PKP LHS
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PKP LHS is a company of the PKP Group
responsible for infrastructure operation and freight transport on the Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line. The line runs for about 400 km from the Polish
-Ukrainian
border in Izow-Hrubieszów to Sławków Południowy (near Katowice
).
In 2004 the LHS line run on average 6.4 trains daily, transporting about 7,300,000 t. of cargo. The motive stock of the company consist of 50 PKP class ST44
diesel locomotives and 8 PKP class SM48
diesel locomotives.
The company was founded in 2001 after splitting Polskie Koleje Państwowe (the national rail operator) into several smaller companies.
PKP Group
PKP Group is a Polish conglomerate founded in 2001 from the former single national rail operator, Polskie Koleje Państwowe. The purpose of this change was to match European Union directives of dividing transport service from rail system management and founding separate companies able to sell their...
responsible for infrastructure operation and freight transport on the Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line. The line runs for about 400 km from the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
-Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
border in Izow-Hrubieszów to Sławków Południowy (near Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
).
In 2004 the LHS line run on average 6.4 trains daily, transporting about 7,300,000 t. of cargo. The motive stock of the company consist of 50 PKP class ST44
PKP class ST44
M62 is a Soviet built diesel locomotive for heavy freight trains, exported to many Eastern Bloc countries as well as to Cuba, North Korea and Mongolia. Beside the single locomotive M62 also twin versions 2M62 and triple versions 3M62 have been built...
diesel locomotives and 8 PKP class SM48
PKP class SM48
SM48 is the name for class of Soviet diesel locomotives operating in Poland for PKP. The original designation was ТЭМ2 , and was the Soviet-built version of the ALCO RSD-1.-History:...
diesel locomotives.
The company was founded in 2001 after splitting Polskie Koleje Państwowe (the national rail operator) into several smaller companies.
See also
- Transportation in Poland
- List of railway companies
- Polish locomotives designation
- PKP locomotives
- PKP GroupPKP GroupPKP Group is a Polish conglomerate founded in 2001 from the former single national rail operator, Polskie Koleje Państwowe. The purpose of this change was to match European Union directives of dividing transport service from rail system management and founding separate companies able to sell their...