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    EUR 330 million planned for supra-regional railway infrastructure in Eastern Poland

EUR 330 million planned for supra-regional railway infrastructure in Eastern Poland

The Operational Program Eastern Poland 2014-2020 has been submitted to the European Commission. The OP represents an additional support instrument for Lubelskie, Podlaskie, Podkarpackie, Świętokrzyskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeships. The main objective of the program is to increase competitiveness and innovativeness of the Eastern Poland macroregion. Two of the five priority axis are Modern transport infrastructure and Supra-regional railway infrastructure.

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    PKP PLK modernises 17 railway crossings in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

PKP PLK modernises 17 railway crossings in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK will invests PLN 17  million (EUR 4 million) in modernising 17 railway crossings in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The activity is part of a PLN  3oo million program carried out by PKP PLK to increase safety of traffic on 307 level crossings around the country.  All railway crossings will have traffic light signals. In addition, modern automatic

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    PKP Polish Railway Lines announced tender for new passenger information systems

PKP Polish Railway Lines announced tender for new passenger information systems

PKP Polish Railway Lines (PKP PLK) has announced a four-lots tender  (2014/S 196-347242) for the design, supply and installation of new passenger information systems in 763 railway stations throughout the country. The system is scheduled to be ready by the end of next year. “The installation of the system in almost 800 stations and stops

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    Polish Government adopted a series of amendments to the Multi-Annual Rail Investments Programme to 2015

Polish Government adopted a series of amendments to the Multi-Annual Rail Investments Programme to 2015

The Polish Government adopted a series of amendments to the Multi-Annual Rail Investments Programme to 2015, which includes the investment expenditure on the construction and modernisation of railway lines performed by PKP PLK S.A. PKP PLK S.A. made six project proposals for first call under Connecting Europe Facility (CEF): – Modernization of E59 Wroclaw-Poznań railway section, stage

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PKP PLK receives EU funding to replace 700 turnouts

PKP PLK SA and the Centre for EU Transport Projects (CEUTP) signed an agreement for financing the project “Enhancement of safety by installing new railway turnouts”. The project investment value is over PLN 640.8 million, of which an amount of 442.5 million PLN is funded by the Cohesion Fund under Action 7.1 Railway Transport Development, Operational Programme Infrastructure

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    Poland’s state-owned bank secures PLN 2.2 bln financing for PKP PLK

Poland’s state-owned bank secures PLN 2.2 bln financing for PKP PLK

Railway infrastructure operator PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. (PKP PLK) has signed an agreement Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland’s only state-owned bank, on the issue of bonds worth PLN 2.2 billion (aprox. EUR 530 million). This issuance of bonds for PKP is the largest deal realized so far by BGK, in the framework of

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    Poland tests for the first time ERTMS level 2 system

Poland tests for the first time ERTMS level 2 system

PKP PLK began testing ERTMS level 2 system, installed on E 30 Legnica – Bielawa Dolna railway section. The results of the interaction between ERTMS wayside and on-board equipment will be used to implement the level 2 system on the main railway lines in Poland. The EP09 locomotive fitted with

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EIB: EUR 268 million loan to PKP SA for upgrading 58 km of electrified railway line

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 268 million to the manager of the national railway network in Poland, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A. (PLK), for the upgrading of 58 km of an existing electrified railway line (E30) from Katowice to Kraków.  Thanks to the EIB loan, a number

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    Poland: Bombardier and KZA Krakow win level crossings contract worth EUR 25 million

Poland: Bombardier and KZA Krakow win level crossings contract worth EUR 25 million

Bombardier Transportation as leader in a consortium with KZA Krakow has won new contracts to deliver Bombardier’s advanced EBI Gate level crossing technology across seven provinces in Poland. This is part of a network-wide upgrade planned by PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A covering 16 provinces in Poland. The contracts awarded by PKP

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    PKP PLK awards ETMS contract to Thales-led consortium

PKP PLK awards ETMS contract to Thales-led consortium

For an amount of roughly €100 million, a Thales-led consortium has been awarded a contract by Poland’s Rail Operator, PKP Polish Lines S.A. (PKP PLK), for the implementation of an ERTMS solution, including an ETCS Level 2 signalling system and a GSM-R communications system, on two sections of the Warszawa–Łódź Line. The two stretches, Warszawa

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