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On the other hand, the Warsaw SKM line between Wieliszew and Radzymin will be closed completely for track work for all of September: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/plk-wyremontuje-tory-miedzy-wieliszewem-a-radzyminem-154122.html

#kolej #rail #Mazowieckie #PKP #PLK

A few more quick ones…
PKP PLK proposes a radical overhaul of replacement bus funding in the 2027/8 network rules. Instead of refunding operator costs of replacement transport caused by track work, PLK would pay a fixed sum for every train-km subject to replacement, and only when the cause is solely due to an unplanned line closure or extension of a planned closure.

This has attracted much criticism from train operators, who rightly note that bus transport cannot be equated to rail, with route lengths and costs varying widely.
They also note that the 'solely' in the condition for the compensation is doing a lot of work and could easily be used to deny payments if line closures combine with sudden rolling stock failures or other factors: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/nowy-regulamin-sieci-plk-a-komunikacja-zastepcza-kto-poniesie-koszty--153896.html

#kolej #rail #PKP #PLK

PKP PLK is threatening to sue the leader of the Locomotive Drivers' Trade Union who refused to retract comments in which he stated multiple recent derailments occurred due to PLK not reacting to findings from regular track inspections properly and having trains run at full speed where conditions call for a restriction: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/zzm-mietek-nie-przeprosi-za-oskarzenia-wobec-plk-153874.html

#kolej #PKP #PLK #rail

Eh, it's been a while, a bunch of things feels shitty, I should get some writing exercise, how about a newsdump for a distraction? Let's start with something a bit older…

Remember how the fees for keeping trains stopped on PLK tracks were going to skyrocket? (as mentioned in the Warmia-Masuria tender thread here: https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu/116726697403977789)
Well, PKP PLK walked that back after protests from train operators (who, among others, argued that they don't always even have control over which track their train gets told to stay on, so why should they have to pay for PLK staff decisions). It's apparently considered maybe reasonable to have higher fees for taking up main tracks, but not so much higher: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/oplaty-za-postoj-pociagow-mialy-wzrosnac-o-1800-nie-wzrosna-153542.html

#kolej #pkp #plk #rail

#PLK ma Mapę Interaktywną Linii Kolejowych… i owszem, skraca ją do MILK xD.

Moving back to HRJ, there is one detail I don't think was included in the report - the government is finally promising timetable normalcy! The number of timetable periods is to be decreased step-by-step until only two remain, starting in Decmeber and June. Already next year, there are supposed to be 4 timetable periods instead of the usual 5: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/horyzontalny-rozklad-jazdy-takt-przewidywalnosc-i-latwe-przesiadki-153477.html

#kolej #rail #PKP #PLK #bahnbubble #Fahrplan2027 #timetable #Timetable2027

PKP PLK signed a contract for the construction of a fourth track between Pszczółki and Pruszcz Gdański on the main line to Gdańsk. The section was tripled before but the demands of serving two major ports, a growing agglomeration and increasing amounts of summer traffic necessitated this investment: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-plk-z-umowa-na-czwarty-tor-od-pszczolek-do-pruszcza-gdanskiego--153451.html

#PKP #PLK #kolej #Pomorskie #Trójmiasto #rail

PKP PLK has unveiled plans to significantly improve connections between Świnoujście, Szczecin and Wrocław for freight, including a new yard near Goleniów and many adjustments to enable longer trains and improve capacity. They say it is the beginning of "corridor thinking" at Poland's national rail infra manager.
The announcement included little for passenger trains - there is too little money budgeted to improve relevant parameters on the Oder trunk connecting Szczecin with Wrocław via Zielona Góra - but Rudna-Lubin-Legnica is to be doubled, and Legnica-Kamieniec Ząbkowicki electrified: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-plk-zmodernizuje-nadodrzanke-i-rozbuduje-odcinek-lubin--legnica-153305.html

#PKP #PLK #kolej #rail

PKP PLK is looking to build platforms at a freight station currently known as Warszawa Jelonki and supposed to become Warszawa Ulrychów, presumably to match the nearest metro station. They will be used by some long-distance trains bypassing Zachodnia (West) station and running through Gdańska while the cross-town tunnel is closed for major overhauls: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/pkp-plk-zbuduje-nowy-przystanek-kolejowy-warszawa-ulrychow-153393.html

#PKP #PLK #kolej #rail #Warszawa

A key step towards resumed construction of the Łódź (regional) cross-town tunnel has been taken last week, with the voivode issuing an expropriation order for four tenement buildings (damaged in the incident that resulted in it being frozen, I believe) and a supply order for the tunnel-boring machine involved. They will all be taken over by PKP PLK, the national rail infrastructure manager. This was enabled by special amendments to the Law on Railway Transport that went into force at the end of January. Apartment and building owners will be paid compensation sometime in the next four months, while the owner of the TBM will be compensated once the work is over and the machine is returned. In addition, PLK has also signed earlier this month an agreement with the CPK (Port Polska) company that will see the latter taking over the construction of certain sections of the regional tunnel running concurrently with the planned HSL tunnel near Łódź Fabryczna station: https://www.rynekinfrastruktury.pl/wiadomosci/inzynieria-i-innowacje/dwie-decyzje--jeden-cel-powrot-do-budowy-tunelu-w-lodzi-105290.html

#Łódź #rail #kolej #PKP #PLK

Oh, another change in Portal Pasażera: now, when you pick Find a train > at the station, you get sent to a new page where you can pick a date and get links to some previously searched stations

#PKP #PLK #kolej #rail #bahnbubble

Of course, table 234 did *not* get get updated for this occasion. Aside from usual PLK tardiness, it looks like the voivodeship, which manages the line on its own, and PKP PLK spent the winter months tussling over the names of the halts (I guess since PLK runs the passenger information system, they get to impose their station naming regulations even on others' infra lol). The voivodeship proposed "Bielawa Camping Sudety" and "Bielawa Góry Sowie", PLK demanded changing to "Bielawa Jezioro" and "Bielawa Południowa", but they got convinced to allow Góry Sowie, at least

cc @NymeHess

#Dolnoslaskie #PKP #PLK #kolej

Heute vor 35 Jahren hat die deutsche Bundespost die PLK abgeschafft.
Ich vermute, vielen jungen Leuten dürfte die Abkürzung und Nutzung der Postlagerkarte unbekannt sein.
Als ich die kryptischen Adressen mit PLK zuerst in Cracktros auf dem C64 in den 80ern gelesen hatte, wusste ich auch noch nicht, was das ist.
Nach dem Wechsel zum Amiga hatte ich es dann kennengelernt. Ein Bekannter hatte sich auch eine PLK zugelegt, um an "neuen Stuff" zu kommen und hatte Sorge, dass ihn beim anonymen Abholen in der Kleinstadtpost trotzdem Leute kennen.

Den Dienst "postlagernd" gibt es wohl weiterhin, aber ist laut diesem Bericht nicht mehr zu empfehlen, da zu unbekannt:

https://www.paketda.de/news-postlagernd.html

#Amiga #PLK #DeutschePost

🏀 AMW Arka Gdynia przegrywała już 0-2 w ćwierćfinale Orlen Basket Ligi z WKS-em Śląsk Wrocław i wyciągnęła na 3-2. Z jednym z faworytów do tytułu. Wielki powrót Arki na salony i wielkie rozczarowanie Śląskiem. W decydującym - piątym meczu (dzisiaj) 71:54 (18:13, 19:21, 19:12, 15:8).

Półfinał Arka - Zastal zapowiada się genialnie. I drugi: Legia - Dziki. Warszawa na pewno zdobędzie medal. To już wiemy przed półfinałami. Co za sezon!

#plk #koszykówka

PKP PLK and unions have reached agreement on a new collective agreement that will bring raises almost twice as high as originally proposed by the infrastructure manager and new promotion and career development opportunities, among others.
PLK press release: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/negocjacje-plk-zakonczone-porozumieniem--152922.html

Union side info: https://www.szik-solidarnosc.org.pl/blog/?jest-podwy-ka-w-plk--1
https://zzdrpkp.org.pl/

#kolej #rail #plk #pkp

Wszystkie kwarty wygrane przez Zastal. Co za mecz! 84:70 i w środę Zastal może pożegnać Kinga w playoffach. Kinga, który startował w tym sezonie jako jeden z pretendentów do złota. Tomasz Gielo wściekły po meczu powiedział, że “zranione zwierzę jest najgroźniejsze”. Szykuje się meczycho! #koszykowka #plk #plkpl

🏀 Ale mecz gra Zastal z Kingiem. Do przerwy prowadzi 42:34 i naprawdę imponuje zaangażowaniem i jakością akcji. #koszykowka #plk #plkpl

From the May/June 2026 issue of Z Biegiem Szyn, a very rare example of an independant one-man railway publication that scrutinizes things the rail industry would rather keep quiet about. You can read all issues in the original Polish at https://zbs.net.pl :
- Railway regulator UTK finds PKP PLK deliberately skipped fixing flaws or outright downplayed them on certain lines, which resulted in several derailments last winter. The infrastructure manager outright admitted to skimping on maintenance for lines awaiting delayed overhauls despite receiving billions of PLN from the state budget for this purpose every year.
- On 26 April, a tire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_tire) crack on an InterCity train running the Łódź-Warsaw-Tricity route resulted in delays country-wide as PKPIC decided to limit all carriages with the same type of wheelset to 140 km/h until the cause of the incident could be determined. This covered about a third of all PKPIC trains, and the author points out that even after DB decided to replace tired wheelsets with monobloc ones across the ICE fleet after Eschede, PKPIC continues to have them retained during car overhauls.
- An increase in maximum speeds on the Nasielsk-Sierpc route to 100-120 km/h has increased the number of level crossing accidents - only a handful has been fitted with barriers. There have been 3 accidents in 2023, before the overhaul, 6 in 2025, and 4 in the first four months of 2026 alone. This has been a significant source of strain on Koleje Mazowieckie's Diesel rolling stock availability (and budget)

…And all that is just the second page alone

#kolej #rail #Poland #pkp #plk #ZBiegiemSzyn

🏀 Wciągam się w oglądanie koszykówki. Musze przyznać, że to bardziej porywająca dyscyplina niż piłka nożna.

Wczoraj obejrzałem oba mecze fazy play-off PLK. Przedwczoraj - jeden. Dzisiaj też obejrzę przynajmniej jeden.

#koszykówka #plk

Ale jaja! Co się dzieje z tym Śląskiem? Taka zapaść na finiszu sezonu zasadniczego #PLK #koszykowka

PKP PLK has signed a contract for design work on building extra passing loops between Władysławowo and Hel. Only design, because funding for the actual building work has yet to be secured. The project involves building a passing loop in the forests north of Hel, at the Chałupy halt, and also doubling the Władysławowo-Władysławowo Port section along with adding a second platform in Władysławowo: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/plk-zwiekszy-przepustowosc-linii-na-hel--142607.html

#pkp #plk #kolej #pomorskie #hel

A pamiętacie, jak #PKP #PLK zrobiło dłuuuugi peron na przystanku #Jastrowie Miasto, żeby się pociągi PKP #InterCity mogły zatrzymywać?

No więc w dalszym ciągu się nie zatrzymują.

In other Polish rail news, apparently they added the ability find a particular train by name to Portal Pasażera some weeks (I think) ago, so you don't have to look up the number anymore if you use those

#PLK #rail #kolej #PKP

Kiedy widzisz pomarańczowe płoty, i uświadamiasz sobie, że nie jesteś już na obszarze sieci #PKP #PLK (tylko #DSDiK).

#mikol

Czytam, co w nowej wersji aplikacji #PortalPasażera #PLK (czyt. co zepsuli), a tu okazuje się, że ichni programiści odkryli właśnie kompresję danych.

Znaczy się, od lat aplikacja pobiera praktycznie codziennie nowe "słowniki" (wszak baza stacji może zmienić się każdego dnia!), zawsze trwało to długo, i nagle okazuje się, że nie używano kompresji. Co dalej? Może odkryją Last-Modified i zaczną pobierać tylko wtedy, kiedy coś faktycznie się zmieni.

#kolej #PKP

Pamiętajcie, że nie można tak sobie nazywać pociągów chorymi, jest to bardzo techniczne określenie!

#PKP #PLK #kolej

RE: https://mastodon.com.pl/@HaTetsu/115826878805794097

Ech, w tym artykule martwili się, że włączenie GSM-R pozbawi nas Radio-Stopu, zastanawiałem się - ale w sumie czemu miało by być to niemożliwe, skoro instrukcje mówią, że na połączenie alarmowe należy reagować zatrzymaniem pociągu tak szybko, jak to możliwe?
…Okazuje się, że Czesi sobie dorobili Radio-Stop do GSM-R jako rozszerzenie. Nasi, widać, nie pomyśleli, bądź obawiali się wzrostu kosztów czy komplikacji przy wdrażaniu…

#GSMR #kolej #PKP #PLK

Leo Express will open a ticket counter at Warsaw West on Sunday, March 1, along with the launch of their Warsaw offer. This is attributed to the fact that the new Warsaw West is one of the few station buildings in Poland managed by the infrastructure manager, PKP PLK, and not its corporate parent, PKP SA (generally responsible for managing most railway real estate - and currently considering whether they feel like approving RegioJet's bid to open a ticket counter at Warsaw Central): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/leo-express-bedzie-kasa-na-warszawie-zachodniej-plk-konkurencji-nie-blokuje-126805.html

#kolej #OpenAccess #OtwartyDostęp #LeoExpress #rail #PKP #PLK

In better news, PKP PLK has determined some relatively minor work can bring the Rybnik-Chałupki line from 60 (north of Wodzisław) and 80 (south of Wodzisław) (and apparently some 30 point restrictions) to 120 km/h. Additionally, the fromer passing loop near Czyżowice (https://www.bazakolejowa.pl/index.php?dzial=stacje&id=13027&okno=start) will be rebuilt. This is expected to improve travel times by up to 4 minutes. All this over the spring, to be ready for the June timetable change (delayed due to the cold winter): https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/od-czerwca-szybciej-z-rybnika-do-chalupek--126762.html

cc @kate

#PKP #rail #kolej #Śląsk #Silesia #PLK #CrossBorderRail

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@zaufanatrzeciastrona/116008286247565664

An interesting, and kind of worrying, note from Zaufana Trzecia Strona, a known Polish infosec portal: It appears that last month PKP PLK deployed some kind of anti-scraping measure in Portal Pasażera that randomly skewed all reported train times up to an hour either way when it decided a request was suspicious. After a bunch of feedback from confused passengers (the author describes having encountered the bizarre behavior on a normal Polish mobile connection) it was disabled after a few days… And is now apparently back, but only one third of the time. Please be careful, and double check with posters/other trip planners/station signs if you see the portal suddenly not reporting delays!

#pkp #plk #kolej #rail