Poland invests PLN 200 billion in transport infrastructure

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced a plan to invest about PLN 200 billion (US $ 53.58 billion) in road and rail infrastructure.

The funds will be provided in the state program for overcoming the consequences of the pandemic (Polish New Deal plan). The plan, in particular, includes the already started reconstruction of the Warsaw-West station, in order to improve the transport and transfer capabilities. This was reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to Zdmira.

A contract has been signed for the construction of a high-speed line Warsaw – Lodz, which is part of the Solidarity Transport Hub (CPK) project. In addition, the CPK project envisages the construction of a new airport 37 km west of Warsaw, as well as the design of 10 high-speed lines radially diverging from the capital to the country’s largest cities, the travel time of which should not exceed 2.5 hours. Spanish specialists will take part in the creation of a network of high-speed railways in Poland.

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The 140 km Warsaw-West-Lodz-Fabryczna line is planned to be opened in 2027. The technical, economic and environmental aspects of the new line will be studied by an international consortium of IDOM, Multiconsult, Transprojekt Gdański and Arcadis.

In total, 2,400 km of existing railways need to be reconstructed and about 1,800 km of new railway lines built at speeds of up to 350 km/h. The government has high hopes for the potential of rail transport.

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