TRANPORT AND LOGISTICS IN TRANPORT AND LOGISTICS IN POLANDPOLAND

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRANSPORT IN POLAND

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

Changes in the dynamics and structure of transport of goods and transport performance in tonnes. The previous

year=100.

Transport of passengers by mode of transport

In 2007, all modes of transport carried 1532, 7 tonnes of goods, which is 7,4% more than in previous year.

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.

Railway transportPoland 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 transportThe network of railways in Poland

The total length of railways was 20,1 thousand kilometers in 2007. The network belonging to PKP amounted 19,4 thousand kilometres.

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 tonne-kilometres 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.

Export of goods by railway transport in thousands tonnes in 2007

Austria 3 129Czech Republic 4 583Hungary 476Romania 1 571Slovakia 1 513

Import of goods by railway transport in thousands of tonnes in 2007

Austria no dataCzech Republic 3 768Hungary 295Romania no dataSlovakia 1 656

Railway transport

RAILWAY TRANSPORT – THE LENGTH OF JOURNEY

PUŁAWY- LINZ 11h 13minPUŁAWY-TABOR 11h 50minPUŁAWY-ARAD 16h 14minPUŁAWY-MARTIN 10h 25minPUŁAWY-PAPA 12h 21min

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.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS IN 2007

COUNTRIES DEPARTURES ARRIVALSAUSTRIA 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

DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PROJECT COUNTRIES

PUŁAWY-LINZ 858 KMPUŁAWY-MARTIN 460 KMPUŁAWY-ARAD 768 KMPUŁAWY-PAPA 796 KMPUŁAWY-TABOR 760 KM

ROAD TRANSPORT – THE LENGTH OF JOURNEY BY BUS

PUŁAWY- LINZ 12 h 5minPUŁAWY-TABOR 10h 20minPUŁAWY-ARAD 11h 25minPUŁAWY-MARTIN 7h 8minPUŁAWY-PAPA 11h 14min

Main bus companies operating between Poland and the project countries:

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.

COUNTRIES PASSENGERS ( IN THOUSAND)

AUSTRIA 101,1

CZECH REPUBLIC 187,6

SLOVAKIA 90,9

HUNGARY 49,7

ROMANIA NO DATA

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS BY ROAD IN 2007

Road transport -trucksIn 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 -trucksSome 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:

BydgoszczGdańskKatowiceKrakówŁódźPoznańRzeszówSzczecinWrocławZielona 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: 1 034 004 passengersIn international transport: 5 160 429 passengers

Air connections with our project partners in Polish Airlines LOT and the length of yourneyWarsaw – Bucarest in 1 h50 minWarsaw- Budapest in 1 h 15 minWarsaw – Vienna in 1 h 20 minWarsaw – Prague 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 9 863 tonnesinternational 35 641 tonnes

Sources used for the presentation:

• 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