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Shortlines

Polish rail operator

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Shortlines (Polish: Stowarzyszenie Kolejowych Przewozów Lokalnych; SKPL lit.'Association of Local Railway Transport') is a Polish railway voluntary association founded in 2001 in Kalisz. Its subsidiary, SKPL Cargo Sp. z o.o., is an operator of both passenger and freight traffic in Poland, while another subsidiary, SKPL Infrastruktura i Linie Kolejowe Sp. z o.o., maintains railway lines on behalf of local governments.

01Rolling stock

Diesel locomotives

Locomotive class Original class Locomotive series Build date Purchase date Number Owner
SU175 DSB Class ME 001, 003, 1503, 1505, 1522 1981, 1983, 1985 2022 5 SKPL
SU45 , 115 1974 (as SP45), rebuilt in 1992 2016 1 SKPL Cargo
ST43 , 115, 388, 389 1967, 1974 2019, 2020 3 SKPL Cargo
SM42 , 678, 1013, 1107, 1108, 2622 1974, 1978, 1987, 1989 2014, 2021, 2022 5 SKPL Cargo, Pol-Trans, TrainSpeed
SM31 , 021, 025, 111 1977, 1980, 1984 2014, 2020, 2024 3 SKPL Cargo
LDH45 , 025 1988 2014 1 SKPL Cargo
TGM40 , 0509, 0586, 0716, 0718 1989 2004 4 SKPL Cargo
401Da , 043, 216 1972, 1975 2009, 2014 2 SKPL Cargo
SM03 , 12, 437, 497 ? ? 3 SKPL Cargo
SM30 , 703, 707, 892 1964, 1967 2020 2 SKPL Cargo
S200 , S-249, S-257, 258, S-260, S-280, S-2111, S-2137 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 7 SKPL Cargo
T448p , 036, 087 1978, 1979 2016, 2024 2 SKPL Cargo
T458 , 1509 1965 2015 1 SKPL Cargo
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