More than 1,600 railway stations to be demolished

The Polish State Railways (PKP) plans to demolish more than 1,600 railway stations in Poland by the end of 2016, Gazeta Polska Codziennie informed. "Those stations and railway stops are in a terrible condition now, and they are only 3-4 percent of demolition objects. Mainly, buildings that have not been used for a long time (therefore revitalization them would be very expensive) will be liquidated," Aleksandra Dąbek from the PKP Press Office told Gazeta Polska Codziennie. PKP is is the dominant railway operator in Poland. Currently, there are approximately 23,429 kilometres of railway tracks in Poland managed by PKP and owned by the state.