Approximately €64m in funding has been awarded for the planning of the high-speed railway (HSR) line between Warsaw and Łódź. The funds were awarded by the European Commission to Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK). The Warsaw-Łódź High-Speed Railway Project is supported by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the funding instrument for European transport infrastructure policy.
CPK has stated that the project’s estimated total cost is approximately €78m, with 85% of this amount being funded by the EU. The HSR line is designed to allow trains to operate at a maximum speed of 250km/h initially and potentially up to 350km/h in the future.
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Warsaw-Łódź High-Speed Railway Project
Marcin Horała, Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy, emphasises the strategic importance of the HSR line within the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): “The CPK airport, together with the new HSR line between Warsaw and Łódź, is an important part of the TEN-T, the EU’s strategic transport infrastructure. It is excellent news that the European Commission has consistently kept it on the list of its priorities for co-funding from Community funds.”
According to CPK, introducing the HSR will reduce travel time between Warsaw and Łódź by more than half, with commuters reaching the CPK airport from Warsaw in just 15 minutes.
The HSR line between Warsaw and Łódź is an extension of the North Sea-Baltic corridor, which is part of the TEN-T network and aims to be completed by 2030. This grant further strengthens the relationship between CPK and the CEF, as Poland has previously received funding of €110m from CEF for the construction project of CPK’s long-distance HSR tunnel in Łódź.
Additionally, Warsaw-Łódź High-Speed Railway Project aligns with the European Commission’s sustainable and smart mobility strategy, which supports the development of a fully operational, multimodal Trans-European Transport Network by 2050.
