CPK, PSE Sign PLN 46M Deals For Poland HSR Power

Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) and Poland’s national transmission system operator, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), have executed contracts valued at more than PLN 46 million for the power supply infrastructure of the new Warsaw–Łódź high-speed railway. The agreements cover the grid connection for two traction substations that will support the line’s 2×25 kV AC power system, a standard not previously implemented on the Polish rail network.

The scope of work assigns responsibility for the design and construction of the traction substations to CPK, while PSE will develop the associated grid connection infrastructure. One substation, to be located in Dmosin near Łódź, will be connected to the existing Stryków 400/220/110 kV station. A second substation, situated near the planned CPK airport, will be integrated with a new 400/110 kV substation designed to power both the railway and airport facilities, including the air traffic control tower.

The 140 km line between Warsaw and Łódź is engineered for a maximum operational speed of 350 km/h. This section forms the initial phase of a larger high-speed network intended to link Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań, and Wrocław. The project is a component of the European Union’s North Sea-Baltic TEN-T corridor and has received approximately €64 million in funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for its development and construction phases.