{"id":245302,"date":"2025-07-02T19:04:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=63728"},"modified":"2025-07-02T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:04:53","slug":"transit-times-in-poland-are-significantly-improving-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=245302","title":{"rendered":"Transit times in Poland are significantly improving this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freight trains in Poland are travelling much faster in the first months of 2025 than they did last year. Transit times on various important arteries have dropped by up to two and a half hours, according to data from the Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>One of the lines with the highest reduction in transit time is the Smardz\u00f3w Wroc\u0142awski \u2013 K\u0142odzko G\u0142\u00f3wne, which connects Wroc\u0142aw to the Czech border. Freight train journeys have on average halved along this line, from five hours two hours and 29 minutes. The Pozna\u0144 \u2013 Szczecin route, going into Germany, also saw freight trains covering the distance 112 minutes faster than in 2024. These two lines are mostly crossed by trains carrying bulk cargo.<\/p>\n

Other significant reductions were recorded along the Brzeg Dolny \u2013 Stara Wie\u015b (60 minutes), Pruszk\u00f3w \u2013 Pozna\u0144 Franowo (50 minutes) and Swarz\u0119dz \u2013 Mockava (35 minutes). All these lines are important intermodal links, as the first one links Warsaw with Wroc\u0142aw, the second one connects it to Pozna\u0144 and the third one leads into Lithuania.<\/p>\n

Faster and heavier trains<\/h2>\n

PKP PLK claims that these positive developments are tied to the recent infrastructure upgrades it carried out. Maximum speeds for freight convoys have increased along more than 1,500 kilometre of railway, while the permissible axle loads was upped over about 690 kilometres. For context, Poland has a total railway network of a little under 20,000 kilometres.<\/p>\n