Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

3.1.2.3 Poland
The charging of the RR is designed to cover full-cost (FC). The charging principle is based on
covering the anticipated costs of the following year. The fee rate consists of total costs for
maintenance and management, the costs of the network construction works, partially of the
external expenses and of total costs on the protection of movable and immovable property. The
objective is to compensate as many expenses as possible, which should cover the total costs of
the railway network provider. The charges are designed to cover about 91 % of the total costs of
the total railway network costs. The fee for railway network does not contain the expenses for
electricity, which are paid by individual operator separately to the PKP Energy Ltd. Fees are
collected by railway network provider, the Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP).
Picture 39 - Poland - Map of the railway network with marked corridors of the AGC and AGTC
Source: http://www.plk-sa.pl/
network (2008)
Chart 30 – Charges for using the Polish railway network valid for both passenger and cargo
transport
1 train km 10,47 PLN (i.e. 2,54 EUR)
Source: SŽDC, s.o. (2009)
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 128