Conference on the tracks

Business people often find the need to hold meetings while traveling from one place to another - but if your business doesn't want the cost or hassle of conferencing and traveling while flying, you may want to consider a new service which has recently appeared on the Polish market.

 

Rail transport company PKP Intercity now offers a "mobile conference room," which is a specially equipped train wagon that can be rented out for a business meetings or trips both within Poland's territory and abroad.

 

"PKP Intercity has received many requests to rent the wagon," said Adrianna Chibowska, the spokesperson for PKP Intercity. "In most cases the conference wagon is provided to companies who use it while traveling, but some also use it for [stationary] press conferences."

 

Chibowska said that Kraków as well as Poznań, Wrocław and Gdynia are the most popular destinations in Poland for those who use the service. Internationally, the wagon has been rented for trips to Hungary, Germany and the Baltic countries.

 

Not only can the mobile conference center be connected to a normal train, but it can also be rented as a single wagon with a locomotive.

 

The VIP wagon, which was built in Opole, is divided into two parts. The first section consists of a conference room for 20 people. The room is equipped with a conference table, a microphone sound system, a 40-inch LCD system as well as a DVD player and wireless internet service. According to the wagon's manufacturer, it is able to travel at speeds of up to 200 km per hour.

 

The second part of the wagon is the bar and catering room, which is kept behind soundproof doors. It is equipped with a kitchen, a bar and a dining table for 20 people.