Poznańskie Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego

Poznańskie Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego (abbreviated ZNTK Poznań, English: Poznań Rail Rolling Stock Repair Workshops) is a company in Poznań engaged in the production, modernization, and repair of railway vehicles and their components, as well as providing other services in the railway industry. Its origins date back to 1870, when the first of three railway workshops was established, which were merged into a single facility in the late 1880s and early 1890s. During the Polish People's Republic, it operated as a state-owned enterprise, the Rail Rolling Stock Repair Workshops in Poznań. In 1995, it was transformed into a joint-stock company, and in 2005, it was acquired by the Sigma company. Since 2018, it has been in bankruptcy.

History

Origins and early operations (1870–1920)

The history of the workshops dates back to 1870. In that year, the Marchian-Poznań Railway Company established the first railway workshops. In 1872 and 1873, the Upper Silesian Railway Company opened additional workshops to repair rolling stock for its Poznań-Bydgoszcz-Toruń Railway, and in 1875, further workshops were opened by the Poznań-Kluczbork Railway Company. None of these facilities performed major repairs, and after the construction of Poznań Główny railway station in 1879 for all lines converging in Poznań, these workshops were located in its immediate vicinity.

In 1885, all railways converging in the city came under the state administration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and shortly thereafter, the Poznań railway workshops were organizationally merged and transformed into main workshops, subordinate from 1895 to the Poznań Railway Directorate.