PKP battles catenary theft in Poland with new device
Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has begun testing an anti-theft device for the railway catenary system. The tests in cooperation with Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) are expected to...Read more
More restrictions in Ukraine-Poland transit, what’s behind them?
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) blocked cargo export on UZ-owned wagons to Poland on Thursday, 20 January. Polish Railways (PKP) ring the alarm bell saying that this is a targeted move to Poland that does not make...Read more
Turkey and Czech Republic linked with new intermodal service
A new regular intermodal line has been launched between Halkali, Turkey, and Kolín, Czech Republic. On Thursday 1 July, the first train arrived in the Turkish terminal on the European banks of Istanbul. This was...Read more
PKP Cargo: ‘New Silk Road is a priority for Poland’
Polish railway operator PKP Cargo is investing heavily in its services, responding to the growing volumes of rail freight traffic between Europe and Asia. About 250 million Euros per year is spent in what the...Read more
Polish State Railways PKP to take over infrastructure management
Polish State Railways PKP SA, the dominant railway operator in Poland, will take over PKP PLK, the infrastructure manager of railway in Poland to establish PKP Holding. Lobby organisations ERFA and ALLRAIL expressed their concern...Read more
Rail works vital to Poland-Ukraine-Belarus border crossings
Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK), the Polish national rail infrastructure manager, wants to improve the competitiveness of its railways in eastbound transports, and is carrying out modernisation of tracks on the border crossing with Ukraine....Read more