Warsaw Metro has signed a contract for pre-design work for the first stage of the third subway line. The concept for the section from the National Stadium station toward Goclaw will be prepared by ILF Consulting Engineers Polska.
5 stops and technical facilities
photo: UM Warszawa
The signed contract covers work on the conceptual design, technological analyses and construction specifications. The documentation for the first stage of the line, which will eventually connect the National Stadium, via the Wiatraczna Roundabout and Goclaw with Mokotow on the other side of the Vistula River, will be created in 18 months. The commissioned work will include concepts for tunnels and stops at Dworzec Wschodni, Mińska, Rondo Wiatraczna, Ostrobramska, Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego and Gocław. A branch and construction of the Kozia Górka Technical and Stopping Station is also planned as part of the investment.
design and build
photo: Warsaw Metro / ILF
After handing over the documentation, the Warsaw authorities intend to announce a tender for the work in the design and build mode. Despite the city's difficult financial situation, construction has been given priority, despite objections from experts and city movements about its route and planned use. Public officials pointed out that the subway would not compete with the planned streetcar line to Goclaw. However, the much simpler and cheaper investment was postponed.
Photo: Warsaw Metro / ILF
The convoluted route of the section, located mainly in the Praga Południe district, was determined on the basis of expert analyses (by a consortium of Egis Rail - a leading European rail infrastructure design company - and the Polish company TransEko) and conclusions drawn from work on the new study of the conditions and directions of Warsaw's spatial development - a key document that determines the city's spatial planning and further development.
station architecture
photo: Warsaw Metro / ILF
Designers from ILF previously worked on designs for some of the stations on Metro Line II, located on its Prague side (from Szwedzka Street to Bródno). They announce a continuation, simple and utilitarian character of the project, but not devoid of individual architectural and artistic setting. The stations will be minimalist, implemented according to a similar structural scheme. The ceilings, maintained in light colors, will be complemented by colorful wall cladding, shaped to improve interior acoustics. Each of the stops will receive a different color or a guiding graphic motif.
Photo: Warsaw Metro / ILF
Two types of canopies for subway entrances are also planned - one in the form of rectangular pavilions, similar to those in Targówek, and another type in the form of a concrete disk. An interesting feature is a skylight at the Wiatraczna station, letting light into underground rooms. The main material of the entrance shelters is architectural concrete and glass or composite elements. On the floors - granite. Ceilings - of acoustic metal panels. Embolic walls - composite panels or prefabricated acoustical systems.
