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14/10/2025 New regulations regarding the provision of railway infrastructure - managers will adapt network regulations. On October 6, 2025, a regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure amending the rules for providing railway infrastructure was published in the Journal of Laws. The new regulations will enter into force 30 days after their announcement. The aim of the changes is to increase the competitiveness of rail transport, adapt national law to the interpretation of the provisions of Directive 2012/34/EU resulting from the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, increase the transparency of the rules for determining fees for access to infrastructure and adapt regulations to the needs of the rail transport market (including in terms of improving the capacity of railway lines). The key element of the amendment is the introduction of changes to the reservation fee and an additional fee component. basic (dependent on commercial stops at platforms). The most important changes The amendment introduces a number of solutions that are intended to improve and standardize the system of settling access to railway infrastructure. The most significant changes include: a new definition of modification of the allocated capacity and the addition of gross tonne kilometer as an alternative measure of operational work, modification of the method of calculating the average rate depending on the weight of the train and the category of railway lines, introduction of the obligation for managers to publish market analyzes of rates, unification of the rules for calculating the reservation fee in the case of failure to use the train route by the carrier, as part of the annual and individual train timetable, clarification of the provisions regarding the rules for applying the so-called mark-ups.Adaptation of network regulationsIn accordance with the regulation, railway infrastructure managers, including PLK SA, will adjust their network regulations within 30 days from the date of entry into force of the regulations, i.e. by early December 2025. The updated document will be published on the website in accordance with the applicable deadlines.
