Poland’s rail freight market does not lack scale. It lacks a stronger link with the road freight flows that already move across the country and between Poland and Western Europe.
Czech and Slovak rail freight operators want closer coordination on ETCS, infrastructure works and European railway policy as rising operating costs and network restrictions put further pressure on the competitiveness of rail.
A consumer survey by SVOD Bohemia, the Czech association of passenger rail operators, puts hard numbers on a question most operators answer with assumption: among people who travel regularly, what keeps them out of trains, and what would bring them in?