Report on Rail Transport Market Operations in 2017
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Report on rail transport market operations in 2017 Warsaw 2018 Mission: To provide safe and competitive conditions for rail transport services Vision: A modern and open office safeguarding the high standard of services provided on the rail transport market. Office of Rail Transport This document uses icons downloaded from www.flaticon.com created by Al. Jerozolimskie 134 Freepik 02-305 Warsaw www.utk.gov.pl NIP: 526-26-95-081 Ignacy Góra President of the Office of Rail Transport Dear Madams and Sirs, 2017 could well be named a record-breaking year for the rail sector. Positive trends were observed both in passenger and freight transport. This is confirmed by detailed market analyses carried out by the Office of Rail Transport. Over the previous year, more than 303 m passengers decided to use rail services. The last time when such high passenger volumes were recorded was 15 years before. 2017 was the year of continued rolling stock investments and improvements to the quality of passenger service. Importantly, railway undertakings and ordering entities pay greater attention to interoperability requirements. From the passengers’ perspective, this involves, for instance, making the rolling stock more accessible for those with disabilities. The results of freight transport indicate that the downward trend has been overcome. In addition to an increase in the weight of transported goods, for the first time since 2013 railway undertakings recorded a rise in operating revenues. A clear upward trend resulted in an almost 2.5-fold increase in income of the entire sector from PLN 180 m in 2016 to PLN 440 m in 2017. Last year was yet another year in a row with a dynamic growth of intermodal transport. In terms of weight, the growth exceeded 14%. In 2013-2017, transport in the international exchange with China grew consistently. It should be expected that Poland, due to its beneficial geographic location, will take the opportunity to further develop freight transport, in particular intermodal transport through our country. In the second half of 2017 infrastructural investments were launched along many railway sections. They require an efficient coordination of both managers’ and railway undertakings’ efforts. The work in this area is aimed at reducing travel times, improving rail transport safety and comfort of travel, and removing barriers to freight transport. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to read this “Report on Rail Transport Market Operations in 2017” by UTK. I am confident that the Report will serve as a valuable source of information and assist you in making business decisions. Best regards, 3 Table of contents Table of contents ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Terms and abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 5 2. Passenger transport ............................................................................................................................... 10 2.1. Operation of the passenger transport market in Poland ............................................................................ 10 2.2. Basic parameters of the passenger transport market .................................................................................. 15 2.3. Stations with the highest number of passengers in Poland ........................................................................ 18 2.4. Licensing passenger railway transport ............................................................................................................... 20 2.5. The passenger transport market ........................................................................................................................... 21 2.6. The employment and financial performance of passenger railway undertakings ............................ 25 2.7. The services offered by railway undertakings ................................................................................................. 29 2.8. The evaluation of the quality of rail transport services – punctuality ................................................... 34 2.9. The evolution of passenger transport services in Poland as compared to other European countries ......................................................................................................................................................................... 38 3. Freight transport ...................................................................................................................................... 42 3.1. The basic parameters of the freight transport market in 2017 ................................................................ 42 3.2. The main groups of goods ......................................................................................................................................... 43 3.3. Average speed of freight trains .............................................................................................................................. 52 3.4. Freight transport licensing ....................................................................................................................................... 55 3.5. The freight railway undertaking market ............................................................................................................ 56 3.6. The employment and business performance of freight railway undertakings ................................... 59 3.7. Freight transport in international transport .................................................................................................... 61 3.8. The importance of the selected border crossings and maritime ports for international transport ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 67 3.9. Intermodal transport .................................................................................................................................................. 71 3.10. The transport of dangerous goods ........................................................................................................................ 81 3.11. The evolution of freight transport services in Poland as compared to other European countries ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 85 4. The railway infrastructure ................................................................................................................... 88 4.1. The functioning of infrastructure managers..................................................................................................... 88 4.2. The employment and financial performance of infrastructure managers ........................................... 90 4.3. Railway line parameters ............................................................................................................................................ 91 4.4. Service infrastructure facilities .............................................................................................................................. 95 4.5. Infrastructure investments and railway system interoperability ............................................................ 97 4.6. The capacity of nodal freight infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 98 4.7. PKP PLK investments in 2017 ..............................................................................................................................101 4.8. The implementation of the National Railway Programme ....................................................................... 102 4.9. Fees for access to infrastructure ......................................................................................................................... 106 4.10. RFC5 and RFC8 corridors ...................................................................................................................................... 107 4.11. The railway infrastructure in Europe ................................................................................................................. 108 5. Rolling stock ............................................................................................................................................ 113 5.1. The structure of the rolling stock of standard-gauge passenger railway undertakings ............... 113 5.2. Meeting the interoperability requirements in terms of passenger rolling stock in 2017 ........... 116 5.3. The structure of the rolling stock of freight railway undertakings ....................................................... 120 5.4. The compliance with the rolling stock interoperability requirements in 2017 ............................... 123 5.5. Noise TSI – requirements to be met by rolling stock .................................................................................. 124 5.6. The market of owners and keepers according to the data from the National Vehicle Register (NVR) ..............................................................................................................................................................................126