P+R car parks - ZTP Kraków

P+R car parks

General information

Park and Ride parking lots are marked with the symbol P+R and are closely linked to public transport. The parking lots are located in the areas of streetcar loops and major transfer points.

The essence of the functioning of the “Park and Ride” system is that public transport takes over the majority of trips made by passenger cars from outside areas to Krakow, especially to the city center. An attractive offer, efficient public transportation and the possibility of continuing the trip with a parking ticket are intended to be both an incentive to use them and a compensation for the limited availability of car access to the city center.

The P+R car parks may operate in the so-called open/closed system and as titular car parks. In car parks in an open system ticket control is carried out manually. The remaining car parks operate in a closed system. They are equipped with Ticket Control System devices and an interoperating Car Park Charge Collection System (entry and exit barriers). Access to these car parks is by inserting a valid card into a reader, by scanning the QR code generated in the app or by collecting the ticket. Each time the system records the registration number of the vehicle and during leaving the car park, the system verifies the departing vehicle by comparing the previously recorded data at the entrance. Users entering the car park by car on the basis of a parking ticket are required to pay a fee in accordance with the price list of car park charges before leaving the car park. A different pool of P+R tickets is available at each car park, therefore you should pay attention to the price list and entitlements resulting from the purchase of one of the selected tickets, which are described in the appendix to the rules and regulations for using the Park and Ride (P+R) car parks in Kraków. The ticket is valid from the time it is purchased until 2.30 am on the following day, i.e. until the car park is closed. Payments can be made at the car park ticket office by card or by contactless payment at the exit terminal. The car park user who enters the car park and leaves it within 10 minutes after entry is exempted from the car park charge. Titular car parks are publicly accessible parking spaces, located in the area of KMK public transport hubs, where, according to the traffic organisation, the parking rules applied to car parks operating in the P+R system are in force.

Common information

The Car Park can be used free of charge by holders of active, traditional plastic cards with a valid public transport ticket written on them, such as:

• KKM – Kraków City Card,
• MKA – Małopolska Agglomeration Card,
• KK – Kraków Card,
• ELS – Electronic Student Identity Card,
• ELD – Electronic Doctoral Identity Card,
• Electronic card under the programmes:
  • Kraków Family Card 3+,
  • Kraków for N Family.

The P+R parking lots in the closed system can be entered with a ticket saved via a mobile application, such as on a smartphone or tablet. Parking cash registers only handle cashless payments.