PKP Intercity

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Type JSC Key people Marek ChraniukCEO Website www.intercity.pl Founded 1 January 2001		Industry Rail transport Number of employees 7,300 (As of 2014) Headquarters Warsaw, Poland

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PKP Intercity is a company of PKP Group responsible for long-distance passenger transport. It runs about 350 trains daily, connecting mainly large agglomerations and smaller towns in Poland. The company also provides most international trains to and from Poland.

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History

The company was founded after splitting Polskie Koleje Państwowe (national rail operator) into several companies to meet European Union standards.

Operations

The company runs the following train categories:

Express InterCity Premium (EIP, EIC Premium) – domestic high-speed trains (ED250 Pendolino) between major cities with obligatory reservation

Express InterCity (EIC) – high-standard trains between major cities and popular tourist destinations

domestic Express InterCity trains with obligatory reservation

EuroCity (EC) – international high-standard trains, reservation obligatory on domestic routes

EuroNight (EN) – international night trains with obligatory reservation

InterCity – affordable express trains with obligatory reservation; higher standard than TLK but the same fare

Twoje Linie Kolejowe (TLK, "Your Rail Lines") – affordable express trains with obligatory reservation (with some exceptions); lower standard than InterCity. Some night TLK trains provide couchette and sleeper cars. A limited number of shorter-route TLK trains is 2nd-class only.

Międzynarodowy (M) – international fast train (lower standard than EuroCity)

Międzynarodowy nocny – international night train (lower standard than EuroNight)

References

PKP Intercity Wikipedia

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Contents

Pesa gama marathon z poci giem pkp intercity

History

Operations

References