Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines
49.2 - Freight rail transport

500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
12 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
12 March 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015

Description

PKP Cargo, Poland’s largest railway freight carrier, has announced its plan to employ 500 workers by the end of 2015. New employees will receive special training before starting to work as train drivers. According to the source in 2014 the company has already employed 500 people who are undergoing two-year training to become qualified train drivers.

PKP Cargo Group is the second largest railway freight carrier in Europe. After completion of the large restructuring programme in 2014, the company employs at the moment 22,000 people across the country.


Sources

  • 12 March 2015: Bankier

Citation

Eurofound (2015), PKP Cargo, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 79174, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79174.