Warsaw announces new subway tender

The city of Warsaw has announced a tender for the construction of new sections of the capital’s second subway line, the city hall said in a press release on Wednesday. The tender is for the construction of three stations in the western direction, past Rondo Daszyńskiego in the Wola district, and three in the northwestern direction, past Dworzec Wileński on the eastern bank of the Vistula. When the investment is completed in 2019, the second subway line in Warsaw will have 13 stations. It will be 13.5 kilometers long. The construction will be co-financed with the help of EU funds. The total value of the investment, including rolling stock costs is PLN 4 billion. Construction on the central part of the second line, which comprises seven stations, was recently completed and now awaits technical approval. The first line, completed in 2008, has 21 stations.