PKP could spend zł.1 billion on new trains

Facing the threat of a railway strike, the opposition voted through an amendment to the budget, giving PKP an extra zł.550 million in subsidies. Most of these funds are to be spent on new fleet, including rail-buses for little used connections, the remainder on modernization and renovation of existing carriages. The main problem will be spending the money by the end of the year, as according to a representative of one train producer, the time between announcing a tender for new rail-buses and its delivery should be at least a year under normal circumstances. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) T.J.