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Demolition of the old cross-city bridge in Krakow has been completed. PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA has planned a new crossing for trains in its place which will have better technical parameters. Ultimately four tracks and a footbridge will be built on three bridges. Long-distance and agglomeration communication will be improved. The project is co-financed under the CEF Connecting Europe instrument.On Thursday the crane pulled the last element of the existing railway bridge onto the barge. A total of 12 spans with a total weight of almost 1500 tons - this is the amount of steel recovered from the old structure connecting the banks of the Vistula River in Krakow. All elements will be reused on other railway lines in Poland. Including five spans will go to Zagrze in the Podkarpacie region where it will become a new railway bridge over the San river.After the demolition of the building contractors can start building a new structure in its place. It will resemble the shape of the nearby bridge which was put into use in May on which trains now travel to the other side of the river. Construction works have already started. The foundations for abutments and supports on both sides of the Vistula are being prepared. Then work will begin on hammering the old supports in the river current. A scaffolding will be set up on them on which the builders will rest the skeleton of the new bridge.The crossing is to be ready next year. It will accommodate two railway tracks which will be used mainly by long-distance trains. Next to it on the west side there will be another bridge which apart from the track will also house a footbridge and bicycle bridge. It will facilitate access to the Krakw Zabocie stop and will also be part of a larger bicycle route leading to the center of the capital of Maopolska. In total PLK will build three bridges over the Vistula River in Krakw on which there will be four railway tracks. Trains will speed up to 100 km h on them.A new railway in the center of KrakowThe construction of new railway bridges in the capital of Maopolska is part of one of the largest investments carried out by PLK in the south of the country. In the city center between Krakw Gwny and Krakw Paszw stations additional railway tracks are being built. This will allow for the acceleration of long-distance trains running through Krakow as well as launching additional agglomeration connections.The modernized cross-city line is run on new engineering structures - flyovers viaducts and bridges. New stops - Krakw Grzegrzki and Krakw Zocie will facilitate access to railways.The project Works on the E30 railway line on the Krakw Gwny Towarowy - Rudzice section along with the extension of the agglomeration line tracks worth over PLN 1 billion is co-financed by the European Union under the CEF Connecting Europe instrument. More information www.krakow-rudzice.pl
