Poland feels so modern and clean after Hungary and Romania. This is true on this spanking clean train. The trains are actually used by many locals. This was my first commuter train in 6 weeks, an early morning intercity. Every seat was booked, you can see Basbie is initially a bit concerned by the squashing in.
The ticket inspector asked for my ID as well as my Interrail ticket, reservation ticket and dog ticket. The latter two I bought at the train station the day before. The dog ticket was about £3, and the reservation about £8 for an over 5 hour journey. You can buy the reservation online, but as dog tickets are often confusing or impossible to get especially when you already have an Interrail ticket, it is so much easier to go to the ticket office.
There is a plug socket for each seat on this PKK IC train, and free water bottles were dished out soon after departure. Not had that in other countries so far, except the overnight from Budapest to Krakow in the morning.
The WiFi instructions are all in Polish, it seems you give your email address and sell your soul, but I don’t know. If so, they have my soul. Such a rarity getting both charging and WiFi facilities, it may be worth it 😅
Gdansk railway station is half modern underground dystopia and half over ground beautiful old Railway building which is where you go up to, to a portacabin outside, to buy any tickets and reservations. Renovations are in progress so it might turn out really nice. Use the underground passageways to get across the road otherwise you can’t.
Railway Dog 
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