📋 Tender Overview
Acronym
21-PL-TC-Bedzin - Piotrowice
EU Contribution: €755,100,029.60
Objective
The main objective of the Project Works on primary passenger lines (E30 and E65) within the Silesian Province, stage I: E65 railway line, Bedzin – Katowice Szopienice Pld. – Katowice - Katowice Piotrowice section is to improve the quality of the railway connection along the line E65 on the Bedzin – Katowice – Katowice Piotrowice section to meet TEN-T core requirements, and to improve its attractiveness and competitiveness compared to other means of transport. It will be done by the upgrading of over 56 km railway lines on the Bedzin – Katowice—Katowice Piotrowice section, along with the construction/reconstruction of engineering structures, construction/modernization of stations/passenger stops, eliminations of level crossings etc. The Project will be implemented in the Build formula, on the basis of the design documentation prepared under the project CEF 2015-PL-TM-0081-S. The Project is the important part of the Global Project covering the Bedzin - Katowice Szopienice Pld. – Katowice – Czechowice Dziedzice – Zebrzydowice (state border) section. The Project is located in the Baltic-Adriatic TEN-T core network corridor. Additionally, the Bedzin – Katowice section is located in the North Sea – Baltic TEN-T core network corridor. The main objective will be achieved by meeting the following specific objectives on the Bedzin – Katowice Piotrowice section: • shortening of travel time; • increase the capacity; • adaptation of stations for servicing freight trains that are 750 m long; • enhancing safety of the railway traffic. The specific objectives of the Project will be achieved by the following operational objectives: • increasing the speed of freight trains in general up to V= 120 km/h and passenger trains up to V=160 km/h, • increasing the maximum permissible axle load to 221 kN; • removing bottlenecks ; • modernisation of the control command and signalling system and expansion of Local Control Centres, • upgrading of the catenary and traction power supply.
