{"id":20040,"date":"2024-03-15T02:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=20040"},"modified":"2024-03-15T02:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:36:47","slug":"comment-allrail-responds-to-utks-approval-of-pkp-intercity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=20040","title":{"rendered":"COMMENT: ALLRAIL responds to UTK\u2019s approval of PKP Intercity"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLRAIL<\/a> have issued this statement, responding to PKP Intercity\u2019s<\/a> application being approved by UTK<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

UTK<\/a> alleged concerns over the potential impact on subsidised services and the rail network\u2019s overall capacity as reasons for its decision. However, such concerns were conspicuously absent in the evaluation of PKP Intercity\u2019s<\/a> identical application, suggesting different treatment depending on the operator.<\/strong> UTK<\/a> wears tinted glasses, seeing a new entrant\u2019s yellow trains as a menace to subsidised trains, while the state-owned operator\u2019s blue ones get a free pass, despite offering identical services.<\/em><\/p>\n

This discriminatory treatment not only exposes\u00a0UTK\u2019s<\/a> double standards yet again but also highlights a protectionist stance that will keep the Polish rail market closed. The restrictions imposed on the independent operator limit operational flexibility, increase operating costs, and ultimately restrict the potential for lower ticket prices.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

ALLRAIL\u2019s<\/a> spokeswoman for Poland Katarzyna Dekeyser says: \u201conce again, UTK\u2019s protectionism towards PKP Intercity<\/a> illustrates the Regulator\u2019s double standards \u2013 preventing new operators from entering the market.<\/em><\/p>\n

We reiterate our call for an urgent investigation into the impartiality of UTK\u2019s<\/a> actions under Directive 2012\/34\/EU, emphasising the need for unbiased regulatory practices to ensure equitable market access, foster competition and make rail transport more affordable in Poland\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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ALLRAIL have issued this statement, responding to PKP Intercity\u2019s application being approved by UTK: UTK alleged concerns over the potential impact on subsidised services and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t