The Polish transportation sector registered positive performance in 2011 in terms of freight volume and service revenues. Freight transportation increased by 6.5% y/y to 1.9bn tonnes in 2011, supported by the good performance of air, road and railway segments, while pipeline, maritime and inland waterway transport posted annual decline in 2011. Transport services revenues advanced by 4.8% y/y to PLN 133.7bn (EUR 32.5bn) last year.
The preparations for Euro 2012 soccer championship, co-hosted with Ukraine in June 2012, helped Poland significantly improve in the past two years the previously neglected transport infrastructure. The investments in 2009-2011 drove the transport sector upwards during the period and there is still enough room for growth, considering that some of the projects are still to be finalised. Passenger traffic particularly is likely to thrive from the organization of the Euro 2012. In 2011, however, transport of passengers shrank by 3.7% y/y to 807mn, according to official statistics.
Figure 1 Freight transport in 2000-2011 (y/y, in %)
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