Kraków 2024-12-20 Passenger wagon, couchette type HCP 110A. The word Couchette comes from French and means; to go to sleep. Couchettes were used in Europe from around 1890. The basis was the introduction of the Orient Express train, which was a luxury train, intended more for tourism, as a good type of entertainment and spending…

Poznań 2024-12-18 Passenger wagons type 104A. The 104A type passenger car was another breakthrough in PKP. The technical documentation of the car was created in 1962. It was the first Polish car built according to the international UIC-Y standard. The car was designed for long-distance and international transport. It allowed for travel at a speed…

Kraków 2024-12-16 Passenger wagons 120A, Bwixt, Bh, Bp, B11p, „Bonanza”. The 120A, Bwixt, wagon was developed in Wrocław in the PaFaWag factory in 1972. It was used since 1973. The 120A wagon is a variant of the UIC-Y standard wagons, family type 104A, produced earlier in Poland. The wagon was developed mainly for non-electrified, local…

Chabówka 2024-12-16 Passenger wagons 43A, 101A “Ryflak”. Already in the 1950s, PKP saw the need to introduce new cars on local lines. Pre-war cars had a small capacity. There was a shortage of spare parts for them. In absolute numbers, there were many of them, but their transport potential was small. Therefore, a new passenger…

Kraków 2024-12-16 Passenger wagons type 23W. In 1939, the stupid Germans started World War II and lost a lot. During World War II, the HCP plant in Poznań was taken over by the Germanic arms concern Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, was called DWM Posen and produced rolling stock for the needs of the Germans. On…

Kraków 2024-12-16 Polish passenger wagons. 1918-1939. After the Republic of Poland regained its independence, three factories started producing passenger cars; Hipolit Cegielski Factory in Poznań, Lilpop, Rau, Loewestain Mechanical Factory in Warsaw, Zieleniewski United Machine, Boiler and Wagon Factories in Sanok. All factories produced very modern passenger cars, not only for PKP, but also for…

Kraków 2024-12-12 Passenger wagons. The first carriages based on two four-wheeled bogies were built in 1842. That is, in the same year that the world’s first railway line was put into service. The first carriages with two bogies ran on the London-Lancashire route. The carriages were very quickly lit inside. Initially with oil, carbide or…

Kraków 2024-11-20 Passenger cars of the Rail Vehicle Factory in Poznań for a speed of 200 km/h. Just a few months ago, a dream was to travel in a traditional wagon train at a speed of 200 km/h. But now (November 2024) this dream has become a reality and more and more InterCity trains with…

Krzyż Wielkopolski 2024-10-16 Double-decker cars in PolRegio. In 2023, the PolRegio carrier had over 60 passenger cars, half of which were double-decker cars of the Bmnopux series, which were colloquially called “Piętrusy” and “Bohun”. Specifically, PolRegio had 34 double-decker cars of the Bmnopux series of the DBme type. The designation of the cars of the…

Kraków 17-09-2024 Association of Local Railway Transport (SKPL). SKPL stands for the Association of Local Railway Transport. The SKPL company is an association of companies operating in the railway industry. The company was founded on 18 March 2001, and the registration of the association took place on 6 April 2004. The seat of the association…