Jakdojade is one of the easiest apps for visitors because you can plan the journey and buy the ticket in the same place. Below is the exact route we used from Gdańsk Główny to Sopot, including the slightly confusing Polish words that still appear even when the app is set to English.
We start with the language setting, then follow a real Gdańsk Główny → Sopot purchase.
Open your profile/account, scroll down and tap “Zmień język”. That means “Change language”. Choose English, then go back to the journey planner.
Most of the main interface is translated well, but as you will see later, a few railway-ticket screens can still contain Polish labels.
On the Trip screen, type the stations you want. In our example:
Check the time and tap the green Show routes button.
Jakdojade shows the available routes. For this search it suggested a PR train. PR is the label used here for POLREGIO, so this particular journey is not an SKM train.
That can be a good thing. In our example, the 09:45 POLREGIO service reaches Sopot at 09:57 — about 12 minutes — because it makes fewer stops than the usual all-stations SKM pattern.
For this particular train, the intermediate city stops are Gdańsk Wrzeszcz and Gdańsk Oliwa. It skips stations such as Gdańsk Stocznia, Politechnika, Zaspa, Przymorze-Uniwersytet, Żabianka-AWFiS and Sopot Wyścigi.
Tap the train you want. Jakdojade then shows the walking time, platform, track, operator and arrival time.
For our example it shows Gdańsk Główny, Platform II, Track 3, arriving in Sopot at 09:57. At the bottom is the yellow Buy ticket button.
The price shown in our screenshot is 8.00 PLN. Treat this only as the price on the date of the screenshot — tariffs can change.
The next screen lets you adjust the ticket. You can add several passengers, so a parent can buy the family’s tickets in one transaction rather than repeating the whole process for every person.
Some of this screen may remain in Polish even with English selected:
Scroll further down to Dodatkowe opcje. This is where extra items can appear — for example a bicycle. Bicycle transport/reservation is normally an additional option and may be charged separately depending on the selected operator and fare.
This is one of the most useful Polish words to recognise. The top section is labelled Proponowana — Suggested. In our search, Jakdojade proposes the Taryfa Pomorska · one-way single ticket for 8.00 PLN.
Below, Pozostałe means Other options. You may see city, Tri-City, zonal daily or network daily tickets depending on the route.
For a simple one-way Gdańsk → Sopot journey, the suggested option is normally the first one we would inspect because the app is matching the ticket to the selected trip.
You do not have to preload the wallet before planning the journey. If the balance is too low, Jakdojade can ask you to refill it during the purchase.
In our screenshot the wallet contains 7.50 PLN while the ticket costs 8.00 PLN, so the app opens a refill screen. You choose an amount, confirm the payment and then finish the ticket purchase.
Payment note: the screenshot was taken on Android and therefore shows Google Pay. Jakdojade’s current official information says wallet top-ups can also use a payment card or BLIK, with Google Pay on Android and Apple Pay on iOS when available. So Apple Pay is not absent from Jakdojade altogether — it is platform-dependent.
The suburban railway is the everyday backbone of the Tri-City and stops at many local stations. It is especially useful when your destination is not one of the three main city-centre stations.
Regional trains also run through the Tri-City. Some services stop only at the larger stations, so they can be quicker between places such as Gdańsk Główny and Sopot. The exact stopping pattern varies by train.
A screenshot of this little glossary may save you a minute at the station.
The screenshots above are ours; time-sensitive rules are cross-checked against the operators.