Pendolino with 50% occupancy

The occupancy of Pendolino (EIC Premium) trains reached 50 percent in the first month of their operation, Forsal.pl reported citing data provided by PKP Intercity. There are some routes with 90-percent occupancy, PKP Intercity pointed out. “This indicates there is room for growth,” the company stated. As many as 143,000 passengers chose to ride Pendolino trains in December, and around 60 percent of tickets were bought online. There were 700 EIC Premium routes conducted during that time, PKP informed. Rynek-kolejowy.pl industry portal is sceptical about the data presented by PKP Intercity and claims that the real occupancy rate amounted to less than 50 percent. Pendolino is an Italian family of tilting trains used in several European countries. Poland’s operator PKP Intercity is a company of the PKP Group responsible for long-distance passenger transport.