RAIL NEWS FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE!

The EU should reconsider the way European transport policy is being implemented. Liberalisation and deregulation of passenger and freight markets may end up in legal overregulation. Polish act on rail transport grew 10 times and is now 45 pages lon - said prof. Juliusz Engelhardt during the I International conference InterRailTech, held in Warsaw, 22-23 November.
"Poland - between East and West" was the slogan of the conference. Meanwhile the favourable geopolitical location of Poland is becoming troublesome as far as we are unable to take advantage of it - said Andrzej Zurkowski, CEO of Railway Scientific and Technical Centre CNTK, opening the session.

The delegates shared their experience and knowledge on rail freight and passenger transport, railway infrastructure, rail financing, ERTMS implementation.

The conference was divided in two sessions subtitles “Transport Policy” and “Technical & Commercial Progress”.

InterRailTech was organised by Europoint together with PKP and CNTK with assistance of CER, UIC, OSJD, PKP Cargo.


The speakers include Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director General of DG Energy and Transport of the European Commission, Mr. Johannes Ludewig, Executive Director of CER, Ad Toet, Advisor for CEE countries CER, Jan Komarek, General Director Czech Infrastructure managing company SŽDC, Gerald Dalton, Director of UIC; Tadeusz Szozda, Chairman of OSJD, Andrzej Harassek, General Manager of ERA, Andrzej Zurkowski, CEO of CNTK, Mirosław Antonowicz, vicepresident of Polish Rail Transport Office, Jan Tereszczuk, CEO of PKP Regional Railways, prof. Juliusz Engelhardt of Szczecin University, prof. Wojciech Paprocki of Warsaw School of Economics, representatives of RZD, RFI, EBI, ISIS, Polish transport minisrty.

Rynek Kolejowy and Railway Market – Central and Eastern European Review magazines were the official media partners of the event.

Pararelly VI International Rail Fairs InterRailTech were held.
Source:railway-market.pl