More Investment into Rail in Poland

Prime Minister Mateusz Mazowiecki has recently announced that the government prepared a list of rail in Poland and train lines of strategic importance to the country. The ruling party wants to make sure rail transportation is not neglected. On the contrary – the planned construction of Solidarity Transport Hub (knows also as Central Communication Port) is going to put trans in the spotlight after years of neglect. Heavy investment is expected in the sector in the upcoming years.

Central Communication Port is going to be a massive airport that will be located in central Poland, between Warsaw and Łódź. However, the government want it not only to be an air traffic centre, but a true travel hub, of which rail is to play an integral part. The Prime Minister announced that Port Solidarity will be connected to 1600 kilometres of rail tracks.

The Importance of Rail in Poland:

The rail tracks of strategic importance are to include 670 km of high-speed rail allowing rail in Poland to carry passengers with the speed of over 250 kilometres per hour. They will constitute a web that connects more than 1200 Polish cities and towns and provide cross-regional transportation for all parts of the country. “We are connecting Poland together”, officials say. Travel times between major cities are to be shorter. According to the early plans, a person getting from Warsaw to Central Communication Port will be there in merely 15 minutes.

The transport hub is to be completed in 2027. The investment into the rail network infrastructure is to cost approximately 40 billion PLN. The total, including the construction of Solidarity Port, is to be near 75 billion PLN. The first stage is to be building new rail connection between Warsaw and Łódź, followed by other region capitals.

The project is a major step in improving access to rail in Poland and other types of transportation of the inhabitants of Polish towns, which in recent years witnessed a decline in bus and routes of rail in Poland. More and more politicians and experts begin to notice the problem of transport exclusion which affects people living in rural areas.