Description
PL06-005 - Master Plan for the Poznan Metropolitan Railway The city of Poznan and its surrounding municipalities are inhabited by over one million people. The fast economic development of the agglomeration has important consequences for traffic in the city and its surroundings. The project supports the development of an integrated rail transport system in cooperation with the public transport and railways institutions. The city aims to develop the railway system, local buses for easy access to train stations; P&R car parks; and modern train stations. The project partners are the local governments of the Wielkopolska Province, the City of Poznan, Poznan County and neighbouring communities together with rail carriers, universities, technical organizations and NGOs. The project will prepare the concept for an integrated railway system, establish plans for building functional interchanges, carry out drafts of zoning plans and concepts of improving roads nearby stations and create the inventory and the concept of revitalization for present station buildings.
Summary of project results
The completed Master Plan project for PKM has served to strengthen the integration and to create substantive solutions very well. The institutional development of the partnership and the continuation of cooperation between the self-governments – the partners of the project – resulted in a synergistic effect as further joint documents have been prepared: the Integrated Territorial Investments Strategy (ZIT), the Low-carbon Economy Plan, the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, or the Poznań Metropolis Area Development Directions Concept. The concept of the integrated public transport based on Poznań Railway Node railway lines was created as a commission from the project's partner – Greater Poland Voivodeship. The product is a main tool for taking strategic decisions concerning PKM's launch and functioning. The concept was a base document used by further versions of the Master Plan project for PKM. The concept of building functional interchanges in order to increase their availability and to offer services complimentary with public transport was developed for the so-called "long distance" and included 64 facilities. The development of local area master plans together with the concepts of modernizing road systems in areas surrounding PKM stops and stations suggested by municipalities was intended for self-governments for which the railway areas were previously "closed" and for which municipalities had no rights to adopt mpzp projects. Preparing inventory of existing station facilities with special attention to facilities under conservation protection - the product was developed for 33 station facilities, some of which are stations already taken over or are assumed to be soon taken over by self-governments. Additional action "The concept of facilitating rail transport in Poznań agglomeration by introducing rapid urban rail on the Poznań cargo bypass" was passed to partners of the PKP PLK SA project and to Poznań self-government. Revitalization of cargo bypass included in the National Railway Programme reserve list is a subject of cooperation between listed partners that aims to use the bypass for passenger traffic in the future. Second additional action "Preliminary feasibility study for Project named Building railway link between Poznań Main Station and Poznań Ławica Airport as a part of Poznań Metropolitan Railway (PKM)" will be used by project partners – Poznań City self-government and Poznań Ławica Airport Sp. z o.o.
Summary of bilateral results