Editing Lublin (section)

== Economy and infrastructure ==
The Lublin region is a part of eastern Poland, which has benefited less from the economic transformation after 1989 than regions of Poland located closer to [[Western Europe]]. Despite the fact that Lublin is one of the closest neighbour cities for Warsaw, the investment inflow in services from the Polish capital has secured a steady growth due to relatively fast connection, while external investments are progressing, enabling nearby satellite municipality [[Świdnik]] for large-scale industrial investments.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

[[File:Piotr Kownacki, Elżbieta Kruk, PZL Świdnik, 24-03-2009.jpg|thumb|Polish MPs in the [[PZL-Świdnik]] helicopter factory]]
[[File:Alians PL LublinStreetBernardynska Perla,2009 08 11,P8110003.jpg|thumb|Perła – [[Browary Lubelskie]]]]
Lublin is a regional centre of IT companies. Asseco Business Solutions S.A., eLeader Sp z o.o., CompuGroup Medical Polska Sp. z o.o., Abak-Soft Sp. z o.o. and others have their headquarters here. Other companies (for example [[Comarch|Comarch S.A.]], Britenet Sp. z o.o., Simple S.A., [[Asseco Poland|Asseco Poland S.A.]]) outsourced to Lublin, to take advantage of the educated specialists. There is a visible growth in professionals eager to work in Lublin,{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} due to reasons like quality of life, culture management, the environment, improving connection to Warsaw, levels of education, or financial, because of usually higher operating margins of global organisations present in the area.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The large car factory [[Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych]] (FSC) was acquired by the [[South Korea]]n [[Daewoo]] conglomerate in the early 1990s. With Daewoo's financial troubles in 1998 related to the [[Asian financial crisis]], the production at FSC practically collapsed and the factory entered bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daewoo Polish Truck Factory Bankrupt|url=https://apnews.com/article/6df0d8f83f7ac54eb0378ea12e57eb3a|access-date=2022-02-01|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref> Efforts to restart its van production succeeded when the engine supplier bought the company to keep its prime market.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} With the decline of Lublin as a regional industrial centre, the city's economy has been reoriented toward service industries. Currently, the largest employer is the [[Maria Curie-Sklodowska University]].

The price of land and investment costs are lower than in western Poland. However, the Lublin area has to be one of the main beneficiaries of the EU development funds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.um.lublin.pl/um/index.php?t=200&id=45863 |title=Samorząd Miasta Lublin |website=Um.lublin.pl |access-date=2009-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930152418/http://www.um.lublin.pl/um/index.php?t=200&id=45863 |archive-date=2011-09-30  }}</ref> Jerzy Kwiecinski, the deputy secretary of state in the Ministry for Regional Development at the Conference of the Ministry for Regional Development (Poland in the European Union — new possibilities for foreign investors) said:

{{blockquote|In the immediate financial outlook, between 2007 and 2013, we will be the largest beneficiaries of the EU — every fifth Euro will be spent in Poland. In total, we will have at our disposal 120 billion EUR, assigned exclusively for post-development activities. This sum will be an enormous boost for our country.<ref>{{cite web|author=internet ART; www.internetart.pl |url=http://www.paiz.gov.pl/nowosci/?id_news=1392&lang_id=1 |title=PAIiIZ &#124; News &#124; Inwestycje w Polsce |website=Paiz.gov.pl |date=2007-05-31 |access-date=2009-05-05}}</ref> }}

In September 2007, the prime minister signed a bill creating a special economic investment zone in Lublin that offers tax incentives. It is part of "Park Mielec" — the European Economic Development area.<ref>{{cite web|author=Marcin Bielesz |url=http://miasta.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,35640,4527639.html |title=Lublin fetuje specjalną strefę ekonomiczną |website=Miasta.gazeta.pl |date=2007-09-27 |access-date=2009-05-05}}</ref> At least 13 large companies had declared their wish to invest here, e.g., Carrefour, Comarch, Safo, Asseco, Aliplast, Herbapol, [[Modern-Expo]], and [[Browary Lubelskie|Perła Browary Lubelskie]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lublin.wyborcza.pl/lublin/7,35640,4527639.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Wyborcza.pl|website=Lublin.wyborcza.pl|access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww2.tvp.pl/3903,20051107265122.strona |title=Serwis regionalny Lublin |date=18 August 2007 |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818010437/http://ww2.tvp.pl/3903,20051107265122.strona |archive-date=18 August 2007 }}</ref> At the same time, the energy conglomerate, Polska Grupa Energetyczna, which will build Poland's first nuclear power station, is to have its main offices in Lublin.

Modern shopping centers built in Lublin like Tarasy Zamkowe (Castle Terraces), Lublin Plaza, Galeria Olimp, Galeria Gala, the largest shopping mall in the city, covering 33,500 square meters of area. Similar investments are planned for the near future such as Park Felin (Felicity) and a new underground gallery ("Alchemy") between and beneath Świętoduska and Lubartowska Streets.<ref>{{cite web|author=opracowali: tn, dil, msa, ms, jb, pr, wa |url=http://miasta.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,36651,3823552.html |title=Taki był 2006 rok |website=Miasta.gazeta.pl |date=2007-01-01 |access-date=2009-05-05}}</ref>

=== Media ===
The local [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]] station, [[TVP3 Lublin]], broadcasts from a {{convert|104|m|ft|abbr=on}}-tall concrete television tower.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://emi.emitel.pl/EMITEL/obiekty.aspx?obiekt=DODR_E1L |title=Przegląd obiektów z emisjami |website=Emi.emitel.pl |access-date=2009-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102010428/http://emi.emitel.pl/EMITEL/obiekty.aspx?obiekt=DODR_E1L |archive-date=2014-11-02  }}</ref> The station put its first program on the air in 1985. In recent years it contributed programming to [[TVP3]] channel and later [[TVP Info]].

The radio stations airing from Lublin include Radio 'eR – 87.9 FM', Radio 'Eska Lublin' – 103.6 FM, [[Polish Radio Lublin|Radio Lublin]] (regional station of the [[Polskie Radio|Polish Radio]]) – 102.2 FM, [ Radio Centrum (university radio station)] – 98.2 FM, Radio 'Free' (city station of the Polish Radio) – 89,9 FM, and Radio 'Złote Przeboje' (Golden Hits) Lublin – 95.6 FM.

Local newspapers include ''Kurier Lubelski'' daily, regional partner of the national newspaper ''Dziennik Wschodni'' daily, ''[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]'' [ Lublin Edition] daily (regional supplement to the national newspaper ''Gazeta Wyborcza''), ''[ Metro]'' (daily, free), and ''[[Nasze Miasto Lublin]]'' weekly (free).<gallery>
File:20210625 TVP3 Lublin.jpg|TVP3 Lublin headquarters
File:Wieża nadajnika Radia "Lublin".jpg|Radio Lublin transmitter tower
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===Transport===
==== Airport ====
[[File:Airport Lublin.jpg|thumb|Lublin Airport]]
The [[Lublin Airport]] (Port Lotniczy Lublin) (IATA: LUZ) is located about {{convert|10|km|1|abbr=in}} SE of Lublin. With approximately 8 destinations and over 450 000 passengers served in 2018, it is the biggest airport in Eastern Poland. There is a direct train and bus link from the airport to downtown.

==== Railways ====
From [[Lublin Główny railway station]], ten trains depart each day to [[Warsaw]], and three to [[Kraków]], as in other major cities in Poland. Lublin has also direct train connections with [[Rzeszów]], [[Szczecin]], [[Gdynia]], and other Polish cities and towns in the region as [[Nałęczów]], [[Chełm]] or [[Zamość]]. The express train to Warsaw takes about two hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rozklad.mortin.pl/lublin.html |title=Lublin - Rozkład jazdy pociągów PKP, autobusów PKS oraz komunikacji miejskiej dla miasta Lublin |website=Rozklad.mortin.pl |access-date=2009-06-02}}</ref>

[[File:Lublin Główny, budynek dworca, 21.04.2024 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lublin Główny railway station, the city's main train station]]
There are other smaller stations in Lublin for local trains:
* {{ill|Lublin Ponikwoda railway station|pl|Lublin Ponikwoda}}
* {{ill|Lublin Północny railway station|pl|Lublin Północny}}
* {{ill|Lublin Zemborzyce railway station|pl|Lublin Zemborzyce}}
* {{ill|Lublin Zadębie railway station|pl|Lublin Zadębie}}
* {{ill|Lublin Zachodni railway station|pl|Lublin Zachodni}}
* {{ill|Stasin Polny railway station|pl|Stasin Polny}}
* {{ill|Rudnik Przystanek railway station|pl|Rudnik Przystanek}}

====Roads====
[[File:Dworzec Lublin (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lublin Metropolitan Station is aimed at connecting metropolitan, regional, and national transport.]]
[[File:Solaris trolleybus, Plac Łokietka, Lublin, Poland 01.jpg|thumb|Lublin has [[Trolleybuses in Lublin|one of three trolleybus systems]] in Poland.]]
Lublin is located at the intersection of expressways [[Expressway S12 (Poland)|S12]], [[Expressway S17 (Poland)|S17]], and [[Expressway S19 (Poland)|S19.]]
Expressway S17 between Lublin and Warsaw is currently finishing construction and should be ready by the second half of 2020. S19 between Lublin and Rzeszów is currently under construction and should be finished by 2023. The rest of the planned expressway network around the city, that will be built in the coming years, consists of S12 to the east in the direction [[Chełm]], S19 north towards [[Białystok]], and S17 southeast towards [[Zamość]]. The expressway bypass of Lublin allows transit traffic to avoid the city centre.

Long-distance buses depart from near the Castle in the Old Town and serve most of the same destinations as the rail network. 
{{main|Trolleybuses in Lublin}}
Lublin is one of only four towns in Poland to have trolleybuses (the others are Gdynia, Sopot, and Tychy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ztm.lublin.eu/?sid=34&lng=en|title=Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego w Lublinie|website=Ztm.lublin.eu|access-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>

Lublin is the largest city in Poland to not have a tram network