Six consortia bid for Poland’s first high-speed rail section
POLAND: Poland’s CPK authority has received six consortium bids for the country’s first dedicated high-speed rail section, the opening segment of the Warsaw–Łódź corridor.
CPK confirmed receipt of the six applications on 15 April, opening a competitive dialogue phase for a 13-kilometre section near the planned CPK airport at Baranów.
The section, designed for 350 km/h operation, is the first of six planned segments on the Warsaw–Łódź corridor, itself part of the wider Y-line linking Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań and Wrocław.
Competitive dialogue opens for six consortia
Seventeen companies across the six consortia will now engage directly with CPK in a structured negotiation process, with contract signature targeted for the fourth quarter of 2027.
The Y-line forms the rail backbone of Poland’s CPK infrastructure programme, connecting the country’s major economic centres on new dedicated track.
The project also introduces a fundamental shift in Polish rail electrification: the Y-line will operate on 25 kV AC, replacing the 3 kV DC standard that has defined the national network for decades.