Key signal from Tusk. Poland enters specified tracks

Behind the head of the Prime Minister, announcing on conference “Poland. Year of breakthrough’ Railway projects PLN 180 billion. The rulers plan to implement them within 7 years. – This is truly awesome and this is not an investment deferred in time. These investments have already begun, they are ongoing," he added Donald Tusk, explaining that these measures will at least lead to rail transport up to the first Polish atomic power plant and assist transhipment in seaports.

However, expenditure on specified a scale must cover much more issues related to operation of railways. So what exactly: infrastructure, rolling stock, or possibly both? And whether the current power prefers to draw on way maps express trains connecting agglomerations or focus on local and regional transport? In addition, what is active in the past months Railway programmes?

The government is planning a fast turn. Matysiak: An highly crucial signal from Tusk

She listened to the Prime Minister's words Paulina Matysiak from the Opposition organization Together, which, in the performance of its mandate, promotes collective communication in private life. According to her, Tusk's message is "an highly crucial signal" for the future of rail transport in Poland. – It is simply a key component modern, sustainable mobility and support factor economical improvement of the country – speaks in a conversation with Interia.

We asked the parliamentarian what the government should put the top emphasis on – to clarify that we mean not only modernization and construction of routesof which High velocity Railways (KDP), but and Organisation, rolling stock or ticket fares.

– The most crucial thing is quality of connections: on the 1 hand their number, but also ticket price. It is definitely an crucial issue for travellers to arrive on time. Modernisation on the existing network or electricity are crucial due to the fact that they improve the quality of connections in the future. This is surely not either-or-or-or-or-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-and-

They promise the large velocity Railway. First course in 2032?

So what precisely do they consist of PLN 180 billion indicated by the head of government? This was calculated by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Infrastructure Anna Szumańska, specifying that the full amount is even somewhat higher.

That's the thing. National Railway Programme (KPK; PLN 79.1 billion), National Reconstruction Plan (KPO; PLN 9.5 billion), alleged Railway Plus PLN 13.3 billion), program construction or modernisation of stops (PLN 0.3 billion ends this year), construction Central Communication Port (CPK; PLN 75.1 billion) and activities of the company Polish atomic Power Plants (PEJ; PLN 2.8 billion).

The eye in the head of the current ruling squad is of course KDPof which the first passage is to be opened in 2032. This will happen with the inauguration airports in BaranówAbout what? This is Maciej Lasek at Polsat News., Government Plenipotentiary for CPK. It'll be line linking Warsaw, CPK and Lodz, which is the most crucial component of the alleged egg.

Three years later KDP is to scope Poznań and Wrocław, thanks to branching designed in Sieradze. Creśląc is on the map, we get a form akin to the letter "Y" – hence the name "igrek".

"Igrek", Aero Express and "Poland 100 minutes". That's how we're expected to ride the railroad.

CPK — Pre-financing 8.7 billion PLN – wants to finance purchase of trainsThey'll go as part of the large velocity Railway. The calls they supply will be divided into 3 categories: Intercity KDP to routes between agglomerations (speed exceeding 300 km/h), Aero Express addressed to the Warsaw – mega-airport – Łódź line (up to 200 km/h) and InterRegio, which the marshals of the voivodships would handle, needed for connections between regions (here the maximum velocity is 200 km/h again).

According to CPK plans, the full 480-kilometre ‘igrek’ It'll be ready in 10 years. Travel time Warsaw – airport in Baranów 20 minutes, and from capital to Łódź 40 minutes. As the CPK press office emphasizes in its replies, a completely fresh infrastructure – especially the ‘Y’ way – requires a government concept “Polish 100 Minutes”.

It is besides a promise made by the head of government in June that Railway journeys between major cities will take little than 2 hours. However, it is not certain which routes (except those from Warsaw) will include this revolution.

"Poland 3 hours" can bypass Warsaw

For CPKs, as foreseen by the government Multi-annual programme, construction is besides crucial 880 km of fresh routes. any of these projects are in the preparatory phase, and this is about the way Katowice – Polish-Czech border is Elbowry – Rzeszów (this is about shortening the time of travel from Podkarpacia into Poland).

"The pre-project work includes many routes, for example CPK — Varka and Central Railway Station – North, including the section of CPK – Płock – Włocławek” – we learn from the company.

Ideas for ‘Poland 100 minutes’ co-operates with another project: ‘Polish 3 hours’which the Ministry of Infrastructure is working on. CPK representatives explain that thanks to it, travel time between ‘main urban centres’ is about 180 minutes. ‘The effect will be the anticipation railway travel across Poland as a competitive solution to road transport. These will besides be the mergers of large cities regardless of Warsaw, in the polycentric system" - they pointed out.

Deputy Minister versus bottlenecks. Government announced “800 plus for railway”

Programs related to this mode of transport have multiplied due to the fact that the next – announced in late February – was ‘800 plus for railways’. It was then announced that thanks KPO revisions for the same measures, i.e. PLN 10.7 billion, will be upgraded at least 800 km linenot 500 km, as previously assumed. How did this happen? Deputy Minister for Infrastructure Peter Malebszak explained that large enterprises for the smaller ones had been abandoned, Poland has already settled with KPO to the deadline in August 2026.

– Very large investments will be made from another measures and these carry-overs were possible Spreading this effect over more kilometres On respective lines at the same time... The objectives of this programme are fast results, to be achieved in a short time, giving a very clear impulse, incentives to travel by rail both long-distance and regional – he said during the conference.

He outlined a vision. improving journey times, capacity on lines or decommissioning narrow throatswhere trains must importantly slow down. Paulina Matysiak considers that, in fact, it is better to usage the funds from the KPO "even for smaller, place investments in modernising the railway network“not to quit on them, “if we know that large investment plans would not be achieved.”

– At the same time I'm worried about the information.that the railway line between Kutne and Łódź, in the section to Zgierz, will not scope the second track. The method parameters of the line request to be increased to 160 km/h, even though the rolling stock operated there – mostly regional connections – He goes up to 120 km/h. – noticed the MP, from Kutna.

The electrification action. Where will the PKP hang the traction grid?

Voices in Interia are besides taken PKP Polish Railways managing almost the full network of railway routes. Both CPKand PLK ensure that they cooperate in accordance with each other. Magdalena Janus, a typical of the another company, however, adds that within the National Railway Programme projects that are implemented They just gotta rise – whether and erstwhile the airport in Baranów will be commissioned.

Among them, PLK exchange lines for freight trains moving from Baltic ports to Silesia and confederate Europe. The company besides referred to the planned electrification of routes. It turns out that by 2030-2032 he wants to lead traction net in different places on the country map.

This includes episodes: Maximum — Gdynia (part of the way from Bydgoszcz), Elk – Giżycko – Korsze, Sokolów Podlaski – Siedlce, Rejoice — Zamość, Vulture — Oleśnica, Piotrków Trybunalski – Bełchatów, Ostrów Mazowiecki – Malkinia, as well as to guarantee the electrical cars are fresh short from Kraków to Zakopane and Nowy Sączknown as Underwaters — Hell.

The city's a evidence player. Hawks-Zdrój has 80,000 inhabitants and zero trains

PLK did not straight answer the question of whether they assume decommissioning of any railway line, especially among those long-unused in regular movement. As they declared, they are "took on the improvement of the railway network", the main component (outside the Podleże – Piekiełko route) is planned for December train return to Ciechocinka After 14 years off.

We'll besides gotta rise the railroad in Hawk-dried. This 80,000th city is the largest in PolandWhere no rail vehicle reaches. This has been happening since the beginning of the 21st century, and these were times an unpleasant “acute cut”, which is mass decommissioning of connections. The first work on repairing this mistake continues, and the reconstruction of the tracks towards Katowice is due to take place between 2026 and 2029.

In addition, railway undertakings, within Railways Plus, they promise to rebuild many routes specified as: Gliwice – Ruda Kochłowice – Katowice, Lubsko — Bieniów, Legnica — Złotoryja– Jerzmanice-Health and Niggers – Rogoźno – Wągrowiec.

They besides mention the delimitation new routesof which Kraków – Niepołomice, Modlin station – Warsaw-Modlin airport, Shastarka – Janów Lubelski – Biłgoraj and linkers Kraków – Olkusz. "However, it should be borne in head that projects are presently under review, including KPK and Kolei Plus", said Magdalena Janus.

The railroad doesn't work well there. associate lists voivodships

Do transport operators care equally about long-distance, express railwayand local connections? According to Paulina Matysiak, “there are voivodships that can be a model for others.” – They make their network of connections, for example Boatwhether they take over railway infrastructure, as Lower Silesian. But there are besides any where public transport – to put it mildly – she is not 1 of the marshal's priorities – she said.

“Ungraceable Examples” called the situation in Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Warmia-Masurian. – The organiser of connections in the voivodship is the marshal and it is up to him to address comments concerning quality of regional rail connections. No changes at the statutory level will be possible in this subject – the parliamentarian signed.

January Railway Transport Authority announced success: in 2024 the Polish railway transported nearly 408 million travellers, which is most since 1997 (this was the time just before the said "acute cut" and the collapse of this mode of transport) and even more than 72 million higher than the 2019 result, the last before coronavirus pandemic.

If the passenger transport marketplace was a cake, the biggest part last year cut off Polregio Almost a 4th of this baking. The second place came in. PKP Intercity with a score of little than 20%, and the 3rd deposit belongs to Mazovia Railways (less than 16%). The consequence above 10% recorded inactive Tricity PKP SKM (12%).

Viktor Kazanecki

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