波鉄 (Hatetsu)<p>Got done reading a report titled "What Makes Poles Love Rail?" recently published by the makers of <a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/Koleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koleo</span></a>, probably the best app for booking domestic rail journeys in Poland (disclaimer: not affiliated). It retreads some familiar ground using publicly-available UTK (railway regulator) data, but adds to it using their own sales data (without citing exact numbers, of course) and an online survey of 1000 people for which they partnered with the market research agency Minds & Roses.</p><p>I will provide some interesting highlights in English here and you can find the original in Polish at (PDF download link on page): <a href="https://magazyn.koleo.pl/raport-koleo-2025/page" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">magazyn.koleo.pl/raport-koleo-</span><span class="invisible">2025/page</span></a></p><p>1/n</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/WhatMakesPolesLoveRail2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatMakesPolesLoveRail2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/pkp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.com.pl/tags/bahnbubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bahnbubble</span></a></p>