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Polregio (formerly ''Przewozy Regionalne'') is a train operator 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 populou ...
, responsible for local and interregional passenger transportation. Each day it runs approximately 3,000 regional trains. In 2002 it carried 215 million passengers. The company was founded in 2001 from the splitup of the PKP Passenger Transport Sector of the once-unitary '' Polskie Koleje Państwowe'' national rail operator into several companies to meet
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requirements.


Train categories

;REGIO (R) :local passenger train, 2nd class only, stops (usually) at all stations ;REGIOplus :semi-fast local passenger train, 2nd class only, stops at a limited number of stations, same fare as Regio ;interREGIO (IR) :low-cost inter-regional fast train, 2nd class only, stops at medium and major stations only; since 1 September 2015 only on routes
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and
Ełk Ełk (; former pl, Łek; german: Lyck; Old Prussian: ''Luks''; lt, Lukas), also spelled Elk in English, is a small city in northeastern Poland with 61,677 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was assigned to Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999, ...
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(Belarus), due to company's economics and restructuring. ;REGIOekspres (RE) :fast trains on international routes; stop at major stations only; 1st and 2nd class, higher standard than IR; currently only on the routes: Dresden Hbf -
Wrocław Główny Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, ro ...
and
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(both operated by
DB Regio DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany. DB Regio AG, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn Group and there part of the DB Regio bus ...
on the
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part of the route as
RegionalExpress In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with average speed at about 70–90 km/h (top speed often 160 km/h) as it calls at ...
) There is also a special train service called Balice Ekspres, connecting the John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice with Kraków Main railway station with its own fare. For domestic routes IR and RE trains share the same fare for the 2nd class (meaning you can board an RE train with an IR ticket and vice versa). With the exception of the two above-mentioned RegioEkspres trains, there is no reservation in any of the Przewozy Regionalne trains. Until 1 December 2008 the company also used to run other 300 interregional and international fast trains ('), but per the government's decision, the interregional and international fast trains were transferred to its then-sister company,
PKP Intercity 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 t ...
S.A. and rebranded to "Tanie Linie Kolejowe".


Ownership

Until 22 December 2008 Przewozy Regionalne was a wholly owned subsidiary of the
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 ...
, after that date all of its shares have been transferred to the 16
regional In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
governments. Thus, the company is no longer part of the PKP Group and on interregional routes its InterRegio trains compete with
PKP Intercity 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 t ...
TLK trains. On 8 December 2009 it finally changed its name from ''PKP Przewozy Regionalne'' to ''Przewozy Regionalne'', and in January 2017, the company started using the brandname ''POLREGIO'' for its services.


Fleet


Electric multiple units

(as at 15 June 2020) File:EN57 1267 on the line from Liswarta to Herby Nowe. Temporary detour due to track works (Herby Nw.).jpg, EN57-1267 File:ED72-002 at Kraków Główny.jpg, ED72-002 File:PR EN57AL-2112 Poznan Staroleka May 2016.jpg, EN57AL-2112 File:EN62A-101, Rzeszów, 2017-11-13.jpg, EN62A-101 File:EN96-001.JPG, EN96-001 File:Chróścina Opolska (Reisern). Newag Impuls 36WEa-28.jpg, EN63A-028 File:ED78-024 Newag Impuls Polregio 4.jpg, ED78-024


Electric locomotives

(as at 15 June 2020) File:EP07-2003 (38296237764).jpg, EP07P-2003


Diesel locomotives

(as at 15 June 2020) SM42-204.JPG, SM42-204 SU42 i Bmnopux - Opole Główne (2).JPG, SU42 SM04-742 (38990941841).jpg, SM04-742


Carriages

(as at 15 June 2020) File:Kuźnica; Polregio R90546; 2019-08-14.jpg, SM42+120A+Bmnopux File:161A 005.jpg, 161A


Diesel multiple units

(as at 15 June 2020) WK15 Koluszki (11) Lichen99.jpg, SA135-020 in Koluszki 2010-11-26-szczecin-glówny-by-RalfR-64.jpg, SA136-008 WK15 Lublin (31) Lichen99.jpg, SA137-008 SA139-023, Польша, Поморское воеводство, станция Гданьск-Главный (Trainpix 216917).jpg, SA139-022 023


See also

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Transportation in Poland Transport in Poland involves air, water, road and rail transportation. The country has a large network of municipal public transport, such as buses, trams and the metro. As a country located at the 'cross-roads' of Europe, Poland, with its highly ...
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List of railway companies This is an incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past. In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not compani ...
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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 ...


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* * {{Authority control Railway companies of Poland Railway companies established in 2001 2001 establishments in Poland Companies based in Warsaw Polish brands Polish Limited Liability Companies