It introduced new bogie, improved gauge changer that is expected to last 20% longer, and electronic system checking and registering regauging and wheelset locking.
[4] In 2019, as the result of the bankruptcy and subsequent liquidation of ZNTK Poznań, PKP acquired documentation and rights to the SUW 2000 patents and technology.
The system, renamed Polsuw, will be further developed in cooperation with Poznań University of Technology, one of the areas of work being the reduction of operating costs.
[8] The introduction of SUW 2000 gauge changing facility at the Polish-Ukrainian border reduced the total travel time by 2 hours.
[14] SUW 2000 gauge changing facilities are installed at the following locations: A gauge changing facility was also planned at Brest, Belarus[15]: – see map on page 19 [19] The construction of a standard-gauge railway line from the border to Kaunas railway station and intermodal freight terminal (part of Rail Baltica) made it possible to cross the Polish-Lithuanian border using standard-gauge rolling stock.
After the introduction of additional safety system and a round of intergovernmental negotiations, SUW 2000-equipped rolling stock was again permitted to use Ukrainian railway network.