Company type | National holding |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Founded | 2001 (After splitting PKP) |
Headquarters | Warszawa, Poland |
Key people | Krzysztof Mamiński PKP SA chairman/CEO |
Revenue | 9 224 200 000 zł [1] (2017) |
652 900 000 zł [2] (2017) | |
Total assets | 25 540 900 000 zł [3] (2017) |
Number of employees | 69 422 |
Website | www.pkp.pl |
The PKP Group (Polish : Grupa PKP) is a Polish corporate group founded in 2001, from the former state enterprise, Polish State Railways. The purpose of this change was to separate infrastructure management and transport operations.
It consists of the following companies, of which PKP S.A. has the dominant position:
Company name | Responsibility |
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Polskie Koleje Państwowe S. A. | Dominating company |
PKP Intercity | Intercity passenger transport |
PKP Szybka Kolej Miejska | Passenger transport within the Tricity conurbation |
PKP Cargo (WSE : PKP) | Freight transport, company is owned by the PKP S.A. (50% + 1 share) and private investors |
PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa | Freight transport on the Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line |
PKP Telekomunikacja Kolejowa | Rail telecommunication |
PKP Informatyka | IT services |
PKP Group has sold PKP Energetyka, an electricity supplier and most of the shares in PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, an infrastructure manager.
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