PKP Intercity is a company of

PKP Group PKP Group ( pl, Grupa PKP) is a Polish corporate group founded in 2001 from the former state enterprise, Polish State Railways. The purpose of this change was to separate infrastructure management and transport operations. It consists of the follo ...

responsible for long-distance passenger transport. It runs about 350 trains daily, connecting mainly large agglomerations and smaller towns in

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. The company also provides most international trains to and from Poland. Trains offer

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connectivity.

History

The company was founded after splitting

Polskie Koleje Państwowe (''PKP S.A.''; en, Polish State Railways, Inc.) is the dominant railway operator in Poland. The company was founded when the former state-owned enterprise was divided into several units based on the need for separation between infrastructure ...

(national rail operator) into several companies to meet

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standards.

Operations

The company runs the following train categories: * Express InterCity Premium (EIP, EIC Premium) – domestic exclusive high-speed trains (ED250

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) between major cities with obligatory reservation. * Express InterCity (EIC) – high-standard express trains between major cities and popular tourist destinations: * InterCity – affordable high-standard

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s and fast trains with obligatory reservation; higher standard and priority than TLK but the same fare. Exclusive high-standard express trains - Pesa Dart and Stadler Flirt also run under the InterCity brand. **

EuroCity EuroCity, abbreviated as EC, is a cross-border train category within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains allocated to the lower-level "IC" (InterCity) category, EC trains are international services that meet 20 criteri ...

(EC) – international high-standard trains, reservation obligatory, on domestic routes runs under InterCity and Express InterCity brand, **

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(EN) – international night trains with obligatory reservation. * ''Twoje Linie Kolejowe'' (TLK, "Your Rail Lines"; formerly called ''Tanie Linie Kolejowe'', "Cheap Rail Lines" from 2005–2011) – affordable fast trains with obligatory reservation (with some exceptions); lower standard than InterCity. Some overnight TLK trains such as

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and Ustronie provide couchette and sleeper cars. A limited number of shorter-route TLK trains is 2nd-class only. Usually run by locomotive-hauled rakes and more rarely

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EMUs. ** Międzynarodowy (M) – international fast train (lower standard than EuroCity) ** Międzynarodowy nocny – international night train (lower standard than EuroNight)

Rolling stock

Electric locomotives

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Diesel locomotives

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Electric multiple units

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References

External links

Official list of all PKP IC trains

Online timetable
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