Lesser Poland Railways (; KMŁ) is a regional rail operator in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland.
History The company was founded on 2 December 2013 and is owned by the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, to handle local passenger traffic in the Voivodeship. It started operations on 6 November 2014. The railway was founded to reduce the congestion on the Kraków - Wieliczka line, reducing the travel time to 21 minutes. The Wieliczka Salt Mine connection is considered to be the main popular station, the local council built a new Park & Ride near Wieliczka Park and Wieliczka Rynek railway stations.
From 14 December 2014 Lesser Poland Railways began transporting passengers on the route Kraków Główny – Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia with modern and air conditioned trains. The travel time is 21 minutes, and the train will begin the route at 05:00 to 23:00 every thirty minutes. In 2015 after renovations the route was extended to Kraków Balice which has direct access to the John Paul II International Airport, taking over the former Balice Ekspres train operated by Polregio.
Rolling stock ClassNumberSeat numberTop speedCars numberEN64 Acatus Plus4133+5160 km/h3EN77 Acatus II5180+13160 km/h4EN76B Elf II4200160 km/h4EN78 Impuls8200160 km/h4EN78A Impuls II4189160 km/h4EN79 Impuls5250160 km/h5EN57AL6175120 km/h4
Routes Source: Train connections – Lesser Poland Railways (in English and Polish)
Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia – Kraków – Kraków Airport Kraków – Miechów – Sędziszów Kraków – Skawina – Zator – Oświęcim Kraków – Tarnów Kraków – Trzebinia – Oświęcim Kraków – Nowy Sącz – Krynica-Zdrój Kraków / Krynica-Zdrój – Jasło Kraków – Zakopane Muszyna – Poprad-Tatry Most routes are jointly operated with Polregio.
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