u/MillieBeatle

Came across a small anomaly in Poland, a ČSD M 152 railway in regular service in Pleszew, a city in Greater Poland roughly 100km away from Poznań.

The city of Pleszew is bypassed by the mainline railway roughly 5km to the southwest, and originally, until the early 1980s, The city was served by a narrow gauge line. Until 2006, The city did what you would expect, they simply ran a bus between city center and the station

In 2006, there was an attempt to restart traffic by converting the old railway into a standard gauge line (The railway in currently both 750mm and 1435mm). The city purchased a Single MBxd2 Motorwagon to run between the city and the station, However only a year later in 2007, due to constant break downs of the motorwagon and relatively low ridership, The line was shut down and the rail replacement bus resumed service.

Talks to reopen the line commenced immediately, however this did not occur until 2015, when the city bought a M152 in good condition, The vehicle was handed over to SKPL (A company specializing in Local Railways).

Currently, The line runs as the **Pleszewska Kolej Lokalna (**Pleszew Local Railway) on Railway line 317, There are 13 courses each way on work days, spaced roughly an hour apart, and 5-6 railway courses on weekends and holidays. While it may not be a flashly new high ridership commuter railway, It serves the people of Pleszew well, Often also being used as a commuter rail for people living in the nearby town Kowalew (Where the mainline station is located) to work in Pleszew, occasionally residents will make use of the 4 stations to travel within the city