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.
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?
SCI Verkehr expects both new-build and after-sales business for multiple units to expand through 2030. In Europe, cost pressure is shifting more spending towards maintenance, modernisation and battery-electric fleets.