World’s biggest £7bn megaproject creating new transport in European country

A major European capital city is getting a £7billion makeover that will create new infrastructure, including building a new airport from scratch. 

The Solidarity Transport Hub, also referred to as the Central Communication Port, is a Polish megaproject revamping the transport networks of Warsaw.

A new airport will be built 25 miles southwest of the capital and will include two runways, terminal buildings, shops, parking, and connecting roads.

The Central Communication Port website says: “The general vision is to create an airport which is prudent, well planned, properly designed, efficient for airlines and comfortable for passengers.

“An airport which has sustainability written in its roots and at the end of the day delivers value for money, while creating a world class facility. The CPK will commercially extend beyond its borders and create cohesive space for commerce and transport.”

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The staggering new megaproject will also construct 1,119 miles of new high-speed railway lines, as well as modernising 1,491 miles of existing lines. 

The new railway network will be comprised of 10 major corridors and create a new controlled-access highway network connection. 

This will significantly cut travel times, making Warsaw more connected with its surrounding areas. The journey to Warsaw Central Railway station will only be 15 minutes, and 25 minutes to Łódź Fabryczna railway station.

It will also make international travel easier and less reliant on air travel as a high-speed connection to Frankfurt, Germany, is also in the works, meaning it will take less than 3.5 hours to get to Berlin from the megaproject.

The website says: “The CPK railway system will be based on approximately 2000 km of new high-speed-rail (HSR) lines and 3700 km modernised railway lines. Completion of the CPK railway program is one of the biggest ongoing engineering projects in Central Europe.

“It involves the adoption of finest HSR design standards, technical parameters and planning procedures, many of which will be implemented for the first time in the entire region. The CPK’s railway planning concept includes the following preliminary assumptions for its high-speed sections.

Construction on the airport began in October 2023, but the first phase is not expected to be complete until the end of 2027, along with a few sections of the railway lines.