Polski Bus looking to increase competitiveness

Due, in part, to an inability to attract as many customers as was hoped, Polski Bus announced this week that it would aim to become more competitive, according to a report in Gazeta Wyborcza. During the time the passenger bus service has operated in Poland, rail ridership on Polski Bus’s competitor PKP Intercity has remained steady or even increased, the report indicated. Annual bus trips in 2014, the most recent year for which data was available, numbered 431.5 million, an decrease of about 20 percent from 2009. The report also indicated that the decline in bus travel could be partly attributed to a large increase in car ownership in Poland. In 2015, there were 20 million registered car owners in the country. Polski Bus has been operating in Poland since June, 2011, and is owned and operated by the Highland Global Transport group, founded by UK businessman Brian Souter.