Not only Ciechocinek. Trains return to the next spa
A faster journey from Krakow to Nowy Sącz and Zakopane, but this is not the end. Thanks to this railway investment, trains will return to the next spa in Poland.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk together with the infrastructure minister Dariusz Klimczak visited Męcina in the province. Lesser Poland, where the longest railway tunnel in Poland has been going on since June. It is to combine the mushroom with the murder.
The longest railway tunnel in Poland. Faster to Zakopane
This is part of the reconstruction of the railway line No. 104 in Nowy Sącz, Limanowa and Rabka-Zdrój and the first phase of the “Podłęże-Piekiełko” project. It involves the modernization and electrification of 75 km of the Chabówka -Nowy Sącz route and the construction of 58 km of the new line, ultimately connecting Podłęże with Tymbark and Mszana Dolna. Thanks to this, the fastest trains are to get from Krakow to Nowy Sącz in about 60 minutes. However, a journey from the capital of Lesser Poland to Zakopane will take about 90 minutes.
“At the moment we are implementing a project thanks to which a railway trip from Nowy Sącz to Krakow will last an hour, and not like today, 2:20, at best, (…), but on average it is 2:40 and this means an absolutely qualitative change in life for tens of thousands of people in this region and for the whole region, its development opportunities – he said during the prime minister’s conference.
Trains return to Rabka. “In a few weeks”
The investment is important not only for local residents, but also for patients and tourists. Polish railway lines have noted that thanks to it it will improve access to attractions and spas and will be strengthened communication with Slovakia.
“The last phase of the investment has started in Rabka. Torahs are laid, and the contractors are preparing to hang the traction network. The trains will reach the Małopolska spa again in a few weeks,” the company announced.
The “Podłęże-Piekiełko” project is the largest investment of PLK SA in southern Poland. The whole was co -financed by the European Union, as part of the National Reconstruction Plan, an EU instrument intended for the reconstruction of the coronavirus pandemic economy.
