Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 on the Functioning of Passenger Rail Transport
Author(s) -
Janusz Poliński,
Krzysztof Ochociński
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
problemy kolejnictwa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-9451
pISSN - 0552-2145
DOI - 10.36137/1904e
Subject(s) - covid-19 , passenger transport , transport engineering , air transport , business , order (exchange) , road transport , pandemic , transmission (telecommunications) , engineering , telecommunications , finance , medicine , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The article presents an overview of the transport situation on Polish railways during the first and second waves of the CO-VID-19 pandemic. The emerging trends in the use of rail transport are characterised. In order to meet market needs, rail transport should be open to any technical solution that reduces the possibility of horizontal transmission of infections to, both, travellers and transport workers. Examples are given of measures which improve safety during transport in this respect, as a fundamental condition for the systematic return of travellers to the railways. Keywords: rail transport, COVID-19, passenger rail transport