> **Travel times between Prague and Warsaw are to be reduced to four hours.**
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> The future Czech high-speed rail network is to be connected not only to the planned high-speed connections in Poland, but also to the new Rail Baltica railway, which will link Poland with the Baltic republics. The high-speed train network will thus make it possible to go from Prague to Tallinn in Estonia. The first part should be completed in 2028.
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> This follows from a cooperation agreement signed today at the Railway Direction Days conference in Warsaw by representatives of the Railway Administration, the Polish state organisation Centralny Port Komunikacijny (CPK) and Rail Baltica. This is an initiative within the framework of the so-called Triple Line.
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> “The cooperation of several countries on this project can only bring benefits. It is necessary to enable easy travel without transfers,” Marcin Horała, the Polish government representative for CPK, told the conference.
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> **The Polish part will be completed first**
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> In addition to the new large airport between Warsaw and Łódź, CPK is responsible for the construction of high-speed lines in Poland. According to their representatives, the first section from Warsaw to Łódź will be opened as early as 2028. By the same year, the upgraded line from Warsaw to Bialystok near the Lithuanian border, from where Rail Baltica is to continue through the Baltic States, is to be completed. The high-speed line through the Baltics is due to be completed in 2030. In Poland, it will be followed by a link to Warsaw and then on to Katowice and Ostrava, where it will connect to the Czech network.
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> From Prague to Tallinn, the line will be over 1,500 kilometres long (even longer if routed through Wrocław, Brno and Ostrava). We have the advantage of being able to learn from the mistakes that have been made in building high-speed lines in the West,” said CPK chief Mikolaj Wild.
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> Representatives of all three parties praise that this is not just a formal cooperation, but some concrete steps are already being taken. For example, the Polish side is carrying out a feasibility study for a part of the connection on Czech territory (Katowice – Ostrava), while the Czech side is working on the route to Wroclaw. “Trains can gradually replace air transport in a number of routes,” said Radek Čech from the Railway Administration. According to him, high-speed rail can also bring greater regional development.
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> The cost of high-speed lines in the region is estimated at €60 billion. According to the authors of a study on the whole project, the benefits of such a construction can exceed the costs twice over. About half of this amount is attributable to savings in travel times. According to the study, a journey from Prague to Warsaw, for example, should take four hours, and to Vilnius eight hours.
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> **Travel times between Prague and Warsaw are to be reduced to four hours.**
>
> The future Czech high-speed rail network is to be connected not only to the planned high-speed connections in Poland, but also to the new Rail Baltica railway, which will link Poland with the Baltic republics. The high-speed train network will thus make it possible to go from Prague to Tallinn in Estonia. The first part should be completed in 2028.
>
> This follows from a cooperation agreement signed today at the Railway Direction Days conference in Warsaw by representatives of the Railway Administration, the Polish state organisation Centralny Port Komunikacijny (CPK) and Rail Baltica. This is an initiative within the framework of the so-called Triple Line.
>
> “The cooperation of several countries on this project can only bring benefits. It is necessary to enable easy travel without transfers,” Marcin Horała, the Polish government representative for CPK, told the conference.
>
> **The Polish part will be completed first**
>
> In addition to the new large airport between Warsaw and Łódź, CPK is responsible for the construction of high-speed lines in Poland. According to their representatives, the first section from Warsaw to Łódź will be opened as early as 2028. By the same year, the upgraded line from Warsaw to Bialystok near the Lithuanian border, from where Rail Baltica is to continue through the Baltic States, is to be completed. The high-speed line through the Baltics is due to be completed in 2030. In Poland, it will be followed by a link to Warsaw and then on to Katowice and Ostrava, where it will connect to the Czech network.
>
> From Prague to Tallinn, the line will be over 1,500 kilometres long (even longer if routed through Wrocław, Brno and Ostrava). We have the advantage of being able to learn from the mistakes that have been made in building high-speed lines in the West,” said CPK chief Mikolaj Wild.
>
> Representatives of all three parties praise that this is not just a formal cooperation, but some concrete steps are already being taken. For example, the Polish side is carrying out a feasibility study for a part of the connection on Czech territory (Katowice – Ostrava), while the Czech side is working on the route to Wroclaw. “Trains can gradually replace air transport in a number of routes,” said Radek Čech from the Railway Administration. According to him, high-speed rail can also bring greater regional development.
>
> The cost of high-speed lines in the region is estimated at €60 billion. According to the authors of a study on the whole project, the benefits of such a construction can exceed the costs twice over. About half of this amount is attributable to savings in travel times. According to the study, a journey from Prague to Warsaw, for example, should take four hours, and to Vilnius eight hours.
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Isn’t this supposed to be Rail Baltica or is this meant to be a new line?
sounds like an awesome route for a trip, would deffo go on that
SŽ? Slovenske Železnice?
Preparing a connection to Královec?