Good information for Podkarpacie and the entire railroad market. W The closed down Gniewczyna Wagon Factory near Przeworsk will be which will deal with production of various types of freight wagons, among others for PKP Cargo, and Also the biggest in Poland and one of the biggest in Europe land terminal managing land terminals.
- Podkarpacie needs new jobs. We want the region to develop, to be economically attractive, so that its inhabitants are not We want the region to develop and be economically attractive, so that its inhabitants are not forced to leave their homes in order to earn a living - convinces We want the region to develop and be economically attractive, so that its inhabitants are not forced to leave their homes in order to earn a living - says Marshal Kuchciński, who has been trying to restore the factory and establish the company in Podkarpacie.
In its best years the plant in Gniewczyn employed a few hundred people. Now the prognosis is equally good. The board of PKP Cargo assures that the plant will be flexible and adapted to secure current market needs, which will appear at a given moment. At the moment, about 10 thousand. By 2036 PKP must have replaced all of them with the so-called quiet ones. Plans of assume that the production of wagons will begin in 2020 at the latest.
This is not the end of good news for the region. On the area of the junction Medyka-Przemyśl-Żurawica junction a new company PKP CARGO Terminale will be established. It will concentrate all terminals belonging to the national carrier, which The new company will concentrate all the terminals belonging to the national carrier, which will allow to streamline management and create a more and also provide new jobs.
It will be the largest in Poland and one of the largest in
land terminal management company. Krzysztof Losz, PKP Cargo spokesman
Krzysztof Losz, PKP Cargo spokesman, ensures that thanks to establishing a terminal company, PKP CARGO
gains a tool to develop intermodal transport.
- Thanks to the synergy effect, we will be able to offer our customers a competitive
offer to our customers, which will translate into an increase in freight and cargo handling
cargo handling, which will translate into increases in transport and reloading in more than 25 terminals belonging to the PKP CARGO Group. Moreover,
terminal company will help PKP CARGO to expand its business: we want to be not only a carrier
not only a carrier but also a logistics operator,
We want to be not only a carrier but also a growing logistics operator, ensuring door-to-door delivery of cargo. Establishment of PKP
CARGO Terminals company will certainly create new jobs. We do not want to
declare how many, as it will be an evolutionary process and will depend on the pace of development of this
development of this company. We have a right to assume that it will be a significant number, as the intermodal sector
The intermodal sector and terminal operations are very prospective
of transport and logistics - assures Losz.
The creation of the terminal company shows that it is worth doing business in this region. The company may indirectly cause other entities dealing with rail or road transport to locate in Podkarpacie. Then the inhabitants will benefit, as new jobs will be created and small local companies will receive an additional impulse for development.
In addition, PKP PLK is carrying out a long-term task financed from national funds under the name: "Modernization of railroad line no. 91 Kraków Główny Osobowy - Medyka and line no. 92 Przemyśl - Medyka section Rzeszów - state border". Within the scope of the aforementioned investment, works are carried out which include passenger infrastructure, elements of the railroad infrastructure and engineering facilities.
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