'When Average Speed Dips Below 40km/h, Railways Should Be Free ...

‘When average speed dips below 40km/h, railways should be free’ Published on 09-09-2020 at 06:00

“Why not make the track access charges of railways in Poland dependent on the average commercial speed of the train?” It was the suggestion of the CEO of PCC Intermodal, Dariusz Stefanski, at the RailFreight Summit in Poznan. He may have been a little sarcastic in tone, but touched upon a major bottleneck on the Polish railway network. The average speed of an intermodal train is 31.7km/h, a conventional train has an even lower average.

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