Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)

Szybka Kolej Miejska
Overview
OwnerSzybka Kolej Miejska Sp. z o.o.
Area servedWarsaw metropolitan area
Transit typeRapid transit and commuter rail
Number of lines5
Line numberS1, S2, S3, S4, S40
Chief executiveAlan Beroud
Websiteskm.warszawa.pl
Operation
Began operation3 October 2005
Operator(s)Szybka Kolej Miejska Sp. z o.o.
Reporting marksSKMWA
Infrastructure manager(s)PKP PLK
Number of vehicles49
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC

Szybka Kolej Miejska (SKM; which translates as 'Rapid Urban Rail') is a mixed rapid transit and commuter rail system in the Warsaw metropolitan area, operated by the city owned company Szybka Kolej Miejska Sp. z o.o. under the management of Public Transport Authority in Warsaw on shared, general railway lines managed by the PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe.

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