Rail Polska develops own strategy based on regional hubs

Rail Polska (RP), private rail cargo company, a subsidiary of American Rail World, is creating a group, which will buy 5-7 new transport companies. Jan usz Wellman, deputy president of Rail Polska (RP), announced that this would be only the beginning of their investments in Poland. The company plans to capture 10% of the rail cargo market. "Our goal was to take part in the pri vatization of PKP Cargo. Our primary strategy has not changed, but our inve stment policy has. This is because the sale of PKP Cargo has been postponed. We will create a bulk transport company on our own, which will focus on cen tral and northern Poland," said Janusz Wellman. Over the past few weeks, RP opened two companies, Oświęcim-based Kolex and Wrocław-based Zec-Trans. "Bo th carriers will also develop operations outside their immediate geographic al areas," explained Wellman. RP invested about zł. 30 million this year, and plans to invest zł. 110 million in 2004. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 10) M.M.