Poland

• Arriva entered the Polish rail market in 2007.
• First private sector operated passenger rail contract in the country.
• Joint venture with PCC Rail, Poland’s fastest growing cargo operator.

The Polish transport market is a vibrant and modernising free market economy for public services.

Like many other European countries it is evolving and opening up, with an increasing use of tenders to introduce competition.

The majority of rail services are currently provided by the state-run operator PKP PR.

2007
In 2007 Arriva and joint venture partners PCC Rail started operating passenger rail services in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region in north-west Poland.

Operating as Arriva PCC Rail, the business employs around 120 people.

Arriva PCC Rail is the first private sector operated passenger rail contract of its type in Poland and further develops Arriva’s reputation for innovation in bringing private sector expertise to mainland European transport operations.

The three-year rail contract serves some 60 stations. Every year it carries around 4.5 million passengers and operates approximately 1.75 million kilometres.

Want to know more?

• Visit the Arriva PCC website www.arrivapcc.pl (in Polish)
• Download the Poland factsheet (in English)

Arriva PCC: the statistics

• 13 trains
• 120 employees