Every tenth public transport passenger in Gdynia travels without a ticket, according to data from the City Transport Authority (ZKM) in Gdynia. Last year alone, inspectors issued nearly 20,000 additional fines for traveling without a valid ticket.
According to the director of ZKM Gdynia, Hubert Kołodziejski, some offenders have debts exceeding 20,000 zlotys.
— These are people who accumulate more than twenty trips without a ticket in a year. If, for example, one of the fines is around 7,000 zlotys, then another 7,000 and another 7,000, plus additional charges and fees, it is easy to accumulate an amount exceeding 20,000 zlotys. In 2024, one offender made 29 trips without a ticket totaling nearly 9,000 zlotys, — he explains.
The level of collection of additional payments for traveling without a ticket is around 50 percent.
Source: https://radiogdansk.pl/wiadomosci/region/trojmiasto/2026/05/05/plaga-gapowiczow-w-gdyni-co-dziesiaty-pasazer-bez-biletu-rekordzisci-maja-20-tys-zl-dlugu/
