PKP_Linia_Hutnicza_Szerokotorowa
PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa
Polish railway company
PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa sp. z o.o. is a company in the PKP Group which manages and operates the Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line), which runs for 394.65 km (245.22 mi) from the Ukrainian border in Izow-Hrubieszów to Sławków Południowy (near Katowice).
As of 2019[update], the company transported about 10 million tonnes of freight annually. The company owns 77 diesel locomotives (mainline and shunters), 95 wagons, 50 broad gauge bogies, and 168 standard gauge bogies.[1]
The company was founded in 2001 after splitting the once-unitary Polskie Koleje Państwowe (the national rail operator) into smaller companies.