Metro subway with €448 mln EU funding

The European Commission adopted a package of investments worth more than €448 million from the Cohesion Fund to finance the extension of the second metro line in Warsaw. In addition, over €127 million has been earmarked for development of tram lines in the Polish capital. “The funds will be used to finance the expansion of the second metro line in the Polish capital by five new stations in the west and north-east of the city in the Wola, Bemowo and Targówek districts, and the development of tramway communication in the districts of Ochota, Mokotów, and Wilanów, where 1.8 million people live,” the EC said in a statement. The Warsaw metro currently consists of two lines. The second line was opened in 2015 with the financial support of the Union in the amount of €776 million. In January 2017, the EU also invested €432 million in the second phase of work on the second line. As for the extension of the tram network, the EU finances the purchase of 50 vehicles and the construction of almost 12 kilometers of the line connecting the south-eastern part of the city with the Warsaw Western train station.