The reconstruction of the Gdynia Port railway junction is underway. The implementation of the project entitled: “Improvement of rail access to the seaport in Gdynia” commissioned by PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., is made by Budimex. The general contractor has already carried out over 30 percent of all works covered by the contract. The main objective of the construction is to improve the capacity of the strategic railway junction and increase the amount of transported cargo. The project for PLN 1.5 billion net is co-financed from the EU funds of the CEF “Connecting Europe” instrument.
Thanks to the modernization of the port of Gdynia, the transport capacity in this part of Polish will increase significantly. Ultimately, after the completion of the construction, longer, as much as 740-meter trains transporting larger quantities of goods will be able to reach the port. Under the contract entitled “Improvement of rail access to the seaport in Gdynia”, Budimex is responsible m.in. for the reconstruction of the Gdynia Port railway station together with the pre-port areas and accompanying infrastructure, and the improvement of the related railway lines.
” The modernisation of the Port of Gdynia railway junction is another extremely advanced project of strategic importance for the entire national rail transport, carried out by Budimex,” comments Artur Popko, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Budimex SA. Our activities include m.in. works related to overhead contact lines and wiring, track, water and sewage and, of course, cubature. The progress of all work on the contract is currently over 30 percent –Adds.
Since the beginning of construction in 2019, Budimex has already laid m.in. 8000 pcs. sleepers and built 3,000 meters of rails. The general contractor also built 300 foundations of lighting poles, erected 146 overhead contact line poles with foundations and laid approx. 50 km of cable ducts. The company has built 105 tons of reinforcement and 850 m3 of concrete into the engineering structures. Currently, work is underway on the construction of the tunnel retaining wall under the tracks and on the construction of the viaduct abutment over them. Progress can also be seen in the cubature works, under which Budimex is involved in the construction of four new buildings – the Local Control Centre building, two railway signal boxes, the PKP Cargo office building and the renovation of three existing signal boxes.
– Currently, we have already completed the construction of the shell of the buildings of the future railway signal boxes and the Local Control Centre. We carry out works in the field of facades and flat roofs, as well as installation works inside buildings. In addition, we have also started renovation activities in one of the 3 buildings of active railway signal boxes – comments Artur Popko.
As part of the contract, the general contractor has also demolished about 110 railway structures colliding with the future railway infrastructure so far. On average, 314 employees work daily on the modernization of the port, using 83 equipment units. The entire scope of modernization is related to the reconstruction of 115 km of tracks and electrification of access roads to the port gates. 13 km of roads, a railway bridge and 2 rail-road crossings will be rebuilt. Communication will be facilitated by the construction of two railway viaducts. The completion of the modernization of the Port of Gdynia is planned for the end of 2021. The total cost of the investment is PLN 1,487,405,291.36 net.
Budimex SA is currently among the top three largest contractors for the modernisation of railway lines in Poland. The company is also currently implementing railway investments, such as: Warszawa Zachodnia, E30 Trzebinia – Krzeszowice, LK139 – Czechowice – Dziedzice, LK7 Warszawa – Lublin on three sections and E59 Wronki. In 2020. The general contractor also completed m.in. modernization of the Idzikowice station (contract implemented in a consortium with KZA Lublin in the Design and Build formula), and in the last quarter modernized the historic PKP S.A. station in Białystok.
