Record at PKP Intercity: From April 14 to 22, i.e. during the Easter transport summit, by trains PKP Intercity traveled 1.8 million passengers (against 1.6 million in the same period last year). On April 22, a record was broken – the carrier's services almost used 276 thousand people. This is the highest daily transport result from the beginning of 2025.
More trains and wagons: PKP Intercity provided Easter 40 additional warehouses and extended the reports of 38 connections. On April 17 to 22, he provided additional 573 wagons For 350 trains that ran on the most popular routes, including from Warsaw, Krakow, Tri -City, Wrocław, KatowiceSzczecin, Lublin and Przemyśl to other large cities.
Good data in the first quarter: In the period from January to March 2025, PKP Intercity traveled trains 18.4 million passengers (+10 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024 and +34 percent against the first quarter of 2023). In January, 5.9 million people traveled by trains of this carrier, in February it was 6 million, and in March – 6.5 million
Ticket prices will rise? The president of PKP Intercity Janusz Malinowski recently said during a press conference that the tariffs were not changed for 10 years. At the beginning of 2023, the previous management announced significant increases (by 11.8 percent in the IC/TLK segment), but in March it reduced prices back to the previous level. However, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Piotr Malepszak suggested that in the near future tickets will have to get up. – We will not increase ticket prices drastically. This is not possible. However, there can be a situation in which The long -distance carrier is cheaper than the regional “And this is happening today,” he emphasized.
Expensive investments: Despite the record profit for 2024 (PLN 250 million) The PKP Management Board believes that the situation requires its further increase. – We need profits for financing investments from own capital. We are strongly developing a rolling stock maintenance program – said the president of the carrier. – The average income for passenger in real terms (including inflation) fell within 10 years by OK. 40 percent – emphasized, in turn, vice president of financial affairs Dagmara Zawadzka.
Read more: “Ticket prices at PKP Intercity will increase? It's almost certain. 'Uncomfortable situation'“.
Sources: PKP Intercity 1, PKP Intercity 2, Rynek-kolejowy.pl