TRANPORT AND LOGISTICS IN
POLAND
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
TRANSPORT IN POLAND
Transport of passengers by mode of transport
Changes in the dynamics and structure of transport of
goods and transport performance in tonnes. The previous
year=100.
MODES OF TRANSPORT
2006
2007
TOTAL
104,1
107,1
RAIL TRANSPORT
108,1
103,0
ROAD TRANSPORT
103,2
108,9
AIR TRANSPORT
106,6
125,9
In 2007, the public transport fleet carried
1006,4 million of passengers which is 1,8%
less than in the previous year. The decrease
in the carriage of passengers was noted in
road and inland waterway transport,
whereas the carriage of passengers
increased in railway, air and maritime
transport.
In 2007, all modes of transport carried
1532, 7 tonnes of goods, which is 7,4%
more than in previous year.
Railway transport
Poland is served by an extensive network of railways. The main railway company is owned
by the state and it’s name is PKP (Polish Rail Lines). It consists of the following operating
companies:
PKP Intercity – qaulified passengers trains
PKP Przewozy Regionalne – regional passengers trains
Koleje Mazowieckie – local trains in Mazowia
Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity) – fast urban railway in Tricity
Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw) – suburban railway in Warsaw
Arriva PCC (joint venture formed by Arriva and PCC Rail – part of the local train traffic in
Kuyavian-Pomerenian Voivodeship
PKP Cargo – freight trains
PKP LHS – freight trains
Railway transport
The network of railways in Poland
Import of goods by railway transport in
thousands of tonnes in 2007
The total length of railways
was 20,1 thousand
kilometers in 2007. The
network belonging to PKP
amounted 19,4 thousand
kilometres.
Export of goods by railway transport in
thousands tonnes in 2007
Austria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Romania
Slovakia
3 129
4 583
476
1 571
1 513
Austria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Romania
Slovakia
no data
3 768
295
no data
1 656
In 2007 total rail transport carried 245 million tonnes of
goods, which is 3% more than in 2006. PKP company
carried 153 million tonnes of goods. Other operators, who
had railway freight transport licences, carried 92 million
tonnes of goods.
The volume of goods carried by rail transport in tonnekilometres accounted for about 13% of total rail freight
transport declared by the EU countries, which gives Poland
the 2nd place among the EU 25 countries between
Germany and France.
Railway transport
In 2007, 279,7 million passengers were carried by railway which was 5,4 %
more than in the previous year. As far as international transport is
concerned there were 2 676 passengers carried by PKP.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT – THE LENGTH OF JOURNEY
PUŁAWY- LINZ
PUŁAWY-TABOR
PUŁAWY-ARAD
PUŁAWY-MARTIN
PUŁAWY-PAPA
11h
11h
16h
10h
12h
13min
50min
14min
25min
21min
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS IN 2007
COUNTRIES
DEPARTURES
ARRIVALS
AUSTRIA
31 000
63 000
CZECH REPUBLIC
71 000
131 000
SLOVAKIA
29 000
31 000
HUNGARY
14 000
11 000
ROMANIA
NO DATA
NO DATA
ROAD TRANSPORT
The total length of public roads at the end of 2007 amounted to 381,1 thousand
kilometres of which 67% were hard roads and 32% unsurfaced roads. The total density of
roads was 828 km per 100 km2. There are not many motorways in Poland. There are two
long sections connecting the north with the south and the east with the west. The lenghth
of motorways is amounted to 666,5 km. There are 261 km of expressways.
Conditions of the roads:
The condition of Polish roads can be
described as relatively good. The condition of
road surfaces around big cities is improving
every month. Secondary roads are in a
satisfactory conditions. Apart of motorways
there are a lot of dual carriageways and
single –lane roads. The surface of some of
them have been deformed during sommer by
TIR trucks.
Speed limits and some road signs in Poland
ROAD TRANSPORT- buses
Main bus companies operating between Poland and the project countries:
ROAD TRANSPORT – THE LENGTH OF
JOURNEY BY BUS
PUŁAWY- LINZ
PUŁAWY-TABOR
PUŁAWY-ARAD
PUŁAWY-MARTIN
PUŁAWY-PAPA
12 h 5min
10h 20min
11h 25min
7h 8min
11h 14min
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PROJECT
COUNTRIES
PUŁAWY-LINZ
PUŁAWY-MARTIN
PUŁAWY-ARAD
PUŁAWY-PAPA
PUŁAWY-TABOR
858
460
768
796
760
KM
KM
KM
KM
KM
ROAD TRANSPORT- buses
In 2007, bus transport carried 719 million passengers, which was 4,4% less than in
the previous year. Within bus transport, still the great role was played by enterprises of
public sector, although their share in total carriage of passengers has decreased
significantly.
The greatest carriage in international transport in 2007 was with relation with
Germany, The United Kingdom, Italy, France, The Czech Republic and Ukraine.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS BY ROAD IN 2007
COUNTRIES
PASSENGERS ( IN THOUSAND)
AUSTRIA
101,1
CZECH REPUBLIC
187,6
SLOVAKIA
90,9
HUNGARY
49,7
ROMANIA
NO DATA
Road transport -trucks
In 2007 1213,2 million tonnes of goods were carried by road transport,
which is 8,9% more than in 2006. Achieved volume of goods carried in
road transport was over 7% of total road freight transport of European
Union that gave Poland 6th place behind Germany, Spain, Italy, France
and The United Kingdom. In international transport Poland has even
higher share (over 11%) and was on the 2nd place between Germany
and Spain.
STRUCTURE OF EXPORT AND IMPORT BY ROAD TRANSPORT BY COUNTRY IN 2007
COUNTRY
EXPORT (TONNES)
IMPORT (TONNES)
AUSTRIA
2,4
2,0
CZECH REPUBLIC
5,1
5,8
ROMANIA
1,4
0,6
SLOVAKIA
2,4
3,2
HUNGARY
2,8
3,3
Road transport -trucks
Some of the transporting companies:
EXEPOL Company offers services with its own transport - cars from 1,5t to 24t. The
cars are new and serviced on time, which allows for safe and failure free providing
services.
Dartom company was established in 1990 and it specialises in
domestic and international transport services. In 2007 Dartom
joins the group of leaders of Quality International 2007.
Air transport
There are 10 national air routes in Poland:
Bydgoszcz
Gdańsk
Katowice
Kraków
Łódź
Poznań
Rzeszów
Szczecin
Wrocław
Zielona Góra
There are 141 international routs among
which are Budapest, Bukareszt, Vienna and
Prague. Unfortunately there is no air rout to
Bratislava as far as Polish Airlines are
concerned.
AIR PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN 2007
In 2007 air transport carried 6194,4
thousandpassengers and it was higher by 16, 2%
than in 2006.
In national transport:
In international transport:
1 034 004 passengers
5 160 429 passengers
Air connections with our project partners in Polish
Airlines LOT and the length of yourney
Warsaw – Bucarest
Warsaw- Budapest
Warsaw – Vienna
Warsaw – Prague
in 1 h50 min
in 1 h 15 min
in 1 h 20 min
in 1 h 40 min
AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN
2007
45, 5 thousand tonnes of cargo were carried by air transport and were higher by about
26% than in 2006. (national transport increased by about 60% and inernational transport
increased by about 19%).
Air freight transport:
national
international
9 863 tonnes
35 641 tonnes
Sources used for the presentation:
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http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xchg/gus
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_Poland
http://www.poland-transport.eu/?lang=pl#Scene_1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_and_expressways_in_Poland
http://www.eurolinespolska.pl/
http://www.eurolinespolska.pl/
http://www.orbistravel.pl/biura-sprzedazy