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PKP Intercity is a subsidiary of PKP Group, a state-owned holding company for various other railway-orientated subsidiaries. [5] PKP Intercity introduced a new standard of service in the Polish rail sector. [5] Certain trains operated under the InterCity brand offer onboard snacks and most feature air conditioning. Over time, the range of ...
Polish State Railways (PKP), a state-owned corporate group and part of the PKP Group conglomerate, is the main provider of railway services, holding an almost complete monopoly on long-distance passenger services. It is both supported and partly funded by the government. There are three main PKP companies:
PKP Intercity is a semi-independent division of PKP that operates long-distance passenger trains in Poland. It was founded in 2001 when, in preparation for separation between infrastructure management and transport operations, the Polish State Railways were reorganized into a number of independent operating companies under the unified direction ...
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The PKP Group (Polish: Grupa PKP) is a Polish corporate group founded in 2001, from the former state enterprise, Polish State Railways. The purpose of this change was to separate infrastructure management and transport operations. It consists of the following companies, of which PKP S.A. has the dominant position:
PKP Cargo; PKP Group; PKP Informatyka; PKP Intercity; PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa; PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe; Podkarpacka Kolej Aglomeracyjna; Polish State Railways; Polregio; Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway
In 2010 Alstom was the only company bidding on a PKP Intercity tender for high-speed trains, with an offer of 20 New Pendolino trains. [32] They will be equipped to work on 25 kV 50 Hz AC, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC and 3 kV DC, and thus able to operate in Poland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. [32]
After World War I (1914–18) Poland was re-constituted in 1918 as a sovereign independent state. After 1920 the 'Railway Rolling-Stock Repair Shop' in Bydgoszcz was renamed the 'PKP Class 1 Principal Workshop' under the Regional Directorate of the State Railways PKP in Gdańsk, and after October 1, 1933, under the Regional Directorate in ...