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Poland: high speed network plan - project map
Poland: high speed network plan – project map of proposed lines
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Eastern Europe: Adding capacity in Poland’s capital
Modernisation of the busy east-west cross-city route and construction of a second cross-city tunnel in the Polish capital during 2023-27 will generate much-needed capacity. Elsewhere in the Mazowieckie voivodship surrounding Warszawa, there are plans to build new lines and reopen old ones. Benjámin Zelki reports.
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Szybka Kolej Miejska Sp zoo (SKM)
Established February 2004, SKM began operations in October 2005. See Warszawa network map. SKM runs several suburban routes over national network main line infrastructure run by PKP. Routes serve Warszawa and neighbouring urban districts: S1: west – southeast (Pruszków – Warszawa Zachodnia – Wawer – Falenica – Otwock) S2: ...
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Tramwaje Szczecińskie Sp zoo
First line opened 1879. The system serves 98 stops across a central network and six main radial lines operated by 12 service routes. On August 29 2015 routes 2, 7 and 8 were extended on a 4 km “Fast Tram” segregated line southeast from Basen Górniczy to Turkusowa (3 stops); ...
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Tramwaje Warszawskie Sp zoo
First tram line opened 1865; now 25 routes. See Warszawa network map. A dense grid of routes serves Warszawa city centre, radiating out to a dozen suburban terminals. A new route from Młociny metro station opened northeast across the Wisla river to Stare Swidry on January 21 2013, and then ...
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Tramwaje Slaskie SA
First line opened 1894. This extensive network serves the Upper Silesia industrial area with 30 routes. Initially inter-urban steam tramways were built to 785 mm gauge, with electrification from 1898 and standard gauge routes from 1913 around Bytom. Subsequently the network was divided between Germany and Poland, with conversion to ...
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Metro Warszawskie Sp zoo
Opened 1995. Two-line metro serving 38 stations. See Warszawa network map. The first section of north-south Line M1 opened on April 7 1995 from Kabaty to Politechnika (11·5 km, 11 stations), extended in phases with the most recent extension from Słodowiec to Młociny inaugurated October 25 2008 (3·0 km, 3 ...