Polregio

Polregio (formerly Przewozy Regionalne, ) is a train operator in Poland, responsible for local and interregional passenger transportation. Each day it runs approximately 3,000 regional trains. In 2002 it carried 215 million passengers.

The company was founded in 2001 from the splitting of the PKP Passenger Transport Sector of the once-unitary Polish State Railways national rail operator into several companies to meet European Union requirements.

Train categories REGIO (R) local passenger train, 2nd class only, stops (usually) at all stations REGIOplus semi-fast local passenger train, 2nd class only, stops at a limited number of stations, same fare as Regio interREGIO (IR) low-cost inter-regional fast train, 2nd class only, stops at medium and major stations only; since 1 September 2015 only on routes Łódź – Warszawa and Ełk – Grodno (Belarus), due to company's economics and restructuring. REGIOekspres (RE) fast trains on international routes; stop at major stations only; 1st and 2nd class, higher standard than IR; currently only on the routes: Dresden Hbf – Wrocław Główny and Frankfurt (Oder)-Poznań (both operated by DB Regio on the German part of the route as RegionalExpress)

From 26 May 2006 until 1 February 2014, Polregio also operated an airport rail link service (the first in whole of Poland) called Balice Express, connecting Kraków Airport (via Kraków Lotnisko railway station) with Kraków Główny at its own fare. The service ceased when the railway line was upgraded and electrified and then taken over by Lesser Poland Railways for its SKA1 line.

For domestic routes IR and RE trains share the same fare for the 2nd class (meaning you can board an RE train with an IR ticket and vice versa). With the exception of the two above-mentioned RegioExpress trains, there is no reservation in any of the Polregio trains.

Until 1 December 2008 the company also used to run other 300 interregional and international fast trains (), but per the government's decision, the interregional and international fast trains were transferred to its then-sister company, PKP Intercity and rebranded to ().

Ownership Until 22 December 2008 Polregio was a wholly owned subsidiary of the PKP Group, after that date all of its shares have been transferred to the 16 voivodeship governments. Thus, the company is no longer part of the PKP Group and on interregional routes its InterRegio trains compete with PKP Intercity TLK trains.

On 8 December 2009, the company changed its name from PKP Przewozy Regionalne to Przewozy Regionalne, and in January 2017, the company started using the brand name POLREGIO for its services.

VoivodshipNumberof sharesPercentageof sharesLocation ofdirectorateGreater Poland123,2439.7%PoznańKuyavia-Pomerania73,6915.8%BydgoszczLesser Poland81,3156.4%KrakówŁódź72,4215.7%ŁódźLower Silesia92,7507.3%WrocławLublin69,8805.5%LublinLubusz55,4623.6%Zielona GóraMasovia171,52313.5%WarsawOpole43,1983.4%OpolePodlaskie48,2813.8%BiałystokPomerania90,2087.1%GdyniaSilesia116,8909.2%KatowiceSubcarpathia62,2574.9%RzeszówŚwiętokrzyskie38,1163.0%KielceWarmia-Masuria67,3395.3%OlsztynWest Pomerania73,6915.8%Szczecin

Branches

Lubusz

The Lubusz Voivodeship owns 55,462 shares of Polregio, representing 3.6% of the company's share capital. It forms the Lubusz branch of Polregio, which is based in Zielona Góra. The branch most consists of diesel stock, such as the Pesa 218M. It serves eight routes across the Lubusz Voivodeship, some extending outside into neighbouring voivodeships. Since 2025, there have been plans for the branch to be replaced by the Lubusz Voivodeship's own rail operator; however efforts on its establishment are still ongoing.

Rolling stock

Electric multiple units FamilyClassImageCarsTypeTop speedNumberBuilderRefurbished bykm/hmphEN573EMU110–12068–75295PafawagPesa Mińsk Mazowiecki, Newag, HCP FPSEN714110694PafawagED724110–12068–7520PafawagPesa Mińsk MazowieckiEN811120756PesaNewag Impuls14WE3110695NewagEN63316010059NewagED78430NewagEN7845NewagEN90510NewagEN98212Newag31WEbb429Newag36WEhb48NewagPesa ElfEN6231601006PesaEN7648PesaEN9628Pesa22WEg45PesaPesa Acatus PlusEN6431601005PesaPesa Acatus PlusEN9928Pesa

Electric locomotives (as at 15 June 2020) TypeNumberSpeedManufacturerModernizedEP07P5125 km/hPafawagZNLE GliwiceTogether: 5

Diesel locomotives (as at 15 June 2020) TypeNumberSpeedManufacturerModernizedSM421190 km/hFablokSU42790 km/hZNTK Nowy SączSM04530 km/hZastalTogether: 23

Carriages (as at 15 June 2020) TypeNumberSpeedManufacturerModernized120A9120 km/hPafawagBmnopux18120 km/hWaggonbau GörlitzPesa161A5160 km/hHCP162A6160 km/h163A5160 km/h113Aa2160 km/hTogether: 45

Diesel multiple units (as at 15 June 2020) TypeNumberSpeedManufacturerSA10313120 km/hPesaSA1056100 km/hZNTK PoznańSA1065120 km/hPesaSA1072100 km/hKolzamSA1086100 km/hZNTK PoznańSA1097100 km/hKolzamSA1311120 km/hPesaSA1323120 km/hSA13324120 km/hSA13417120 km/hPesa, ZNTK MMSA1358120 km/hSA13612120 km/hPesaSA1377120 km/hNewagSA1383120 km/hSA13911120 km/hPesaSA1402130 km/hNewagTogether: 139

Accidents and incidents

On 3 March 2012, at approximately 20:55 CET, a Przewozy Regionalne train collided head-on with a PKP Intercity train on the Kozłów–Koniecpol railway near Szczekociny. Sixteen people died in the incident and 58 were injured. The cause of the incident was human error. On 5 October 2023, at around 7:00 CET, two Polregio trains collided head-on near Gdynia Główna, causing the first car of one train to derail and roll over to its side. Four people were injured, all of whom were railway workers.

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