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Official list of all PKP IC trains
Online timetable
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PKP Intercity is a company of PKP Group
PKP Group ( pl, Grupa PKP) is a Polish corporate group founded in 2001 from the former state enterprise, Polish State Railways. The purpose of this change was to separate infrastructure management and transport operations.
It consists of the follo ...
responsible for long-distance passenger transport. It runs about 350 trains daily, connecting mainly large agglomerations and smaller towns in Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. The company also provides most international trains to and from Poland. Trains offer Wi-Fi
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connectivity.
History
The company was founded after splittingPolskie Koleje Państwowe
(''PKP S.A.''; en, Polish State Railways, Inc.) is the dominant railway operator in Poland.
The company was founded when the former state-owned enterprise was divided into several units based on the need for separation between infrastructure ...
(national rail operator) into several companies to meet European Union
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standards.
Operations
The company runs the following train categories: * Express InterCity Premium (EIP, EIC Premium) – domestic exclusivehigh-speed trains
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail system that runs significantly faster than traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines ...
(ED250 New Pendolino
The New Pendolino is a class of high-speed tilting trains built by Alstom Ferroviaria ( Fiat Ferroviaria) for Trenitalia and Cisalpino. It is derived from a model developed for the Chinese operator Changchun Railway Company, and subsequently dev ...
) between major cities with obligatory reservation.
* Express InterCity (EIC) – high-standard express trains between major cities and popular tourist destinations:
* InterCity – affordable high-standard express train
An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than Local train, local trains that stop at most or all of the s ...
s and fast trains with obligatory reservation; higher standard and priority than TLK but the same fare. Exclusive high-standard express trains - Pesa Dart
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and Stadler Flirt also run under the InterCity brand.
** EuroCity
EuroCity, abbreviated as EC, is a cross-border train category within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains allocated to the lower-level "IC" (InterCity) category, EC trains are international services that meet 20 criteri ...
(EC) – international high-standard trains, reservation obligatory, on domestic routes runs under InterCity and Express InterCity brand,
** EuroNight
EuroNight, abbreviated EN, is a European train category which denotes many main-line national and international night train services within the Western and Central European inter-city rail network. Overview
The classification and name were bro ...
(EN) – international night trains with obligatory reservation.
* ''Twoje Linie Kolejowe'' (TLK, "Your Rail Lines"; formerly called ''Tanie Linie Kolejowe'', "Cheap Rail Lines" from 2005–2011) – affordable fast trains with obligatory reservation (with some exceptions); lower standard than InterCity. Some overnight TLK trains such as Przemyślanin
Przemyślanin is an overnight train (18 hrs needed to complete the route at an average speed of 56 km/h) operated by PKP Intercity, a division of the Polish State Railways, which runs across whole Poland, from southeastern station of Przemyśl GŠ...
and Ustronie provide couchette
A couchette car is a railway carriage conveying non or semi-private sleeping accommodation.
Overview
The car is divided into a number of compartments (typically 8 to 10) accessed from the side corridor of the car, which in daytime are configu ...
and sleeper cars. A limited number of shorter-route TLK trains is 2nd-class only. Usually run by locomotive-hauled rakes and more rarely Pesa Bydgostia
The Pesa is a river in Tuscany, central Italy. It has a length of 53 km, and, after crossing the provinces of Siena and Florence, flows into the Arno River near Montelupo Fiorentino
Montelupo Fiorentino is a '' comune'' (municipality) in t ...
EMUs.
** Międzynarodowy (M) – international fast train (lower standard than EuroCity)
** Międzynarodowy nocny – international night train (lower standard than EuroNight)
Rolling stock
Electric locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Electric multiple units
See also
*Rail transport in Poland
The Polish railways network consists of around of track as of 2019, of which is electrified. National electrification system is 3 kV DC.
Poland is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC), its UIC Country Code is 51.
Rail ...
* Polish locomotives designation
PKP classification system (Polish locomotive designation) is a system of assigning letters and numbers to series and individual locomotives used by the PKP - Polish national railroad operator.
The system was introduced for the steam stock by the ...
References
External links
Official list of all PKP IC trains
Online timetable
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