In mid August, the Polish Railway Transport Authority (Urzęd Transportu Kolejowego) and the Czech Railway Authority (Drážní úřad) signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of cross-border rail transport. The agreement aims to ensure joint supervision of railway undertakings and railway operators with cross-border activities and to establish rules for access to border stations in both countries. As part of the agreement, the existing stations located on passenger tracks were also redefined as border stations.
Accelerating and improving road and rail links between the Czech Republic and Poland and the cooperation between the two countries on making the Odra river navigable. This was not the only topic discussed in Prague by Transport Minister Martin Kupka and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Adamczyk. Both ministers also signed a memorandum on the development of transport links between Polish seaports and the Czech Republic.
The minister of transportation Dan Ťok negotiated with Andrzej Adamczyk, the Polish minister of infrastructure and construction, in Dobruška about a better road and railway connection between the two countries. Construction of another 22.5 kilometres from Hradec Králové to Jaroměř will start in 2017. On the Polish side, approximately 180 kilometres are under construction and preparations are under way on the last section towards the state border.