Railway in Poland: Intermodal transports account for 1.7% of all freight carried by rail

Intermodal services accounted for 1.7% of all freight carried by rail in 2005. 94,2% of those were container transports.

The main problem of this kind of services in Poland is the lack of well prepared infrastructure. There are 13 intermodal terminals in Poland, while, according to the ministry of transport, there is a demand for at least 30 and 6 to 8 regional logistic center.

The Sector Operation Programme Transport (SPOT) for 2003-2006 assumed spending EUR 31.6m on the development of intermodal transport in Poland. The project for 2007-2013 envisages EUR 109m.

SPOT contains a programme for developing intermodal transports in Poland for the period of 2005-2008. There are several project applying for the money, that is the Slawkow Logistic Center, Poznan Franowo termial, modernization of Malaszewicze terminal.
Source:railway-market.pl