National Centre for Research and Development awarded Bydgoszcz Pesi grant of nearly 24.5 million zł for the development of a prototype subway train. Government funding for the construction of a train of a hybrid worth 15.5 million zł will also receive nowosądecki Newag. Railway industry is a new priority of Deputy Matthew Morawiecki.
NRDC has to give away a huge pot of EU subsidies, including under the Operational Programme Development of Intelligent 2014-2020. For 2,023 years in competitions for transport projects and the car used may be 1.5 billion zł.
As part of the “fast track” for large enterprises earmarked 750 million zł. Of the 114 proposals selected 12 companies that receive financial support amounting to a total of over 146 million zł. Two of them are well-known Polish manufacturers of rolling stock.
Polish underground trains
When it comes to the amount of funding, Bydgoszcz Pesa is the second most generously donee company (after General Electric Company Poland, which received 31.5 million zł to work on the technology for possible use in the construction of engine turboprop).
Pesa, in turn, got 24.5 million zł subsidies to worth 60 million zł project enabling plant he wants to build a subway train. Under the terms of the grant NCBR, Pesa is expected to start work next month. The prototype subway train is to be ready in 2018. – Detailed technical objectives of the project not yet made public – says Michał money.pl Żurowski, a spokesman for the company.
subway trains are the only rail vehicle, which Pesa does not have in its offer. – With the support of NCBR Pesa Bydgoszcz will have a portfolio of all types of rail vehicles – so far we produced electric and diesel multiple units, locomotives and trams, now we gain the opportunity to refine the metro project, which will significantly strengthen our competitiveness in the market – says Tomasz Żaboklicki, President Pesa Bydgoszcz.
the company has long been preparing for the production of vehicles meters, and Warsaw is one of the most important customers Bydgoszcz factory.
– one of the potential recipients, but absolutely not the only one, it can be Warsaw – explains Michal Żurowski, a spokesman Pesa. Previously, the company produced for the capital trams. – Our cars drove already in the capital more than 10 million kilometers and carried more than 1 billion passengers – adds Żurowski.
Metro Warsaw for new episodes of the second metro line in 2019 years will need 20 to 60 trains. The number depends on whether the company decides to sell 22 old, Russian warehouses. Earlier trains Inspiro a billion PLN Warsaw Metro bought from Siemens, which collaborated on the contract with the Polish Newagiem.
The first train hybrid
The latter got almost 15, 5 million zł funding for the creation of the first passenger train hybrid, ie. electric-combustion. Its uniqueness lies in, among others, the separation of the two engines and placed them separately – in two different cars. This will allow train running on the non-electrified railway lines.
On the train is planned approx. 170 seats and 160 standing. The value of the investment is 38.5 million zł. The first work on the project producer announced in the second half of 2016 years. Construction of the module will drive in 2017. Newag produces new warehouses with a view to Poland, but the company does not rule out presenting them outside the country.
Reindustrialization is one of the five pillars of the plan Mateusz Morawiecki, Minister for Development. Its aim is to support the Polish industry and increase investment. The plan is to expand the Polish economy and boost investment growth in GDP.
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