PKP Intercity a placed a Zlotys 1.16bn ($US 310m) order with a Stadler/Newag consortium for 20 of the 160km/h trains in August 2013, together with a Zlotys 464m contract to maintain the fleet for 15 years. The European Union provided 70% of the funding for the order.
The fleet is being deployed on four routes:
- Olsztyn - Warsaw - Krakow
- Warsaw - Bydgoszcz
- Gdynia - Bydgoszcz - Katowice, and
- Krakow - Lodz - Poznan - Szczecin.
Each 150m-long train seats 360 passengers, including 60 in first class.
PKP Intercity has also expanded its Pendolino Express Intercity Premium (EIC) network to serve Rzeszow, Bielsko-Biala, and Gliwice.
