Koleje Małopolskie (Lesser Poland Railways) is a regional rail operator in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.

History

The company was founded on 2 December 2013 and is owned by the

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 ...

, to handle local passenger traffic in the Voivodeship. It started operations on 6 November 2014. The railway was founded to reduce the congestion on the Kraków - Wieliczka line, reducing the travel time to 21 minutes. The Wieliczka Salt Mine connection is considered to be the main popular station, the local council built a new Park & Ride near Wieliczka Park and Wieliczka Rynek railway stations.

Rolling stock

Railway lines

From the 14 December 2014 Koleje Małopolskie will transport passengers on the route Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia with modern and air conditioned trains. The travel time is 21 minutes, and the train will begin the route at 05:00 to 23:00 every thirty minutes. In 2015 after the railway will be renovated the route will extend to Kraków Balice which has direct access to the John Paul II International Airport. In the future Koleje Małopolskie will expand together with the Kraków High Speed Agglomeration Railway, which will gain three new routes: * Trzebinia – Kraków Główny – Tarnów * Sędziszów – Kraków Główny – Podbory Skawińskie * Kraków Balice – Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koleje Malopolskie Companies based in Kraków Railway companies established in 2013