The rail terminal located within the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) area forms part of the railway infrastructure managed by the Port of Gdynia Authority.
The BCT rail system is divided into external and internal track systems. The external system currently comprises seven shunting and stabling tracks equipped with an automatic railway traffic control system (SRK).
The internal system consists of three tracks used for container handling and two tracks for general cargo railcars.
A complete list of the technical parameters of the tracks is provided in the Rules of the Gdynia Port Authority Railway Siding, available on the Port of Gdynia Authority website: https://www.port.gdynia.pl/pl/dla-kolei.
Access to the BCT loading tracks and the rules governing railway traffic operations are regulated by the following documents: Regulations of the Rail Siding of the Port of Gdynia Authority S.A., Regulations on Access to the OIU, and Principles of Railway Traffic and Signalling within the Infrastructure of the Port of Gdynia Authority S.A. These documents are available on the Port of Gdynia Authority website: https://www.port.gdynia.pl/pl/dla-kolei.
The procedures for notifying the BCT of trains scheduled for service, as well as the rules governing cooperation between railway undertakings, their carriers and the BCT, are set out in the Terminal Services – Standard Terms and Conditions, Annex A (Operating Regulations), Part III (Land Transshipment Operations), Section C (Railcar Service), and in the BCT Tariff. These documents are available on the BCT website under Regulations and Procedures: https://www.bct.gdynia.pl/en/regproc.
As of 1 February 2021, the INCOS communication platform has been in operation at the BCT, and electronic notification of railcars scheduled for service at the terminal is mandatory.