📋 Tender Overview
The CPK company has announced a tender for the construction of a 4.6-kilometre tunnel for the High-Speed Rail in the area of ?ód? Fabryczna. This will be the third and largest contract for construction works for the currently most advanced CPK railway project. The other two are already being implemented in the centre of ?ód?.
"The long-distance tunnel of the CPK is a key element of the so-called "Y", i.e. the planned High-Speed Rail route between Warsaw, the CPK, ?ód?, Wroc?aw and Pozna?. This is a very important investment that will affect the functioning of the Polish railways, as well as an important step in the implementation of our 100-minute Polish project. Not only do we integrate all types of transport to create a coherent transport network of the country, but we also modernize infrastructure and speed up trains to really shorten the distances between cities," said Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak.
"The tender for the tunnel in ?ód? is proof that we are continuing the implementation of the CPK investment, guided by the benefits for passengers. This tunnel will be a very important element of the "Y" line, which is our investment priority. After the completion of the construction of the route from ?ód? to Warsaw in 2032, the journey between these cities will be shortened to about 40 minutes, which is much shorter than at present. This will be a time comparable to the time of travel by the Warsaw metro from the Kabaty station to the M?ociny station," said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Government Plenipotentiary for the CPK Maciej Lasek.
The CPK company plans to open bids in the tender at the end of September. The selection of the most advantageous offer will be based on the price (which constitutes 70 percent of the tender criteria) and the qualifications of the staff (30 percent). The contractor will have 46 months from signing the contract to complete the contract.
The tunnel under the centre of ?ód?, which will be drilled with a TBM mechanised shield with a diameter of approx. 14 metres, will be approx. 4.6 km long. Inside, there will be two tracks enabling trains to travel in both directions. It will be the longest and largest diameter underground railway crossing ever implemented using this method in Poland.
Trains going on railway line No. 85 from Warsaw will enter the tunnel from the ?ód? Fabryczna station. The tunnel exit to the surface will be located south-west of ?ód? Kaliska, in the vicinity of the Retkinia housing estate and the existing railway line No. 14. Further on, the route will lead west – towards Sieradz, behind which there will be a fork "Y" – to Wroc?aw and Pozna?.
The CPK company has so far signed two out of three large contracts for ?ód?. The first is an agreement to strengthen the foundations of the ?ód? Cultural Centre (?DK), which are already well advanced. The second contract signed is a contract for the construction of the Retkinia starting chamber (works are already underway) and the Fabryczna receiving chamber (works will begin after the completion of works at the ?DK). The strengthening of the foundations of the ?DK, on the western side of the ?ód? Fabryczna station, has been carried out by Keller Polska since September last year. The net value of this contract is over PLN 93 million. The operation should be completed in mid-2025.
The launch chamber enabling the start of drilling with the use of a TBM mechanized shield is being built in the vicinity of the Retkinia housing estate – south-west of ?ód? Kaliska. The works are being carried out by Budimex, with which the CPK company signed a contract worth PLN 147 million net in December last year. According to the contract, the work on the Starting Chamber should be completed this year. The construction of the long-distance tunnel of the CPK is coordinated with the ongoing construction of the PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe tunnel – for regional and agglomeration traffic.
