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PKP Intercity expansion, fleet upgrades, and speed testing

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PKP Intercity is undergoing significant service and fleet transformations. The carrier plans to expand its daily connections from 530 to approximately 600 in December 2026, a 30 percent increase over 2023 levels. A major overhaul of the railway timetable is set for December 13, 2026, which will add 69 connections. During the summer period, the number of daily connections is expected to rise to 622. Key improvements include more frequent services on major routes, such as trains running every 30 minutes between Warsaw and the Tricity area, and 32 daily trains between Krakow and Warsaw. New services will also include a night train to Zakopane and improved links from Podkarpacie to Warsaw. To support this growth, the company is pursuing tenders for Alstom high-speed trains and considering the purchase of an additional 96 used wagons from Deutsche ~~Bahn to supplement 50 wagons acquired previously.~~ Bahn. A 6.9 billion PLN contract with Alstom for 42 double-decker trains is expected to enter service by 2029. ~~A major overhaul~~ Regarding capacity, CEO Janusz Malinowski stated that the company does not intend to increase the number of standing passengers in most of its fleet, including Pendolino and FLIRT trains. However, the ~~railway timetable~~ carrier is ~~set~~ discussing potential technical modifications with Pesа for ~~December 13, 2026, aiming~~ the Dart electric multiple units to potentially increase ~~frequency between~~ passenger capacity during major ~~hubs like Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, and the Tricity area.~~ repairs. As part of its ~~broader~~ strategy to develop commercial ~~offerings on routes to cities such as Kraków, Wrocław, and Kołobrzeg,~~ offerings, PKP Intercity has applied to the Office of Rail Transport to expand services on the Warsaw–Świnoujście ~~route. The proposal, which covers the period~~ route from December 2026 to December ~~2031,~~ 2031. The proposal includes eight pairs of trains per day ~~with departures every two hours. The carrier intends to use~~ using Pendolino train sets for these fast connections, with seven pairs serving the full route to Świnoujście and one pair operating between Warsaw and Szczecin. The company suggested these services could potentially begin as early as December 2026. In response to rising passenger demand, the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure and PKP Intercity are implementing measures to address capacity issues. In Bochnia, a planned reduction of Intercity connections has been canceled. To combat overcrowding on high-traffic routes like Poznań to Warsaw, the Ministry of Infrastructure has announced the addition of four new train sets to the schedule. sets. Following successful overnight trials in late October 2026, authorities are preparing to increase speeds on the Central Magistrala Kolejowa (CMK) to 250 km/h by 2027.

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