THE district court of Warsaw has ordered Poland's national treasury to compensate state-owned regional passenger operator Regional Railways (PR), after the government failed to pay for the operation of inter-regional services between 2006 and 2008.
POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLK has rejected a track access request filed by Czech open-access long-distance operator Leo Express due to "formal deficiencies" in the application.
WARSAW Tramways invites bids by July 22 for a fleet of 30 low-floor unidirectional LRVs, with ac traction equipment and microprocessor control.
CZECH open-access long-distance passenger operator Leo Express announced on June 24 that it has carried more than 400,000 passengers in the six months since the launch of its full timetable on January 18.
THE FIRST of 20 seven-car Pendolino sets for PKP Intercity was presented to the Polish deputy transport minister Mr Andrzej Massel and PKP Intercity CEO Mr Janusz Malinowski at Alstom's Savigliano plant in Italy on June 17.
MZKT, the municipal public transport operator in the Polish city of Toruń, has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to supply a fleet of 12 low-floor LRVs for the city's 41.4km metre-gauge tram network.
A HANDOVER ceremony has been held in Krakow to mark the delivery of the last of 74 Flexity Classic low-floor light rail vehicles to Krakow Transport Authority (MPK).
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) is to increase its loan to PKP Intercity for a fleet of 250km/h Pendolino emus from the €224m originally agreed in July 2011 to €342m.
POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Astaldi a Zlotys 240m ($US 57.3m) contract to upgrade the 11km Balice Express rail link between Krakow Central station and the John Paul II International Airport at Balice.
POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLP has selected a consortium of Thales and Trakce, Czech Republic, in a €76m contract to upgrade train management systems including signalling and supervision on the 100km Warsaw Okecie - Radom line.
