Modernisation Completed Warsaw Tender

Modernisation of the railway line between Polands capital Warsaw and its third largest city Ldz is being completed with the help of EU funding. The remaining upgrades should increase maximum speeds and axle loads for trains.An important part of the project is the construction of a local steering centre for the Warsaw-Ldz railway in the town of Skierniewice. In addition the work entails changes to the track system at Skierniewice station.The project also includes the delivery installation and start-up of the train control infrastructure in line with the requirements of the European Rail Traffic Management System ERTMS as well as the construction of a road viaduct over the railway.Extensive EU financingClose to EUR 60 million is being invested in the remaining upgrades around EUR 26.2 million of which is provided through EU co-financing. The project represents an important contribution to the strengthening of the multimodal transport infrastructure as part of the development of the Trans-European Transport Network. It should help to achieve a key priority of making transport more sustainable as well as removing bottlenecks in network infrastructure.The Warsaw to Ldz line runs through Polands Mazowieckie and Ldzkie regions. Skierniewice where the local steering centre is situated is a town of some 50 000 inhabitants almost equidistant between the two major cities. It is located in the Ldzkie region close to the border with Mazowieckie.Construction of the steering centre aims to improve the steering of trains in the section of track between the stations of Zyrardw a town of just over 40 000 people 45 kilometres west of Warsaw and Koluszki a major railway junction 20 kilometres east of Ldz. The track controlled by the local steering centre is 59 kilometres long.Better infrastructure on several linesAs well as the Warsaw to Ldz line improvements to the track system at Skierniewice station also benefit railway lines 11 from Skierniewice to Lowicz Glwny 12 from Skierniewice to Lukw 529 from Miedniewice to Skierniewice and 530 from Skierniewice Park to Skierniewka.The length of track fitted with ERTMS infrastructure totals 62 kilometres and along with the Warsaw-Ldz line includes line 17 from Ldz Fabryczna to Koluszki. This infrastructure includes the European Train Control System for on-board control and GSM-R mobile communications equipment.Modernisation raises the maximum speed on the Warsaw-Ldz line to 160 kmh for passenger traffic and increases the maximum axle load to 22.5 tonnes on lines 11 12 529 and 530.Improvements to road infrastructure are also part of the work with a viaduct built over the railway as part of national road 72. This road runs from the city of Konin around 100 kilometres north-east of Ldz via Ldz to Rawa Mazowiecka near European Highway E67 known as the Via Baltica which links Prague with Helsinki.