Warsaw city authorities have announced a tender for the construction of new tunnels and stations of the city’s second underground railway line, the first section of which is scheduled to open in November.
The city announced a tender for the construction of two extensions of the second metro line, on which construction work was finished at the end of September.
The second line in its new shape is scheduled to be completed in 2019. It will then have tunnels extending for 13.5 kilometres and 13 stations.Companies wishing to take part in the tender may file offers for either of the two extensions or for both of them.
“We are continuing investments into the most modern means of transport in the city, the underground railway,” said Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz.
In an interview for Railway PRO (see: http://www.railwaypro.com/wp/warsaw-authorities-plan-to-develop-the-underground-network/) , Jerzy Lejk, General Director of Warsaw Metro said that the funds granted by EIB (PLN 555 Million (EUR 139 Million in 2012), will be used for modern rolling stock for the Warsaw metro. Siemens will deliver 35 six-car trains, which will be used on both the first and second metro lines.
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