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2015 Annual Report Table of Contents 2015 Annual Report Table of contents Foreword by the President of the Management Board...........................4 Members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board.......5 Financial result...................................................................................................6 Company assets.......................................................................................................6 Source of assets financing.......................................................................................8 Equity............................................................................................................8 External capital.........................................................................................................9 Economic-financial results......................................................................................11 Train path sales................................................................................................14 Timetable as the Company’s primary product.......................................................14 Data concerning completed international carriages..............................................15 Operation systems..................................................................................................16 Infrastructure...................................................................................................18 Rail roads...............................................................................................................18 Automatics and Telecommunication.......................................................................20 Electrical power devices.........................................................................................29 Traction network.....................................................................................................31 Track Machinery Plant............................................................................................34 Diagnostics.........................................................................................................35 Passenger Service Facilities..................................................................................38 Safety.................................................................................................................47 Statistics of railway events......................................................................................47 Railway Security Guard...........................................................................................55 Railway technical emergency response service.....................................................56 Social campaign Safe Crossing –“Risk Barrier!”......................................................57 Development prospects................................................................................59 General strategic framework..................................................................................59 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 International cooperation........................................................................................63 Interoperability..................................................................................................65 Strategic planning...................................................................................................67 Support for investment undertakings.....................................................................68 Development and support works............................................................................69 Information Technology...........................................................................................70 Geoinformation........................................................................................................78 Environmental protection........................................................................................79 Investments.......................................................................................................82 Sources of financing.......................................................................................91 Financial framework 2000-2006.............................................................................91 Financial framework 2007-2013.............................................................................92 Financial framework 2014-2020.............................................................................95 Investment Forum..................................................................................................99 Human Resources.........................................................................................101 Employment analysis............................................................................................101 Staff development................................................................................................103 External communication.............................................................................109 Celebration of the 170th anniversary of opening the first section of the Iron Route Warsaw-Vienna..........................................................................................109 11th TRAKO International Railway Fair................................................................109 New functionality of the Passenger Portal.............................................................110 Contact details................................................................................................111 Map of railway lines.......................................................................................112 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 3 To whom it may concern, We provide our partners and all those interested in railway infrastructure with another Annual Report of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., the manager of the national railway ne- twork. This report substantively presents all aspects of the Company’s activities. We believe that, as in previous years, this publication will be an important message and provide information for substantive dialog. Furthermore, it will allow to supplement knowledge regarding the condition, mainte- nance, modernizationupgrading and development perspec- tives of railway infrastructure in Poland. Year 2015 saw subsequent measures being introduced with the aim to ensure that the national railway network remains an important component of the transport system in Poland and fits in well within the European railway routes. PKP Pol- skie Linie Kolejowe S.A. wishes to provide railway opera- Ireneusz Merchel, President of the Management Board of PKP tors with the highest quality services in order to ensure high Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. levels of satisfaction among passengers, consignors and consignees. In 2015, the Company focused on utilizing the funds under the financial framework 2007- 2013, whereas currently it needs to face another challenge consisting in the implementation of the National Railway Program, which amounts to more than PLN 66 billion. In the past year, passengers were presented with additional travel routes, more comfortable conditions – modernized stations and stops, railway lines and railway structures ensuring faster travel times of passenger and freight trains. PLK improves cooperation with operators and develops modern tools to ensure that passengers are serviced efficiently and provided with comfortable conditions. The modernization of infrastructure through the installation of modern control command and signalling (CCS) equipment, level crossing security me- asures and monitoring systems on the railway network also contributed to a higher level of security. At PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., this area of responsibility is under special supervision and covers actions related to the personnel, organizational and technical area. Through the development of the safety culture, year 2015 was yet another safest year in the several years since the organization has begun its operation. The national railway manager faces another important year and the implementation of ta- sks under the financial framework 2014-2020. Apart from supplementing good, attractive connections on passenger routes, we also focus on developing the freight transport in- frastructure by preparing good routes from Silesia to the Baltic Sea and from the East to the West. PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. can also see the need to develop railway lines in agglomerations, therefore – using funds from regional operating programs – we coopera- te with individual voivodeships to ensure that regional railway networks are consistent and well integrated with national connections. Having regard to substantial modernization covering thousands of kilometers of tracks, we remember that the primary task of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. is to efficiently ma- nage railway traffic according to the timetable agreed with railroad undertakings. Therefore, when preparing investments and implementing tasks, we plan passenger and freight trans- port routes in advance, so as to find the best possible solutions for our clients. With each passing year, the effects of our actions will become more visible and will bring benefits to both our clients and the economy with even better results. We wish you a good reading. Ireneusz Merchel President of the Management Board of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board Management Board: 1. Ireneusz Merchel President of the Management Board 2. Vacant
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