Poland inaugurated the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (PKM), a 17km non-electrified line linking the cities of Gdansk and Gdynia with Lech Walesa Airport.
The eight-station double-track line branches off the Gdansk – Gdynia line west of Gdansk Wrzeszcz station, turning south through Bretowo and Jasien before crossing the S6 highway to reach a park-and-ride station at Matarnia. From here it continues west to Port Lotniczy, which will serve the airport, before joining the existing Koscierzyna – Gdynia line at a triangular junction south of Osowa station.
The voivodship invested more than a billion złoty (EUR 2 billion), out of which 618 mln (EUR 147 mln) came from the EU. The new line is the first totally new railway line since the 70s, and the first one to be funded by a voivodship government. For now, the trains will only go to the airport, both from Gdańsk and Gdynia, but starting October 1st it will be possible to get to Kartuzy and Kościerzyna as well.
Photo: http://en.metropoliagdansk.pl
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