POLAND: The European Commission announced on August 28 that it is providing €411m in cohesion funding towards a project to build a tunnel between three stations in Łódź.
The Y-shaped underground route linking Fabryczna, Kaliska and Żabieniec stations is due to be completed in January 2022. Two new stations are to be built, at Zielona and Ogrodowa.
The underground platforms at the rebuilt Fabryczna station have provision to be connected to the tunnel.
POLAND: Newag unveiled the first of its next-generation of Impuls electric multiple-units at its factory in Nowy Sącz on June 18. The launch customer for the Impuls II is Łódź suburban operator ŁKA, which has ordered 14 three-car units under a 236·8m złoty contract signed in February 2017 which includes ...
POLAND: Stadler has been selected as preferred bidder to supply 14 three-car electric multiple-units to suburban operator Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna, beating bids from Newag and Pesa. Stadler will supply its Flirt3 EMUs for 260·9m złoty, and will provide 12 years of maintenance priced at 2·214 złoty/km. The first four ...
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a Thales-led consortium a €100m contract to install GSM-R and ETCS Level 2 on the Warszawa Zachodnia - Koluszki - Łódź Widzew route. The contract covers around 125 route-km and includes the design and construction of a control centre in Skierniewice. The project ...
