Szybka Kolej Miejska (Tricity)
| Company type | Ltd. |
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| Industry | Rapid transit and commuter rail |
| Founded | December 22, 2000 (as a separate company) 1951 (as a part of PKP) |
| Headquarters | Gdynia, Poland |
Area served | Pomeranian Voivodeship |
Key people | Maciej Lignowski CEO Christopher Golubiewski Chairman of the supervisory board |
| Services | Passenger transport in Pomeranian Voivodeship Maintenance of Gdańsk Śródmieście-Rumia railway line |
| Revenue | 221.5 million zł (2017) |
| 3.5 million zł (2017) | |
| 2.6 million zł (2017) | |
| Total assets | 455.7 million zł (2017) |
Number of employees | 989 (2017) |
| Parent | PKP Group |
| Website | www.skm.pkp.pl |
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PKP Szybka Kolej Miejska w Trójmieście Sp. z o.o. (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂɨpka ˈkɔlɛi̯ ˈmjɛi̯ska]); (SKM; which translates as 'Rapid Urban Rail'), is a public rapid transit and commuter rail system in Poland's Tricity area (Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia), in addition to servicing the Little Kashubian Tricity and Lębork 59 km (37 mi) west of Gdynia; its service extended in the past also to Słupsk, Pruszcz Gdański, Tczew, Elbląg, and as far south as Iława. Until December 2022, It serviced Kartuzy and Koscierzyna.
The SKM functions as a rapid transit and commuter rail service for the Tricity, operating frequent trains on the central section between Gdańsk and Gdynia, and less frequently to outlying sections. The SKM route has 27 stops covering the Tricity between Gdańsk, Gdynia and Wejherowo.
The SKM was established after World War II ended in 1945, when the cities of the Tricity, which had previously been divided under Polish and non-Polish administrations, all became part of Poland. For the first 24 years, from the start of SKM service in January 1952 until December 1976, SKM trains used cars built in the 1930s for the Berlin S-Bahn. These cars had been taken from Germany to Poland in 1945 as war reparations.
In December 1976 the Berlin cars were retired, and replaced by new ones constructed in Poland. In 2014, nearly one-third of the SKM fleet was completely rebuilt. An order for new cars was also on the horizon, and the SKM was entering a constant phase of modernization and improvement.