PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PKP PLK) has announced four tenders with a total estimated value of PLN 4.6 billion. The proceedings concern the modernization of the railway line No. 104 Chab贸wka – Nowy S膮cz, Ostr贸da station, works on the railway line No. 6, section Geniusze – Ku藕nica Bia艂ostocka and the reconstruction of the Katowice Szopienice – Katowice – Katowice Piotrowice route, the railway infrastructure manager said.
“At the beginning of the year, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA has already announced tenders with an estimated value of about PLN 11 billion. In this pool, tasks for PLN 4.6 billion are announced today: a project important for Katowice, agglomeration and crossing the Silesian Voivodeship, important projects for the line Chab贸wka – Nowy S膮cz No. 104, to the Ostr贸da station and a project important for freight traffic related to the Geniusze i Ku偶nica Bia艂ostocka station,” said president Ireneusz Merchel.
The announced tender for the modernization of the railway line No. 104 covers the Chab贸wka – Rabka Zaryte section and the Kl臋czany – Nowy S膮cz siding. The target effect of the investment will be the resumption of regular passenger connections on the Chab贸wka – Nowy S膮cz railway route. Electrification will also be performed, PKP PLK reported.
The modernization of the Ostr贸da station will include the reconstruction of platforms, tracks and an underpass.
Another investment by PKP PLK will restore, after almost thirty years, the possibility of transporting and unloading goods at the station in Geniuszki near Sok贸艂ka. Works will also be carried out on the railway line from Geniusz to Ku藕nica Bia艂ostocka. Railway traffic control devices will be installed. The control room planned for the Local Control Center will be built in Sok贸艂ka, it further announced.
In turn, on the route Katowice Szopienice P艂d. – Katowice – Katowice Piotrowice, construction of three new stops is planned (Katowice Uniwersytet, Katowice Akademia and Katowice Kokociniec. Katowice Bryn贸w stop will be moved to the A4 motorway. PLK’s investment will include the modernization of stations and stops: Katowice Szopienice Po艂udniowy, Katowice Zawodzie, Katowice and Katowice Ligota. Two tracks will be built on the section and the agglomeration and long-distance traffic will be separated.Comprehensive modernization of the line will include the addition of approx. 22 km of new tracks, reconstruction of 100 km of tracks and 140 engineering structures. Approximately 133 km of the traction network will be replaced. construction of the Katowice Local Control Center, from which traffic officers managed the traffic on the line from Sosnowiec to Tychy.
Source: PKP PLK and ISBnews
