Warsaw-Łódź High Speed Rail: Five contractors shortlisted for airport section
Five bidders, comprising a total of 11 companies, have been shortlisted to take part in the substantive stage of competitive dialogue for the construction of a 14.3-kilometre section of the Warsaw – Łódź High-Speed Rail (HSR) line. The section will run between the Airport Junction and Bolimów Junction.
The bidders shortlisted for the competitive dialogue are:
- Consortium: STRABAG, TYM-BUD
- Consortium: TORPOL, MIRBUD, KOBYLARNIA
- BUDIMEX
- Consortium: PORR, Trakcja
- Consortium: INTERCOR, NDI, NDI SOPOT
- Warsaw – Łódź HSR line: a key section of the railway “Y”
In July 2026, eight bidders comprising a total of 19 companies submitted applications to participate in the procurement procedure. Following their analysis and evaluation, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, the Port Polska company responsible for delivering the project, shortlisted five bidders for the substantive stage of competitive dialogue.
Warsaw – Łódź HSR line: a key section of the railway “Y”
In July 2026, eight bidders comprising a total of 19 companies submitted applications to participate in the procurement procedure. Following their analysis and evaluation, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, the Port Polska company responsible for delivering the project, shortlisted five bidders for the substantive stage of competitive dialogue.
The company will now hold discussions with each of the shortlisted contractors, who will submit their bids at the final stage of the procedure. In line with the timetable, the company will select the contractor and sign the contract no later than Q4 2027.
14.3 km of HSR and 55 engineering structures
Under the contract, the selected contractor will be responsible, among other things, for preparing detailed design documentation, including construction, technological and workshop documentation, followed by the construction of 14.3 km of High-Speed Rail line designed for speeds of up to 350 km/h.
The project will include the construction of 55 engineering structures, including road and railway bridges and viaducts, drainage culverts and wildlife crossings, as well as the construction or reconstruction of approximately 30 kilometres of roads.
Competitive dialogue is also under way for another section of the Warsaw–Łódź HSR line, between Kotowice and the Airport Junction. More information is available here.
Further tenders planned for later this year
Further tenders are being prepared for the construction of the remaining four sections of the High-Speed Rail line between Warsaw and Łódź:
- 18 km from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kotowice (tunnel);
- 12 km as part of the Bolimów Junction;
- 37 km from the Bolimów Junction to Brzeziny;
- 11 km from Brzeziny to Łódź.
According to the timetable, the Warsaw–Łódź section of the “Y” line, which will also provide passenger access to the new airport, is due to enter service in 2032.
Three years later, Poland’s first high-speed rail line will connect Warsaw and Łódź with Poznań and Wrocław.