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Trains between Poland and Slovakia, Czech Republic suspended

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International trains on the Polish-Slovak border are suspended as of Friday, and on the Polish-Czech border as of Saturday, Grzegorz Swiszcz, deputy director of the Government Security Center tweeted on Friday over coronavirus concerns.

First Euro-China train arrives at Sławków Euroterminal

The Sławków rail terminal in southern Poland on Sunday welcomed the arrival of the first Chinese train under a November-opened wide-gauge Euro-China rail connection between Poland and the city of Xi'an in China. The train took 12 days to complete the route.

Czech rail operator looking to expand in Poland

The Czech Leo Express train operator submitted an application to the Office of Railway Transportation (UTK) for permission to provide commercial train service on the Krakow-Warsaw line, Poland's key rail connection, the Puls Biznesu daily has reported.

First Polish hybrid train makes its maiden journey in Gdansk

Poland's first 'Impuls" 36 WEh hybrid passenger train made its first every trip to mark the opening of the Traco 13th International Railway Fair which began in Gdansk, northern Poland, on Tuesday.

Intercity rail carrier handles record number of passengers

Passenger railway carrier PKP Intercity reported that on August 18 the company saw a daily record in the number of transported passengers, PKP Intercity has said in a statement.

Kraków firm involved in building new generation fast trains in France

Engineers of Kraków (southern Poland)-based company EC Engineering are participating in the construction of the new generation of 'TGV' high-speed trains in France, the company has announced.

Southern Poland to launch regular train connection with Czech Prague

Southern Poland's railway carrier Koleje Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesian Railways) will add to its new train timetable on December 9, 2019, a direct rail connection between southwestern Wroclaw and the Czech capital, Prague.

Poland's Pendolinos carry 17.5 mln passengers over 30 mln kilometres

Poland's high-speed Pendolino trains have carried 17.5 million passengers over 30 million kilometres since their introduction in December 2014, Pendolino operator PKP Intercity executive Adam Laskowski told reporters on Tuesday.

Super-fast trains travelling at 600kph are on track after massive multi-million investment

Engineers from the Warsaw University of Technology which started the Hyper Poland company after advancing to the finals of Elon Musk’s Hyper Pod Competition in 2016, plan to use the funds on research and perfecting their technology.

Do the locomotion: New train of thought sees introduction of railway+ scheme to improve connections

In addition to providing railway connections to towns that have never had them or lost them, the government wants to prevent existing railway lines from being closed.

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