23:16 13 July 2021
PKP Intercity prepares to buy double-decker trains
PKP Intercity has announced on Tuesday a plan for the purchase of double-decker push-pull trains together with multi-system locomotives. Interested entities can submit applications to participate in the procedure until August 10.
The subject matter of the order is the delivery of 38 seven-car double-deck push-pull trains together with 45 multisystem locomotives and the provision of technical maintenance services for the locomotives.
Push-pull trains consist of a locomotive and carriages, where the last carriage can act as a control carriage. When the train is pulled by a locomotive, control is from the locomotive, and when the train is pushed by a locomotive, control is from the control car.
“The double-decker trains will be a novelty in our fleet and will allow us to efficiently serve passengers who travel between the largest Polish agglomerations to work or school. We are preparing for a steady increase in the number of travelers, and such a train will allow us to comfortably transport several hundred passengers at a time,” PKP Intercity CEO Marek Chraniuk mentions in the announcement.
