The European Parliament has identified new responsibilities and challenges for railway owners. How do you answer it and attract passengers after the epidemic?
- The debate “For the European Year of Railways – on new passenger rights and the reactivation of local railways” was the starting point for the conversation about the state of rail transport in Poland and Europe.
- At the end of April, the European Parliament adopted a new set of rights for rail passengers.
- The new rules concern, among other things: assistance in the event of delays or cancellation of communications, travel comfort for persons with reduced mobility, or separation of a private space for transporting bicycles.
Experts discussed the future of European railways, passenger rights, transportation exclusion and environmental issues during a debate organized by the Wroclaw Office of the European Parliament. Wojciech Zdanowski – Vice President of Koleje Dolnośląskie and representatives of local government and European institutions took the floor in the discussion.
The debate “For the European Year of Railways – on new passenger rights and the reactivation of local railways” was the starting point for the conversation about the state of rail transport in Poland and Europe.
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One of the main topics of the meeting was the new package of railway passenger rights, which was adopted by the European Parliament at the end of April. The new rules relate to, among other things: assistance in case of delays or cancellation of communications, travel comfort for people with reduced mobility, or separation of a private space for transporting bicycles.
We like the return to the railways to a greater extent and much faster than the return to aviation, especially international and city trips. We hope that the post-production recovery will lead to a return not only to international railways, but also to local, regional and national railways, as these are the most environmental branches of transportation – the professor said. Bogusław Liberadzki – Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament.
As part of the reconstruction plan, we are guided by two basic messages – we focus on green transportation and digitization. We want to be able to remotely make changes to reservations, complaints or ticket purchases – Liberadzki explained.
As emphasized by Wojciech Zdanowski, Vice President of Koleje Dolnośląskie, many of the criteria described have already been met by the airline of Lower Silesia.
We are constantly developing the functionality of purchasing tickets through our online platforms in order to meet the expectations of our travelers. In addition, our trains are equipped with places to transport bicycles for free. In the new fleet, we have also used a specific configuration that will enable us to transport vehicles according to the needs of our passengers – he said.
As he explained, depending on the season – winter or summer, the number of places to transport bicycles will increase or decrease, so that the space on the trains will be adjusted accordingly.
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