PKP Cargo and Veolia signed a 3-year contract on coal transport in Poland, scheduled for 2016-2018. At present, PKP Cargo has been carrying the freight for the Veolia companies and the entities from the PKP Cargo corporate group service part of Veolia’s sidings in Poland.
Freight will be carried at the area of six of seven PKP Cargo facilities. Contract service will require operation of few to several trains a week, depending on the client needs and demand. The contract provisions stipulate primarily the supplies of coal originating from the Silesian mines to central and western Poland by means of electric trains, in so called goods wagons.
Coal recorded the highest share in transport of all goods carried in Poland by rail. According to the Central Statistical Office data, in 2014 hard coal freight reached more than 46% of total rail freight volume.
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