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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 ...
PKP Intercity operates all InterCity trains in Poland as well as most of the country's EuroCity services throughout Europe. Although competition is rising in the long-distance rail travel market in Poland, PKP Intercity still holds a de facto monopoly in the industry, as its current market share represents almost 100% of the segment.
The train services are operated by PKP Intercity, Polregio and Koleje Wielkopolskie. In 2023, it served 24.9 million passengers, making it the country's second busiest railway station only behind Wrocław Główny .
Each train is six coaches long, using specially branded carriages provided by both DB and PKP - the livery is white, as per DB Intercity, but with a dark blue stripe instead of the normal red. Four of them (three full 2nd class and handicap car) are provided by PKP, Restaurant/1st class and first class are delivered by DB.
Trains are divided into the categories: EuroNight (EN), EuroCity (EC), Express InterCity (EIC), Express InterCity Premium (EIP) – generally faster and more expensive, InterCity (IC) and (TLK) (interregional fast trains, slower than EN/EC/EIC but cheaper) and international fast trains. PKP Cargo – provides cargo rail transport.
Transport in Poland involves air, water, road and rail transportation. The country has a large network of municipal public transport, such as buses, trams and the metro. As a country located at the 'cross-roads' of Europe, Poland is a nation with a large and increasingly modern network of transport infrastructure.
Central Rail Line (Warsaw-Kraków), green line shows max speed of 200 km/h (since 2014). Since 13th December 2020, the speed limit is also raised to 200 km/h on the Warsaw–Gdańsk railway. [3] PKP Intercity was initially using only nine sets a day to operate 23 EIP services from Warsaw to Gdynia, Kraków, Katowice, and Wrocław.
The operator of the service between 1995 and 2014, PKP Intercity, then used the name Wawel on some of its domestic InterCity trains from Kraków to Bydgoszcz in 2016, Kraków to Szczecin in 2017 and 2018 and from Zielona Góra to Łódź in 2019. In mid 2017, it was announced that service may resume in December 2019.