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7 unusual facts about Polish State Railways


Brzezinka Średzka

The village is connected by rail to Wrocław through the PKP.

Polish State Railways

In this system all power is taken from the public grid and rectified in substations.

The switchyard of substations fed from voltages below 30 kV is indoors, outdoor switchgear is used at 110 kV.

On international routes such as, for example, the Berlin-Warszawa Express and the IC-Nightbus WarsawVilnius, a global pricing system is in use which requires one to buy two separate tickets (one in each direction) in place of a single consolidated return ticket.

Sławomir Skrzypek

He had also held positions in the Supreme Chamber of Control (NIK), serving as Deputy President of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management and working at Polish State Railways (PKP).

Szałamaje

Szałamaje boasts its own self-named railway station; a PSR (Polish State Railways - PKP in Polish) station.

Urle

The villages are served by a railway stop named after Urle, too; the stop is used only by local trains of Koleje Mazowieckie (previously PKP) that travel between Warsaw and Małkinia (or closer Łochów on the same line).


Skalité

As a result, the town became a border station of the Polish State Railways, along the strategic line from Zwardoń to Čadca.


see also

Ty2

PKP class Ty2, a German-made steam locomotive which was used by Polish State Railways