Budimex has officially handed over a newly built tram line, including full track and power infrastructure, to Warsaw Trams. From 28.10 this year, the residents of Warsaw will have the opportunity to use the new tram line leading to Wilanów, up to the final stop at Branickiego Street. The completion of the entire investment is expected at the end of 2025.
In order to launch the newly designed tram line called “Tram to Wilanów”, which is over 8 thousand meters long, the general contractor has so far completed over 19 km of tracks, 20 km of overhead contact line and 16 km of suspension cables. The total area of sedum (green separation strip) on the track will be 29 thousand square meters. The tram to Wilanów is a strategic investment for Warsaw and its inhabitants and the longest new tram line in Poland. In order to ensure adequate power supply to the traction network, Budimex installed 256 km of cables, 380 traction poles and 25 platforms along the entire route of the tram to Wilanów, and built four traction substations, including the first underground, two-level substation in Poland at Spacerowa and Belwederska Streets.
” We are proud that thanks to our work, the city’s residents will be able to use modern and comfortable transport, which is part of the long-term strategy of sustainable development of Warsaw. It is an investment that not only improves mobility, but above all supports ecological solutions in public space ,” sums up Artur Popko, President of the Management Board of Budimex SA.
During the implementation, several dozen kilometers of installations were rebuilt: water supply systems, heat pipelines, sanitary and rainwater drainage systems, as well as electricity networks of various voltages and Internet networks. To this end, the general contractor has brought over 250 thousand tons of sand, 200 thousand tons of aggregate and transported over 700 thousand tons of material from the excavation.
– The scale of this investment is impressive. We transported and managed over a million tons of loose materials, including soil, sand and aggregate, and we laid 35 kilometers of track. We have rebuilt 235 power collisions, and the overhead contact line, including support lines, on the eight-kilometre route is over 35 kilometres long. We have laid almost 250 kilometers of traction and control cables alone. If you count all these elements, including the length of cabling and underground networks, it gives us an impressive length – equal to the route from Warsaw to Wrocław! – sums up Artur Popko, President of the Management Board of Budimex SA.
According to the Ordering Party’s design, the tram line is only 1/9 of the value of the entire investment implemented for the residents of Mokotów and Wilanów. By the end of 2025, road works and works related to the construction of a rainwater drainage system will be carried out. According to the investor’s decision, the greenery will be planted on the basis of a newly created project, which will take into account the reported needs of residents during the investment and any design changes that have taken place so far. Work will continue on switching the lighting from the old installation to the newly built one. More than 700 people and 200 pieces of equipment, including designers, supervisors and workers, are currently involved in the project.
On the Mokotów section, work is still underway to lay curbs at pedestrian crossings and sidewalks in the area of intersections. Budimex is also carrying out sewage and road works, preparing an aggregate substructure for the asphalt surface on the western side of the street. Technical acceptances are also underway, including checking teletechnical installations and adjusting the well and heating network.
On the Wilanów section, work is progressing related to the laying of curbs, edges and the adaptation of sidewalks and bands. At the same time, foundations for bicycle paths and new pavements are being made. Despite the opening of the route, passengers may still notice finishing works, and some of the accesses to the stops will be temporary.
Budimex makes every effort to put into operation subsequent intersections on an ongoing basis and to restore traffic flow by providing residents with new pavements and bicycle paths. On the already opened tram line, works related to the equipment of small architecture will still be carried out, and part of the track requires the last works related to laying sedum. Works on sections of Puławska, Spacerowa and the western roadway of Belwederska will be continued this year, weather conditions permitting. The key objective is to ensure safe pedestrian and bicycle traffic in the area of intersections.
The completion of road works on St. Bonifacy Street is planned for the third quarter of 2025, while the full completion of works on Belwederska Street, Sobieskiego Avenue and Rzeczypospolitej Avenue – in the fourth quarter of 2025, in accordance with the currently adopted schedule.
During the construction process, Budimex is conducting the Przystanek Zieleń campaign. The initiative aims to green the areas along the tram line under construction. A total of 510 trees have already been planted as part of it.
