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05.01.2024
Rail operators’ third party liability insurance contracts concluded in 2024
Rail operators are required to have valid third party liability insurance. The minimum guaranteed sum of insurance for rail carriers operating on the territory of the Republic of Poland is determined on the basis of the average EUR exchange rate announced by the National Bank of Poland for the first time in the year in which the insurance contract is concluded.
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03.01.2024
Rail passenger transport in Polish regions in 3Q 2023
In 3Q 2023 the highest number of passengers used rail services in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, with a share of 24.5% of passengers checked in. However, this result is lower than a year ago. On the second place was the Pomorskie Voivodeship. In 3Q 2023 the number of passengers was the highest so far this year – it reached 94.5 m.
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29.12.2023
Rail transport in November 2023
In November 2023 32.4 m passengers travelled by rail. This is a year-on-year increase by 1 m passengers (+3.2%). In January-November 2023 over 343 m passengers chose trains - 0.8 m more than in the whole of 2022. In November 2023 20 m tonnes of goods were carried - 0.95 m tonnes (-4.9%) less than a year ago. The transport and operational performance dropped compared to 2022.
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27.12.2023
No changes to PKP PLK price list for 2024/2025 timetable
The Polish infrastructure manager, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., informed the Office of Rail Transport that the charges for the use of railway infrastructure will remain at the same level for the 2024/2025 timetable. The current unit rates have been in force since 2022.
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22.12.2023
How to become a train driver in Poland? Office of Rail Transport publishes a new handbook
'How to become a train driver? A guide for candidates for the profession' is a must for those who dream of driving trains. The Office of Rail Transport published a guidebook which reveals the secrets of a train driver’s job.
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19.12.2023
Office of Rail Transport and Civil Aviation Authority sign a letter of intent on protection of whistleblowers
On 14 December 2023 at the headquarters of the Examination and Monitoring Centre for Train Drivers in Warsaw, Ignacy Góra, President of the Office of Rail Transport, and Piotr Samson, President of the Civil Aviation Authority (ULC), signed a letter of intent, declaring their intention to cooperate in order to establish a joint advisory team on fair treatment (Just Culture project).
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12.12.2023
Intermodal transport in 3Q 2023
The weight of goods transported by rail intermodal operators in 3Q 2023 was 6.2 m tonnes. The transport performance in 3Q 2023 reached 2.2 bn tonne-km and was significantly better than in 2Q 2023. However, compared to 3Q 2022 the weight carried dropped by 8.6% and the transport performance by 4.5%.
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11.12.2023
Rail freight by commodity groups in 3Q 2023
From January to September 2023 a total of 172.9 m tonnes of goods were carried, while the transport performance was 46.3 bn tonne-km. The group with the largest share by weight was coal, lignite, crude oil and natural gas. Commodities from this group accounted for 30.42% by weight and 21.01% by transport performance. In January-September 2023 a total of 57.7 m tonnes of goods from this commodity group were transported, which is a decrease by 7.1 m tonnes (11%) compared to the same period in 2022. Coal shipments dropped the most.
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06.12.2023
New annual train timetable from 10 December 2023
The new 2023/2024 train timetable will come into force at midnight 9/10 December 2023. In most European countries the timetable changes once a year, on the second weekend of December on Saturday night. The obligation to publish the new train timetables in advance rests mainly on operators of rail infrastructure facilities, i.a. station and platform managers.
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01.12.2023
New report on rail freight and alternative modes of transport in Europe
In Poland the share of rail freight was 22% in 2021, which ranks 14th out of 27 European countries. The remainder of freight is handled by road vehicles (78%). Rail transport share is the biggest in Lithuania (62.5% share) and the smallest in Ireland (0.6%). The Office of Rail Transport published a new report, which shows rail freight services in comparison with alternative modes of land transport in Europe.