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They both started trading in mid 2003. The former name of PCC Raił Szczakowa SA was KP Szczakowa SA. Generally, the open access operators managed to keep their costs down, compared with PKP Cargo. Their trains are longer and havier than those of

Przewozy Regionalne lypical regional Irain hauled by Class EU07 eleclric locomolive

PKP Cargo. As a rule, they use two locomotives to haul one train, even il these loeos have ditferent traction characteristies.

Managing the network

The Polish railway infrasfructure is improving slowly. after many years of underfunding. Actually only 675 route-km (4% of the network) allow travel at the speed of 160 km/h and 2,075 route-km (11%) at the speed of 120 - 160 km/h. In the 1990s, the AGC (Accord Europeen sur les Grandes Lignes Internationales de Chemin de Fer) agreement under the auspices of the United Na-tions was signed about the main international railway corridors in Europę and also border crossings by 24 countries, including Po-land. Five (5) ot fhese corridors run through Poland.

1.    E 20 - Frankfurt a/Oder/Kunowice at the German border - Poznań - Warszawa - Terespol/Brest at the Belarussian frontier

2.    E 30 - Goerlitz/Zgorzelec at the German border - Wrocław -Katowice - Kraków - Medyka/Mostiska at the Ukrainian border

3.    E 59 - Copenhagen/Stockholm - Świnoujście - Poznań -Wrocław - Kędzierzyn/Kożle - Chalupki/Bohumin at the Czech Republic border

4.    E 65 - Helsinki - Gdynia - Gdańsk - Warszawa - Idzikowice - Katowice -Zebrzydowice/Petrovice at the Czech Republic frontier

5.    E 75 - Warszawa - Białystok - Sokółka - Suwałki - Trakiszk/ /Mockava at the Lithuanian frontier

Koleje Mazowieckie Class VT 628 diesel railbus, wailing in Warszawa Gdańska betore departure to Tłuszcz

According to the AGC agreement, all these lines should be adjusted to 160 km/h speed for passenger trains and 120 km/h for freight trains, as well as 225 kN axleload. Border Crossing should be suitably equipped and the train stop at the border should not exceed 1 hour. Most of the current investment of PKP PLK is focused just on these 5 AGC corridors and their accom-panying lines. Up till now, only the E20 (in about 75%) and E65 (about 30%) lines are partialy upgraded to these requirements. while the E30 and E59 corridors are stiil under reconstruction and the E75 corridor is only under feasibility study.

Most works on the infrasfructure are being carried out with European Union support. On 1 January 2000, the ISPA (Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession) program com-menced and within this program, the Financing Memoranda for 11 railway projects in Poland were signed. The ISPA funds con-

fribute up to 75% of the costs, while the remaining 25% is due to be payed by the Polish government. Some of these ISPA projects have already been finished, for example: "Modernisation of the E 20 linę, Rzepin - State border section - Project 2000/PL/16/P/ /PT/003". The eligible costs ot this project were 23.0 million euro, including ISPA funds of 17.3 million euro.

Other ISPA fund projects, now being developed are:

1.    Modernisation of the E 20 railway linę, Siedlce - Terespol section (Project 2001/PL/16/P/PT/012), length 121 route-km. The task includes track and overhead contact system re-building, reconstruction of level crossings and engineering structures, construction of a 15 kV power supply linę. ISPA funds amount to 139 million euro

2.    Modernisation of the E 30 railway linę, Węgliniec - Legnica section (Project 2001/PL/16/P/PT/013), length 71 route-km. This includes track works, modernisation of overhead contact 6 t/S 9/2006