Alstom’s Pendolino high speed trains owned and operated by PKP Intercity have covered 10 million kilometres in revenue service since the service started in December 2014. The trains have made over 21,000 journeys and carried 5.7 million passengers.
Pendolino for PKP is the first high speed train in Poland, linking the country’s key metropolitan areas. In 2011, PKP Intercity awarded Alstom a contract worth €665 million to supply 20 high speed trains, their full maintenance for 17 years and the construction of a maintenance depot, Alstom’s Train Technical Service Centre in Warsaw. In December 2015, PKP Intercity extended the routes of the trains to Rzeszów, Bielsko Biała and Gliwice.
“Alstom is proud of the success of this project in Poland. Pendolino trains have proven their reliability over the last 18 months, operating in all kind of weather conditions regardless of heat, snow or sub-zero temperatures, and always providing comfort and safety to passengers,” said Artur Fryczkowski, Services Director for Alstom in Poland.
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