Mielec SEZ to build Russian-gauge rail link

Mielec-based plywood producer Krono-Wood plans to build a 16 kilometer section of wide gauge rail track, as used by the former soviet states, at a cost of zł.60 million to give it better logistics with Eastern markets. The section would connect the Mielec Special Economic Zone with the main route called LHS. The chief initiator of the project is Krono-Wood, but other entities located in the SEZ are ready to participate in the venture. "It will facilitate the transport of goods to and from the Eastern markets," said Tomasz Jańczak, deputy president of Krono-Wood. Currently, the trucks are used to transport goods, which is risky, time-consuming and expensive. According to Jańczak, a transitory solution would be applied envisaging the construction of a transshipment depot in Wola Baranowska. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6) M.M.