All Poland articles – Page 9

  • pl train (Alstom)
    News

    Warszawa – Gdynia line upgraded for 200 km/h

    2021-04-25T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: A consortium of Alstom, Thales and Nokia has completed the deployment of ERTMS to support 200 km/h operation on the Warszawa – Gdynia section of railway route E65. ‘This jointly-delivered project is a game-changing achievement in the history of high speed railway implementation in Poland’, ...

  • PKP Intercity Stadler Flirt
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    PKP Intercity Flirt on test

    2021-04-09T09:45:00Z

    POLAND: The first of 12 Flirt electric trainsets ordered by PKP Intercity is now undergoing type approval trials at the Railway Institute test track in Żmigród, having passed static and dynamic testing at Stadler’s factory in Siedlce. The 1·015bn złoty contract signed by PKP Intercity and ...

  • Cargounit has taken delivery of the first three of five Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotives which are to be used by the Bahnoperator subsidiary of Beijing Trans Eurasia Logistics.
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    Cargounit receives Vectron locos destined for Eurasian freight operator

    2021-04-01T07:15:00Z

    POLAND: Leasing company Cargounit has taken delivery of the first three of five Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotives which are to be used by the Bahnoperator subsidiary of Beijing Trans Eurasia Logistics. Bahnoperator is involved in the operation of up to 26 east and westbound trains ...

  • Wroclaw Modertrans tram impression
    Metro Report International

    Wrocław orders more trams

    2021-03-12T12:00:00Z

    POLAND: MPK Wrocław has placed a firm order for Modertrans to supply a further 21 Moderus Gamma trams. The order confirmed on March 8 has been placed using an option a contract for 26 trams which was agreed in September 2020, and takes the total value ...

  • Railway track
    News

    Lithuania and Poland told to comply with EU railway rules

    2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: The European Commission is undertaking infringement procedures against Lithuania and Poland regarding compliance with two directives affecting railway matters. On February 18 the Commission sent Lithuania a letter of formal notice regarding the incorrect transposition and implementation of the single European railway area rules in ...

  • PKP Intercity has awarded CZ Loko an €8·9m contract to supply 10 locomotives for light shunting
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    PKP Intercity orders shunting locomotives

    2021-02-19T15:26:00Z

    POLAND: PKP Intercity has awarded CZ Loko an €8·9m contract to supply 10 locomotives for light shunting at depots and stabling points in Warszawa, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków. The two-axle EffiShunter 300 is designed to give low production and operating costs. The locomotives for PKP ...

  • pl Silva locomotive
    News

    Silva Logistic System ready to launch

    2021-02-13T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: Kronospan group company Silva Logistic System has obtained a licence to operate its own rail freight services, and staff training is underway with a view to running its first trains this month. Silva LS has obtained more than 38m złoty of EU co-funding to support ...

  • pl Polregio Lubuskie contract
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    Polregio and Lubuskie voivodship sign 10-year contract

    2020-12-22T11:05:00Z

    POLAND: A 1bn złoty contract for national regional passenger train operator Polregio to continue running services in Lubuskie voivodship for the next 10 years came into effect with the December 13 timetable change. The contract signed on December 3 covers the operation of ...

  • pl Gdynia BCT Freightliner PL Dragon loco
    News

    Smoothing intermodal flows through the Port of Gdynia

    2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: The Port of Gdynia’s Baltic Container Terminal has joined the EU-backed COMODALCE initiative to upgrade intermodal operations, and will participate in a pilot for electronic exchange of wagon and freight handling activity data. The ‘Enhancing COordination in multiMODAL freight transport in Central Europe’ programme involves the ...

  • pl Krakow tram (Photo MPK Krakow)
    Metro Report International

    Kraków tram line PPP contract awarded

    2020-12-03T09:00:00Z

    POLAND: A consortium of PPP Solutions Polska and Gülermak Ağır Sanayi İnşaat ve Taahhüt was the lowest bidder for a 1·126bn złoty pilot public-private partnership contract to finance, design, build and maintain a section of tramway in Kraków. The project is one of several in different sectors ...

  • pl-pkpIC-restaurant-car-tables
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    PKP Intercity restaurant cars refurbished

    2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: PKP Intercity has taken delivery of 10 restaurant cars which have been refurbished and modernised at the H Cegielski FPS plant in Poznań. Forming part of a mid-life heavy maintenance programme which also included the modernisation of Type 145Ab compartment coaches, the work has been undertaken ...

  • pl Katowice Pesa tram
    Metro Report International

    Pesa trams enter service with Tramwaje Śląskie

    2020-10-30T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie’s first Pesa Twist 2017N tram entered revenue service on October 23, operating on Route 36 from Brynów Huberta to Szopienice Pętla. In June 2018 Tramwaje Śląskie awarded the manufacturer a 221m złoty contract to supply a total of 35 trams, co-financed by the EU. ...

  • Pojazd NEWAG dla SKM z komponentami Siemens Mobility
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    Siemens Mobility and Newag sign traction equipment agreement

    2020-10-23T12:47:00Z

    POLAND: Siemens Mobility and Newag have signed a five-year framework agreement for the supply of up to 200 traction drives for Impuls 2 electric multiple-units ordered by commuter operator SKM Warszawa. This is the first contract for Siemens Mobility to delivery complete traction drives for the Polish ...

  • pl Cargounit Traxx
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    Cargounit’s new owner plans to invest in cross-border freight locos

    2020-10-23T09:43:00Z

    POLAND: The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund advised by infrastructure, sustainable energy, property and digital asset investor Amber Infrastructure Group has agreed to acquire locomotive leasing company Industrial Division, which trades as Cargounit, from its founders Jacek Szczegodziński, Arkadiusz Ignasiak and Piotr Ignasiak and private equity investor ...

  • The EU’s Cohesion Fund is to provide €318·5m to support railway electrification in Latvia.
    News

    Latvia and Estonia join Rail Freight Corridor 8

    2020-10-12T15:55:00Z

    EUROPE: Latvia and Estonia have formally joined the North Sea-Baltic Rail Freight Corridor with effect from October 12, almost five years after the corridor was originally established in November 2015.

  • pl-KD Pesa Elf2
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    Koleje Dolnośląskie orders EMUs to support regional transport strategy

    2020-09-30T08:44:00Z

    POLAND: A contract for Pesa Bydgoszcz to supply five five-car Elf2 electric multiple-units for use in the Wrocław area was signed by regionally-owned operator Koleje Dolnośląskie on September 29. The 145m złoty order is being financed from the operator’s own resources and EU ...

  • LTG Link
    News

    Warszawa – Vilnius passenger service to launch next year

    2020-09-18T11:04:00Z

    EUROPE: A letter of intent for the launch of a Warszawa – Vilnius passenger service was signed by the Lithuanian national railway’s passenger business LTG Link and its Polish counterpart PKP Intercity on September 17. The service is expected to start in late 2021, offering a journey ...

  • tn_pl-laude-smart-intermodal-wagons.jpg
    News

    Laude Smart Intermodal orders 1 000 wagons to carry non-standard containers

    2020-09-17T11:26:00Z

    POLAND: Logistics company Laude Smart Intermodal has awarded United Wagon Co a contract to design and supply 1 000 flat wagons for carrying containers on the Russia – Poland corridor. Announcing the order on September 14, UWC said its Type 13-6724 would be the first 1 520 ...

  • tn_pl-olsztyn_tram_1_02.jpg
    Metro Report International

    Olsztyn tramway expansion preferred bidder named

    2020-08-21T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: Kraków-based ZUE SA has been named preferred bidder for a contract to build an extension of the Olsztyn tramway. The 6 km double-track extension would run through the southeastern Pieczewo district to a four-track terminus at a 50-space park-and-ride site. The route would include a 270 ...

  • pl Zachodniopomorskie Newag 36WEh electro-diesel
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    Polish region orders electro-diesel multiple-units

    2020-08-06T15:00:00Z

    POLAND: Newag has signed a 40m złoty contract to supply an initial two two-car Impuls 2 36WEh electro-diesel multiple-units to Zachodniopomorskie voivodship, with an 200m złoty option for a further 10 units. The first two are expected to be delivered this year for entry into passenger service ...