All Poland articles – Page 11
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa metro Line M2 goes west
POLAND: Warszawa’s M2 metro line was extended by 3·4 km west from Rondo Daszyńskiego to Księcia Janusza on April 4. The opening was low-key owing to coronavirus travel restrictions, with regular operations starting at 04.45. Running tunnels up to 15·2m deep serve intermediate stations at Płocka, Młynów ...
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NewsPolish operator tests titanium dioxide disinfectant
POLAND: Koleje Śląskie is testing the use of TitanSolid, a titanium dioxide based product used in hospitals and food production plants to eliminate pathogenic microorganisms. The substance integrates with the surface it is applied to, creating an active coating that uses photocatalysis to destroy bacteria, fungi and ...
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NewsMałopolska railway development study commissioned
POLAND: Małopolska voivodship has awarded a 1·8m złoty contract to a consortium of Infra CD and Instytut Kolejnictwa to look at options for the development of the region’s rail network. The study will investigate the potential for enhancing passenger services on existing lines, as well as the ...
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NewsWarszawa suburban EMU contract awarded
POLAND: Suburban operator SKM Warszawa has awarded Newag a contract to supply 21 electric multiple-units by November 30 2022. The order covers 15 trainsets between 85 and 95 m in length and six between 70 and 77 m long. They will be used to increase capacity on ...
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NewsLotos Kolej expands fleet in EU-backed intermodal freight programme
POLAND: Freight operator Lotos Kolej has placed orders for an electric locomotive and flat wagons with co-financing from an EU programme which aims to increase the use of intermodal freight and move containerised traffic from road to rail. The EU’s aim is to reduce the negative effects ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst of 12 Panorama trams arrive in Olsztyn
POLAND: The first of 12 Durmazlar Panorama trams was delivered to Olsztyn on February 14. The low-floor vehicles were ordered from the Turkish manufacturer in August 2018 at the cost of 107·9m złoty, and will operate on the 6 km extension of the city’s tram network from ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst of 10 trams delivered to Katowice
modertrans katowice tram POLAND: Modertrans delivered the first of 10 single-section trams to Tramwaje Śląskie on February 12. The low-floor vehicle is one of two bidirectional trams and eight unidirectional ones expected to operate in Katowice by the end of ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomated tram operation demonstrated in Kraków
Krakow automated NEWAG tram trial POLAND: Kraków city transport operator MPK has demonstrated what it said was the first automated operation of a tram in Poland, with no driver in the cab and an onboard computer controlling the speed and when and ...
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NewsPoland to Luxembourg rail motorway launched
EUROPE: A rail motorway service linking Bettembourg-Dudelange in Luxembourg with Poznan-Swarzędz in Poland has been launched by Clip Group and CFL Multimodal. The first train left Bettembourg on January 28. There will initially be four round trips per week, but the operators expect ...
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NewsNew CEO aims to get Pesa back on track
POLAND: Rolling stock manufacturer Pesa is to announce a new strategy in the first quarter of this year, following the supervisory board’s decision to appoint the management board’s Vice-President of Operations Krzysztof Zdziarski as Chief Executive on January 8. Robert Tafiłowski was appointed as Chief Financial Officer. ...
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Metro Report InternationalSupercapacitor hybrid buses to reduce emissions at stops
POLAND: Solaris has won an order to supply Ząbkowice Śląskie with seven Urbino 12 buses equipped with supercapacitor energy storage and an engine control system designed to reduce emissions at bus stops. The vehicles will have hybrid drives comprising a 120 kW electric motor powered by a ...
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NewsPolish-Chinese consortium to upgrade Białystok line
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has selected a Polish-Chinese consortium comprising Intercor, Stecol Corp and Sinohydro Corp for a 4·14bn złoty contract to modernise the 71 km line between Czyżew and Białystok. This forms part of the corridor from Warszawa to the Lithuanian border, which is ...
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NewsPesa finds outside investor
PESA: Rolling stock manufacturer Pesa confirmed on March 2 that it would enter into exclusive negotiations for the Polish development fund PFR to take a stake in the company. In recent months Pesa has been hit by cash flow problems arising from the early termination of ...
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NewsBombardier opens Wrocław production hall
POLAND: Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a 20 000 m2 high speed train car body production and painting hall at its Wrocław plant on November 3. The hall has ‘unique’ 3D laser welding technology which will be used to produce car bodies for Deutsche Bahn’s ICE4 fleet. Bombardier said ...
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NewsKraków plans three-line metro network
POLAND: The city of Kraków’s spatial planning team has published a study for a three-line metro, which has been endorsed by Mayor Jacek Majchrowski. The report targets construction to start in 2018 if the city authorities approve financing estimated at 3bn złoty. A significant part of this ...
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NewsChemistry tram on tour
POLAND: To celebrate the International Year of Chemistry, Warszawa Trams has been operating a special Chemical Tram, which has been roaming the city’s network making presentations to school children. Staff on the open wagon towed by a decorated works vehicle conducted a range of spectacular experiments, demonstrating ...
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NewsPolish high speed rail plan
POLAND: The government’s high speed rail committee has approved a draft programme and environmental impact study for the development of high speed rail services. The proposals envisage the construction of a Y-shaped network totalling 500 km. A line would run from Warszawa though Łódź to Kalisz, where ...
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PKP poised to take the privatisation plunge
Jan Janik, President of the Management Board and Director General of Polish State Railways, discussed with Murray Hughes in Warszawa how he is preparing the network for a rapid process of transition, first to a restructured business-led railway and then truly into the private sector.
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Corridor upgrade cuts transit times
Murray Hughes travelled in a PKP inspection saloon to view improvement works on the E20 corridor between Warszawa and Poznan