End of InterRegio trains are fast, but expected – even at the end of last year in the timetable of Regional Transports kursowało approx. 60 this type of inter trains connecting major cities in Poland. Since, however, it started in 2009. Trains operated on a commercial basis, each year brought losses and deepened, and so disastrous condition of the carrier. In just 2014. PR lost on trains InterRegio 32 million zł (expected loss for 2015. This 24 million zł), which means that if these trains were not, the company could make a profit (loss total for 2014. Was 5 , 5 million zł).
For this reason, transport gradually extinguish the number of connections – from December kursowało only 13 pairs of trains. The liquidation of some of them, for example. Train “Matejko” between Warsaw – Krakow, sparked numerous protests passengers who gathered up signatures for a petition to the minister of infrastructure, to restore the connection.
It angers passengers hardly surprising, because InterRegio were really cost-effective alternative to travel around Poland – for 1.5 years, the company tried to stimulate interest in these connections through promotional SuperBilety with prices starting from 1 zł for the call.
The liquidation due to restructuring
From 1 September, the tracks have gone longer trains “The Seagull”, “Portowiec” “Warta”, “Drwęca”, “Mamry”, “Saucer “,” Lednica “,” Szyndzielnia “,” Giewont “and” Bialowieza “(Regio trains will replace her relationship Hajnówka – Siedlce – Hajnówka), as well as trains REGIOekspres” Smith “and” Schmidt “link from Poznan to Frankfurt an der Oder (m .in. by Zbaszynek, Swiebodzin and Slubice Rzepin). Ticket sales for these connections will be stopped on 1 August. The company explains this decision currently under way in the company restructuring process, which has lead to sustainable profitability. – As part of the restructuring, in line with European regulations, the company is obliged to release part of the market, which implements by giving up manual connections InterRegio – says Michael Stilger from the press office of Regional Transports.
This means that the Regional Transport will focus now on regional trains in one province and agglomeration.
Los InterRegio and so seemed a foregone conclusion, because if not for the decision of the company, the closure of unprofitable connections and so nakazałaby company European Commission, which will soon Carriage restructuring plan and a request for approval of the aid. Under the plan, 51 per cent. Carriage of shares in the Regional Industrial Development Agency will (now shareholders of the company are all the marshals), and in return the company will receive 770 million zł aid, of which 600 million zł will be used to repay all debts (mainly to PKP PLK) and the rest for investments in fleet and restructuring.
The recovery plan is being implemented in major pain – until the end of June, most of the marshals agreed to a new five-year contract ownership and transport agreement with the company. This was done under pressure from trade unions, which threatened a nationwide strike in the company.
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