Polish rail freight figures showcase years-long stagnation
FiguresRail freight performance in Poland is following a relative downturn this year, with figures being, in most cases, lower than in 2021 and 2022. Intermodal transport volumes are lower in H1 2023 than in the...Read more
CPK: new Warsaw-Łódź railway to be financed through CEF
Another piece of the Polish largest infrastructure project, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), has been put in place. The new high-speed railway between Warsaw and Łódź, two of the main rail freight hubs in the country,...Read more
The Koreans jump in the Katowice-Ostrava high-speed line construction
The Korean National Railway (KNR) and Dohwa Engineering, also from South Korea, won the CPK tender to design the new high-speed railway line that will link Katowice in Poland with Ostrava in Czechia. The contract...Read moreCPK project: intermodal freight and military mobility will be core operational elements
INTERVIEWFrom a relatively unknown project a few months ago, the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) is gradually transforming into a critical transport infrastructure with big plans. How did this transition occur, and what do these plans...Read more
The new Katowice-Ostrava line variant could include freight and an intermodal terminal
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) selected an investor’s variant to construct the new Katowice-Ostrava line between Poland and Czechia. The high-speed line will mainly accommodate passenger trains transiting at 250km/h. However, sections of it will also...Read more