POLAND: PKP PLK has announced plans to close 2 000 route-km of railway. The decision comes after a six-month study of 458 sections of the network totalling nearly 7 300 route-km, out of a total of 21 600 route-km. Of the three scenarios proposed in the study, the ‘mild’ variant was eventually chosen. This entails the closure of 90 sections. PKP believes that this will bring savings of between 60m and 80m z More...
