PKP Cargo enters Lithuanian railroads

Poland’s largest railway freight operator PKP Cargo has obtained regulatory approval for operations in Lithuania, the company said in a press release on Thursday. This will be the eight EU country that the company will be present in. Thanks to the security certificate issued in Lithuania, PKP Cargo will now be able to send its rolling stock to the Šeštokai logistics hub. PKP Cargo also has security certificates in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary the Netherlands and Slovakia. Foreign freight stood for 53 percent of the group’s operations in Q1 2014.