Jon Worth1d ago

Important 🇪🇺 rail news

🇨🇿 private operator RegioJet is pulling out of Poland on 3 May, not even a year after entering the market there

Run this through machine translation:
https://zdopravy.cz/regiojet-konci-v-polsku-peklo-ktere-ohrozuje-nasi-firmu-vysvetluje-jancura-278394/

RegioJet končí v Polsku. Peklo, které ohrožuje naši firmu, vysvětluje Jančura - Zdopravy.cz

Dopravce tvrdě zkritizoval neférové podmínky na polském trhu.

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Show threadJon Worth1d ago

That piece is obviously one sided, in that it basically reports the RegioJet view

A friend of mine in Poland who took it a few times tells a story of an operation fraught with incompetence

The reality is likely that RegioJet underestimated the scale of the task AND the incumbents were malevolent

Show thread波鉄 (Hatetsu)1d ago
@jon To paste what I said on a more local thread: https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu/116373715358461654
Show threadJon Worth

@HaTetsu And having also observed the inability of anyone to get to the bottom of the Newag scandal, it's obviously the case that the Polish rail system is incapable of rooting out the shit in its midst.

But even *still*, RegioJet should surely have known this?

Apr 9 at 8:45amWeb
Show thread波鉄 (Hatetsu)1d ago
@jon Eh, I'd say it wasn't obvious looking from the outside. They probably had reassurances that PKP IC would stop obstruction at the railway regulator level and that did happen. It was only when it was clear they were committing to this that the obstruction restarted, elsewhere. On the other hand, it seems like RegioJet overextended and added a couple of their own screw-ups to the list along the way, eroding some of the goodwill they were extended from the public almost by default
Show threadTomasz Oryński1d ago

@jon @HaTetsu what do you mean inability!

The hackers have been sued already for hacking the trains and writing malicious code into them. That will show them! :)