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🌇 STΞ3BS 🌇Another landmark marvel along the CHW line, double exposed by the SEPTA window
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波鉄 (Hatetsu)The newly-restored line to Łomża will only have three pairs of regional trains on weekends (four on working days) - less than the four required by the terms of the Kolej Plus scheme covering the investment. The voivodeship justifies this with 'continuing works' and claims that the proper minimum service will be run - once the project is really done: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/podlaskie-tylko-trzy-pociagi-regionalne-do-lomzy-w-weekendy-152778.html
Podlaskie: Tylko trzy pociągi regionalne do Łomży w weekendy
Poznaliśmy rozkład jazdy, jaki ma obowiązywać od połowy czerwca na zmodernizowanej linii do Łomży. W dni wolne samorząd wojewódzki planuje finansować tylko trzy pary kursów, a więc mniej, niż zakładały warunki programu Kolej Plus. Urząd marszałkowski tłumaczy, że nie dobiegły końca prace infrastrukturalne, a liczba połączeń zwiększy się po ich finale.
So, a little Rynek Kolejowy drop: Koleje Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesian Railways) will take over the remaining Głogów-Zielona Góra trains from Polregio, having previously been given all trains running through from Wrocław. The Zielona Góra-Żary-Węgliniec-Görlitz route will remain with Polregio for the time being despite speculation and the voivodeship's continued disappointment with the company's performance. The Lubusz Voivodeship also confirmed their Lower Silesian counterparts' earlier announcement that they will be running Legnica-Cottbus trains (as seen at https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu/116438917153980057): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/koleje-dolnoslaskie-zastapia-polregio-na-trasie-glogow--zielona-gora--152732.html
#kolej #rail #CrossRegionRail #KolejeDolnoslaskie #Polregio #RegionalRail
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For the international audience: Koleje Dolnośląskie (the Lower Silesian Railways) are expected to rent 6 Poland-approved DMUs from DB that currently ply the Forst-Tuplice-Żary route and use them to expand cross-border traffic to a Legnica-Cottbus through connection with 7 pairs a day (and also improve their diesel rolling stock numbers overall) from the 2026/7 timetable. Funding is supposed to be secured through at least 2030. Bit of a shame they couldn't get this figured out sooner what with all the Berlin-Frankfurt (Oder) chaos but this should make Forst significantly better as an alternative, more affordable and reservation-free, route between Germany and Poland #rail #db #CrossBorderRail #CrossRegionRail #RailwayNewYear https://mastodon.com.pl/@[email protected]/116438556497196039
Rynek Kolejowy also interviewed the CEO of the newly created Lubuski Transport Publiczny, the Lubusz Voivodeship's idea for a train and bus operating company. The headline and lead float the idea that they could get started with the Lubsko and Międzychód lines that are being reactivated, though the topic isn't really expanded on in the article itself - and the position of LTP's CEO seems to be that it is currently more important to get timetables on the existing lines into shape, with a mininum being 2 h Takt on the local lines and 1 h Takt on the main lines. They are aiming receive the necessary safety certification for running trains by the end of this year and carve out maintenance space somewhere in Czerwieńsk - whether they manage a deal to take over the existing facilities from PKP CargoTabor or not.
The subject of cross-border connections was also broached, with the interviewd guy noting that "particularly Cottbus […] is an unappreciated destination" (connections there are expected to improve if KD's plans materialize: https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu/116438917153980057): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/lubuski-transport-publiczny-zacznie-od-tras-do-lubska-i-miedzychodu--143526.html
波鉄 (Hatetsu) (@[email protected])
For the international audience: Koleje Dolnośląskie (the Lower Silesian Railways) are expected to rent 6 Poland-approved DMUs from DB that currently ply the Forst-Tuplice-Żary route and use them to expand cross-border traffic to a Legnica-Cottbus through connection with 7 pairs a day (and also improve their diesel rolling stock numbers overall) from the 2026/7 timetable. Funding is supposed to be secured through at least 2030. Bit of a shame they couldn't get this figured out sooner what with all the Berlin-Frankfurt (Oder) chaos but this should make Forst significantly better as an alternative, more affordable and reservation-free, route between Germany and Poland #rail #db #CrossBorderRail #CrossRegionRail #RailwayNewYear https://mastodon.com.pl/@[email protected]/116438556497196039
No word on how they're going to fix their rolling stock woes ("need help"), but also opposes the restoration of the 4th railway package tender exception for local governments ordering from their own companies due to 1) uncertainty regarding the bailout settlement (as a reminder, Poland removed exceptions to the tendering requirement from its implementation of said EU law in exchange for being allowed to bail out Polregio with state budget money) and 2) the simple fact that it means Polregio is less likely to get more contracts.
There's some copium in there, but apparently the strategic aim right now is to get in-house repair facilities prepared for the major P4 and P5 level inspections and overhauls, so that they can undercut voivodeship railways on maintenance costs.
He also praised the people of company for their competence and drive, considering them the best surprise he found. Which is perhaps the best thing you can hope for in any huge organization :)
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In an interview, the recently appointed CEO of Polregio advocates for unification of ownership under PKP SA (ie. for the central government to buy out all voivodeship shares in the company - currently, since the 2014 bailout, about half of the shares are owned by a state-owned holding company, while the rest is split between all voivodeships proportionally to their population - including Masovia, which doesn't use Polregio services at all), so that it may act as a counterpart to PKP Intercity focused on "eliminating transport exclusion" (ie. so that random local cross-voivodeship connections return to being served by a regional operator with regional rolling stock and not random TLK trains thrown into the national long-distance rail contract) and improve political control over railway policy: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pawlowski-polregio-struktura-wlascicielska-do-zmiany-tabor-niezbedny-142272.html
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Pawłowski (POLREGIO): Struktura właścicielska do zmiany. Tabor niezbędny
– Z całą pewnością POLREGIO powinno się znaleźć pod nadzorem Ministerstwa Infrastruktury i mieć jednego właściciela. Skoro w takiej formule na rynku działa i rozwija się PKP Intercity, to podobnie moglibyśmy działać i my – mówi Andrzej Pawłowski, prezes zarządu POLREGIO. Z nowym prezesem POLREGIO rozmawiamy także o konkurencji na krajowym rynku oraz wyzwaniach stojących przed spółką.
Meanwhile, Kuyavia-Pomerania is bragging about having reached an agreement with Greater Poland to have 8 pairs of trains from Poznań extended to Kcynia, 6 of them onwards to Nakło nad Notecią in "2027". Could be 2027/8, but who knows, revitalized railway lines have been opening at various times of the year:
https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/kujawskopomorskie-pociagi-wroca-do-kcyni-w-2027-roku-136585.html
#kolej #RegionalRail #CrossRegionRail #KolejWielkopolskie #KujawskoPomorskie
Kujawsko-pomorskie: Pociągi wrócą do Kcyni w 2027 roku
Osiem par pociągów do Wągrowca i sześć do Nakła od 2027 roku będzie regularnie kursować z dworca kolejowego w Kcyni (powiat nakielski). Pociągi, które wrócą na Pałuki po 22 latach, umożliwią mieszkańcom podróże przede wszystkim w stronę Poznania. Obecnie spółka PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe prowadzi zaawansowane prace modernizacyjne infrastruktury kolejowej na trasie Nakło – Kcynia – granica województwa.
Meanwhile in Polish regional rail, it looks like the government is working on removing the article adding an absolute requirement for voivodeships to put trains to tender when the IV railway package obligations come into force. As a reminder, this tighter requirement was added to its national implementation here in exchange for the EU allowing a bailout of Polregio a decade ago - with its removal, voivodeships would be allowed to hand lots over to their own companies - and about half of all voivodeships has one now, though not necessarily a working one yet - as allowed by the EU regulation.
Unsurprisingly, Allrail, the private passenger railway undertakings' organization, is rather unhappy about this, as it is with the short, one week, consultation period. Additionally, it remains unclear whether this was actually agreed with the Commission (though I doubt they'd stand in the way): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/powierzenie-dla-przewoznikow-wojewodzkich-jednak-zostanie-allrail-nie-uchylajmy-tej-furtki-127642.html
Powierzenie dla przewoźników wojewódzkich jednak zostanie? AllRail: Nie uchylajmy tej furtki
Samorządy województw być może zachowają możliwość zlecania regionalnych przewozów kolejowych własnym spółkom bez przetargu. Taką furtkę przewiduje najnowszy projekt nowelizacji ustawy o publicznym transporcie zbiorowym. Stowarzyszenie niezależnych przewoźników alarmuje, że doprowadzi to do zahamowania liberalizacji rynku, a przez to – do większych wydatków organizatorów transportu i pasażerów.
Kinda interesting day at Rynek Kolejowy today, here's some of the stories:
First, a reminder to those who don't dig into yearly timetables (that sorta includes me too) - trains will be replaced by buses from the March timetable change until the end of August between Jasło and Krosno in Subcarpathia. This is in addition to the existing closures further down the line to Zagórz and Ustrzyki, where the voivodeship opted to cancel the trains, arguing that the existing bus offer is sufficient and paying for train replacement buses would have been a waste of money: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/podkarpackie-autobusy-zastepcze-do-zagorza-to-niegospodarnosc--126399.html
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Podkarpackie: Autobusy zastępcze do Zagórza to niegospodarność?
Samorząd województwa podkarpackiego zapowiada kolejne zmiany w organizacji połączeń na modernizowanej linii nr 108. Od marca do sierpnia autobusy zastąpią pociągi Regio na odcinku Jasło – Krosno. Do Zagórza i Ustrzyk Dolnych ruch nadal nie będzie prowadzony, co województwo tłumaczy troską o finanse publiczne.