Tags: Polish Railway

Smiths Detection and European Commission support Poland’s railway security in testing innovative safety technology

19th November 2024

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, and a business of Smiths Group, today announces that its state-of-the-art IONSCAN 600 detectors will be tested by the Polish railway, PKP Group. The six-month pilot, the first in Poland, will help develop standards for future anti-terrorism and anti-sabotage systems, strengthening the protection […]

PKP Energetyka has launched Europe’s largest traction energy storage facility to power the Polish railway

8th February 2022

The energy reservoir, which was built in Garbce, in the commune of Żmigród (50 km from Wrocław in Lower Silesia Region, Poland), can single power a train traveling at a speed of 160 km per hour. This is made possible by four battery containers with a total of 4,240 modern lithium-ion cells. The storage facility […]