Introduction of High Speed

trains in Poland and Rail

Baltica

Conference

Rail Baltica – current development and

business perspectives

Riga, March 24, 2011

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Ministry of Infrastructure

Construction Programme

of high speed railways in Poland

PKP Polish Railway Lines JSC is currently conducting:

preparatory works for designing and constructing high

speed lines till 2020

conceptional works for further development of high

speed network till 2040

Basis of actions are:

Resolution of the Council of Ministers № 276/2008 -

Acceptance of overregional strategy in terms of

constructing and launching high speed rail in Poland

Master Plan for Polish Railway till 2030

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Planned HS lines are key elements of

Polish railway network

Preparatory works for construction of the new line Warsaw – Łódź –Wrocław/Poznań with link to CMK line.

Preparatory works to adjust E65 South (CMK) line from Warsaw to Katowice and Cracow to parameters of the HS line with extension to southern border(feasibility study).

• - I stage: adjustment of the CMK line up to 200 km/h,

• - II stage: modernisation up to 300km/h.

Complementary actions for both projects e.g. rebuilding of junctionsand stations

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the „Y” line of the Warsaw – Lodz –

Poznan/Wroclaw 2014–2020 V = 350km/h

the Central Railway Main line (CMK)

adapted to the speed of V 250km/h

other main passenger lines

1. Shortening of travel time:

between the biggest agglomerations in Poland to less than 2 hours.

from the centre of Poland to border regions up to about 3 hours.

from West to East and from North to South of Poland up to 5 – 6 hours.

2. Providing for 80% of Polish citizens an access to HS trains with travel time to the nearest HS station not longer than 1 hour.

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Main tasks for construction of high

speed railways in Poland

Schedule of construction works

and complementary actions

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Task Realisation

Feasibility study for HSL Warszawa – Łódź –Poznań/Wrocław

I stage: 2010-2011II stage: 2011-2013

Feasibility studies for rebuilding railway junctions in Warszawa, Poznań, Wrocław, Łódź (with tunnel)

2010-2013

Feasibility study for HSL Warszawa – Krakow/Katowice – Southern border

2009-2012

Preparation of technical standards for HSL 2010-2013

Training and preparation of personnel for project, construction and operation of HSL

2010-2020

Promotional and information activities 2010-2020

Construction of HSL and launching the transportation 2014-2020

Modernisation of other lines and stations 2010-2020

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HSL Warszawa – Łódź –

Poznań/Wrocław

Parameters of the new line

Lenght of line ~ 450km

Maximum speed 350km/h

Power supply system 2x25kV, 50Hz

Technical standards in accordance with TSI HS specification

Travel time:

Warszawa – Łódź

Warszawa – Poznań

Warszawa – Wrocław

35 min (currently ~1h 30 min)

1 h 35 min (currently ~3 h)

1 h 40 min (currently ~ 5 h)

Feasibility study for the adaptation

of E65 line South (CMK) to high

speed parameters

Currently the feasibility study is being carried out (2009-2012)

- task 1: modernisation of the CMK line Grodzisk – Zawiercie

to HSL parameters (up to 300km/h);

- task 2: extension of the CMK line or modernisation of existing

line to Katowice;

- task 3: extension of the CMK line or modernisation of existing

line to Cracow;

- task 4.1: extension of the CMK line or modernisation of

existing line from Katowice to Polish - Czech border;

- task 4.2: extension of the CMK line or modernization of

existing line from Katowice to Polish - Slovakia

border.

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HSL Warsaw – Katowice/Krakow –

South Border

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Parameters of new line

Lenght of line ~ 440km

Maximum speed up to 300km/h

Power supply system 2x25kV, 50Hz

Technical standards in accordance withTSI HS specification

Travel time:

Warszawa – Katowice

Warszawa – Kraków

Łódź – Kraków

Poznań – Kraków

1h 15min (currently 2h 25min)

1h 15min (currently 2h 35min)

1h 25min (currently ~ 5h)

2h 25min (currently ~ 7h)

Further development plans

of high speed railways in Poland

PKP Polish Railway Lines JSC prepares the conception of construction of high speed lines in Poland till 2040.

Suggested new national directions in feasibility study developed by the Railway Institute (IK):

- Szczecin, Gdańsk, Lublin/Rzeszów

Suggested international directions according to VysehradGroup’s arrangements:

- Berlin, as the extension of Warszawa – Łódź – Poznań HSL line

- Prague, as the extension of Warszawa – Łódź – WrocławHSL line

- Vienna/Prague/Budapest/Bratislava, as the extension of E65 line

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Initial concept of high speed railways

network in Poland

till 2040

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high speed lines – timeline of 2020

new lines

conventional lines upgradedto high parameters

other upgraded conventionallines – basic network

The Rail Baltica on Polish territory

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• The railway E 75 Warszawa – Białystok

– Suwałki – Trakiszki – Polish border, is

part of the Ist corridor defined as Rail

Baltica.

• The railway connects Helsinki via Tallinn,

Riga and Kaunas with Warszawa.

• It is the only rail connection between the

Baltic States and Poland, with the

possibility of connections to other capitals

like Prague, Berlin and Vienna, as the Ist

corridor connects in Warsaw with the IInd

(railway E 20) and VIth (railway E 65)

corridors.

• In future it will be possible to extend the

line to St. Petersburg.

The route of the Rail Baltica

In 2007 the European Commissionordered a study. Material by COWI contains information on current state of rail infrastructure of the Ist corridor in Baltic States and Poland. The studyexplicitly proved, that the corridorwill be, in the first place, designatedfor freight transport.

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The route of the Rail Baltica

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Bearing in mind the need for

environmental protection,

particularly in the area

of Augustów, it is proposed to

change the route of the Rail

Baltica corridor over a section

beetwen Białystok and Suwałki

and routing it to an alternative

rail link to the Ełk - Olecko

rather than as now by Sokółka -

Augustów.

Modernization of the Rail

Baltica (1)

• The total length of the line for modernisation -374 km

• The main goal is modernisation the Polish part of Rail Baltica in order to fulfil the requirements contained in the AGC and AGTC agreements –top speed of 160 km/h (with possibility of max. speed of 200 km/h on certain sections) for passenger trains and 120 km/h for freight trains, with max. pressure on axle of 221 kN/axle.

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Modernization of the Rail Baltica (2)

At present time the Rail Baltica modernisation is implemented through the following projects co-financed by the EU funds:• Project ISPA/FS no 2002/PL/16/P/PA/008 technical assistance for

the preparation of the „E 75 line modernization on the Warsaw –Białystok – Sokółka – Suwałki – Trakiszki section (Rail Baltica)”;

• Projects co-financed within the framework of the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment 2007 – 2013:– „Modernization of the E 75 Rail Baltica railway line Warsaw-Białystok-

Lithuanian border line, stage 1. Warsaw Rembertów-Zielonka-Tłuszczsection” (basic list);

– preparation works for project mentioned above (basic list);– „Modernization of the E 75 Rail Baltica railway line Warsaw-Białystok-

Lithuanian border line, stage 1. Suwałki-Trakiszki- Lithuanian border line section” (reserve list)

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Project

ISPA/FS No 2002/PL/16/P/PA/008

• The project includes preparing pre-design documentation for the whole Polish section of the Rail Baltica corridor from Warsaw to the Polish-Lithuanian border.

• The total cost of the project according to EC Decision is 2 400 000,00 EUR.

• The project ISPA/FS No 2002/PL/16/P/PA/008 is implemented under the three contracts.

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The Operational Program

Infrastructure and Environment

2007 – 2013

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• „Modernization of the E 75 Rail Baltica railway line Warsaw-Białystok-

Lithuanian border line, stage 1. Warsaw Rembertów-Zielonka-Tłuszcz

section” (basic list):

• „Modernization of the E 75 Rail Baltica railway line Warsaw-Białystok-

Lithuanian border line, stage 1. Warsaw Rembertów-Zielonka-Tłuszcz

section” PREPARATION WORKS (basic list);

On 24 June, 2010, the Ministry of Infrastructure has signed a Memorandum

of Understanding – the Republic of Poland undertakes to complete its

commitments and projects from basic list OPI&E are foreseen for completion

in the financial perspective 2007-2013.

Project from reserve list OPI&E is foreseen for completion within the

framework of the next financial perspective 2014-2020.

Other projects

• Project for the electrification of the section Suwałki - Trakiszki (pilot implementation: traction power supply system 25 kV AC).

• In this year PKP PLK S.A. performs the maintenance works (e. g. modernisation of the railway crossings) on the Rail Baltica line.

• PKP PLK S.A. is actively involved in cooperation with Lithuanian partners in the implementation of investment of the Rail Baltica

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION

Jakub Kapturzak

Deputy Director

Department for Railway Investment

Ministry of Infrastructure

jkapturzak@mi.gov.pl

tel. +48 22 630 13 00

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