Representatives of the Track Tec Group, a leading international supplier of track superstructure materials, took part in the Polish Economic Congress, which was held on 21 May 2025 in Warsaw. The event brought together representatives of public administration, business and the scientific community, and one of the most important topics was the future of railway infrastructure in Poland.

The panel discussion on the topic “PLN 180 billion for railways by 2032: how will travel patterns and logistics change?” provided an opportunity to exchange views on the challenges and opportunities associated with the transformation of the rail transport sector. Krzysztof Niemiec, Vice-President of the Management Board of Track Tec, drew particular attention to the need to ensure long-term, stable financing for railway investments, pointing to the need to reform the Railway Fund.

Unlike the road transport model, the current model of financing railway infrastructure does not provide for pre-financing or the possibility of borrowing from the Railway Fund based on State Treasury guarantees. There is also a lack of basic sources of revenue, such as infrastructure access charges or EU refunds as a source of cash flow. As a result, the railway market experiences investment downturns at the turn of the EU budgets, which leads to destabilization, risky contracts and a lack of prospects for the development of the potential of contractors and material manufacturers.

As an industry leader, Track Tec actively advocates reforms that would bring railway investment financing in line with road transport investment financing, including by providing the Railway Fund with a steady stream of revenue from fuel charges and the ability to issue debt covered by State Treasury guarantees.