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The US President Travelled by Train from Meetings in Ukraine. The Special Carriage Was Manufactured by PESA

The US President Travelled by Train from Meetings in Ukraine. The Special Carriage Was Manufactured by PESA
photo: Twitter/The US President Travelled by Train from Meetings in Ukraine. The Special Carriage Was Manufactured by PESA
21 / 02 / 2023

The Polish company PESA, a leading innovator in the railway sector in Poland, has modernised a special carriage. It was used by US President Joe Biden to transport him from Kyiv to Poland on Monday.

US President Joe Biden used a special carriage, modernised by PESA Bydgoszcz, on his working trip from Kyiv to Poland. The company announced this on its Twitter account. The car, originally built for the Lviv Railway in 2005, has been upgraded and now serves on variable gauge bogies. The interior features a living room, bedroom, kitchen, and toilets, and, in the summer months, the air-conditioning is especially pleasing. The special carriage can reach speeds of up to 160 km/h.

"Yes, this might be the same train route everyone takes, but this is definitely not the same train everyone takes," PBS journalist and defence and foreign affairs correspondent Nich Schifrin tweeted Monday night.

PESA is Poland's largest manufacturer of rolling stock. The company's cars are used in 11 countries across Europe and Asia. Since its inception, the company has relied on its own innovative projects. It has its own research and development office in Bydgoszcz, employing nearly 300 Polish engineers, designers and constructors. They respond to the dynamically evolving market requirements with the slogans of innovation, the design that brings a new aesthetic quality to the line and cares for safety, ecology and low operating costs.

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