PKP Polish Railway Lines and Trakcja PRKiI signed a PLN 503 million (EUR 117 million) contract for the modernisation of Szczecin railway network, in Western Pomerania. The works will be carried out on Stargard – Szczecin Główny section (Line No. 351), Gryfino – Szczecin Główny section (Line No. 273), Szczecin Dąbie – Goleniów (Line No. 401) and Szczecin Główny – Police section (Line No. 406).
The railway projects which will be implemented in Western Pomerania have a value of PLN 5.6 billion (EUR 1.3 billion).
The project includes the modernisation of line No. 406, on Szczecin Główny – Police section, along with the construction of 4 stops. In addition, the double-track will be added on the existing single-track line between Szczecin Główny and Szczecin Turzyn, which will reduce travel time and increase the number of daily trains. Currently, trains run only the single-track line, which limits the number of trains. 
Under the project, new stops will be constructed, and all existing railway stations and stops along the routes will be modernised by the reconstruction of platforms and underground passages, and they will be equipped with dynamic passenger information systems and will be adapted to the needs of people with reduced mobility.
The value of the project is distributed on two segments. EUR 90.7 million (PLN 390 million) is the value for the modernisation of Szczecin Główny – Police section (Line No. 406) and EUR 26 million (PLN 112 million) includes the modernisation of selected passenger infrastructure on lines No. 273, 351 and 401.
The investment if financed under the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020. The project will be implemented starting 2018 until 2022.
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