

Gliwice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Tychy, Mikołów, Gierałtowice, Gliwice [17][18]
M22 Katowice

Sądowa transfer center [pl]

Międzyrzecze Gospoda Katowice, Mysłowice, Imielin, Lędziny, Bieruń, Bojszowy 3 July 2021 [20]
M101 Katowice

Sądowa transfer center

Wesoła

Wesoła Mine [pl]

Katowice, Mysłowice [20][21]
M102 Tarnowskie Góry

Dworzec

Bytom

Dworzec

Tarnowskie Góry, Radzionków, Bytom 7 August 2021 [22]
M108 Tychy

Winter Stadium [pl]

Imielin

Wiadukt

Tychy, Bieruń, Chełm Śląski, Imielin [22]
AP Katowice

Sądowa transfer center

Pyrzowice

Katowice Airport

Katowice, Ożarowice 1 January 2022 [23]
M19 Sosnowiec

Urząd Miasta

Pyrzowice

Katowice Airport

Sosnowiec, Będzin, Psary, Mierzęcice, Ożarowice [24]
M100 Gliwice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Sośnicowice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Gliwice, Sośnicowice 12 February 2022 [18][25]
M104 Żerniki [pl]

Osiedle

Stanica

Kościół

Gliwice, Pilchowice [25]
M28 Katowice

Freedom Square [pl]

Osiedle Wieczorka

Dworzec

Katowice, Siemianowice Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie [25]
M14 Gliwice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Siedliska Cargo

(Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy)

Gliwice, Zbrosławice, Zabrze, Bytom, Tarnowskie Góry, Świerklaniec, Ożarowice, Mierzęcice 12 March 2022 [18][26]
M107 Pyskowice Szpitalna

(Pyskowice Wyszyński Square)

Tarnowskie Góry

Dworzec

Pyskowice, Zbrosławice, Tarnowskie Góry 25 June 2022 [27]
M105 Pyskowice

Szpitalna Street

Szczygłowice [pl]

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Pyskowice, Gliwice, Knurów [27]
M10 Katowice

Wojciech Korfanty Avenue

Kobiór Centrum

(Tychy Osiedle Z1)

Katowice, Tychy, Kobiór 16 July 2022 [28]
M11 Katowice

Sądowa transfer center

Siedliska Cargo Katowice, Siemianowice Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie, Wojkowice, Bobrowniki, Ożarowice, Mierzęcice 30 July 2022 [29]
M16 Gliwice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Osiedle Wieczorka

Dworzec

Gliwice, Zabrze, Bytom, Piekary Śląskie 20 August 2022 [18][30]
M116 Osiedle Wieczorka Dworzec Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy (Katowice Airport) Piekary Śląskie, Bobrowniki, Ożarowice, Mierzęcice [30]
M23 Katowice

Piotr Skarga Street

Siewierz

Dom Kultury

Katowice, Sosnowiec, Będzin, Psary, Siewierz 3 September 2022 [31]
M15 Tychy

Towarowa Street

Sosnowiec

Szpital Wojewódzki

Tychy, Lędziny, Mysłowice, Sosnowiec 10 November 2022 [32]
M109 Mydlice [pl]

Pętla

Sławków

Metal Products Plant [pl]

Dąbrowa Górnicza, Sławków [32]
M106 Gliwice

Centrum Przesiadkowe

Rudziniec

Rudziniec Gliwicki [pl]

Gliwice, Rudziniec 1 January 2023 [33]
M103 Dobieszowice

Skrzyżowanie

Dąbrowa Górnicza

Dąbrowa Górnicza railway station

Bobrowniki, Psary, Dąbrowa Górnicza 14 January 2023 [34]
M25 Katowice

Sądowa transfer center

Czeladź

Dworzec

Katowice, Siemianowice Śląskie, Czeladź 25 February 2023 [35]
M12 Katowice

Sądowa transfer center

Gostyń

Drzymały

Katowice, Mikołów, Łaziska Górne [pl], Wyry 3 June 2023 [36]
M13 Katowice

Sądowa transfer center

Bobrek [pl]

Inwestycyjna Pętla II

Katowice, Mysłowice, Sosnowiec [36]
M17 Bytom

Dworzec

Sosnowiec

Urząd Miasta

Bytom, Piekary Śląskie, Siemianowice Śląskie, Czeladź, Sosnowiec [36]
M21 Bytom

Dworzec

Wygoda

Skrzyżowanie

Bytom, Ruda Śląska, Mikołów 23 September 2023 [37]

Awards

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In 2021, Metropolitan Transport Authority received the Friendly Employer 2020 award from the National Employee Trade Union Konfederacja Pracowników for balancing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with employee well-being and safety.[38]

In 2023, Metropolitan Transport Authority won the national Masz Głos competition organized by the Stefan Batory Foundation, recognized in the Super Samorząd category for collaboration between local communities and municipal authorities.[39]

Management

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The director of Metropolitan Transport Authority is Małgorzata Gutowska. Operations are coordinated by: Krzysztof Dzierwa (Deputy Director for Administration), Aleksander Sobota (Deputy Director for Transport), Adam Sujkowski (Deputy Director for Controlling), and Chief Accountant Ewa Długosz.[40]

References

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  24. ^ "Szybciej do Będzina, Sosnowca i na lotnisko" [Faster to Będzin, Sosnowiec, and the Airport]. metropoliagzm.pl (in Polish). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  25. ^ a b c "Ruszają kolejne linie metropolitalne. Połączenia dla Piekar Śląskich, Pilchowic oraz Sośnicowic" [New Metropolitan Lines Launched. Connections for Piekary Śląskie, Pilchowice, and Sośnicowice]. metropoliagzm.pl (in Polish). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  26. ^ "Metrolinia M14 połączy Gliwice i Tarnowskie Góry z lotniskiem. Autobusy wyjadą w trasę 12 marca" [Metrolinia M14 to Connect Gliwice and Tarnowskie Góry with the Airport. Buses Start on 12 March]. metropoliagzm.pl (in Polish). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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  37. ^ "Kolejna i ostatnia Metrolinia" [Another and Final Metrolinia]. metropoliagzm.pl (in Polish). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  38. ^ "Tytuł "Przyjazny Pracodawca 2020" przyznany. Związkowcy docenili Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego" ["Friendly Employer 2020" Title Awarded. Trade Unions Appreciated Metropolitan Transport Authority]. metropoliaztm.pl (in Polish). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  39. ^ "Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego doceniony przez Fundację im. Stefana Batorego" [Metropolitan Transport Authority Recognized by the Stefan Batory Foundation]. www.metropoliaztm.pl (in Polish). 23 February 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  40. ^ "Książka teleadresowa" [Telephone Directory]. bip.metropoliaztm.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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