A New Era for PKP Intercity: Trakcja S.A. to Build a Modern Locomotive Depot

A consortium of Trakcja S.A. and DB Projekt Sp. z o.o. has signed a contract with PKP Intercity S.A. for the construction of a locomotive depot in Warszawa Grochów.

On 20 March 2025, a consortium of Trakcja S.A. and DB Projekt Sp. z o.o. signed a contract with PKP Intercity S.A. for the design and construction of a new locomotive depot with equipment and accompanying infrastructure on the Warszawa Grochów railway siding. The value of the contract is almost PLN 180 million gross.

Under the contract, DB Projekt will design, and Trakcja S.A. will build, a new locomotive depot and a locomotive washing hall, rebuild the staff welfare building, modernise the railway traffic control equipment and build stations for rolling stock diagnostics, including for testing wheelset forces on the rail. These measures aim to raise the standard of rolling stock servicing and to optimise the technological process, which will shorten the time needed to prepare rolling stock for travel.

– Investments in PKP Intercity’s technical facilities are investments in comfort and punctuality, which is what matters most to passengers. A modern hall for repairing and washing locomotives will make it possible to prepare vehicles faster and more thoroughly, so that, clean and in good working order, they depart on their routes on time – says Dariusz Klimczak, Minister of Infrastructure, who was present at the press meeting on the occasion of the signing of the contract.

The first stage of the project will be the preparation of design documentation, which should be produced within 8.5 months from the date of signing the contract. Construction works will then begin and are to be completed within 18 months from the date of obtaining the final building permit. The contract stipulates that the reconstruction of the railway traffic control equipment and the construction of the rolling stock diagnostics station, including for testing wheelset forces on the rail, must be completed by 31 October 2026.

– The design and construction of the new Warszawa Grochów locomotive depot by the Trakcja S.A. – DB PROJEKT Consortium, in which Trakcja S.A. is the leader, is another challenge at the highest technical and technological level that we will deliver on the railway construction market, on which we have operated continuously for 75 years. – stresses Stefan Bekir Assanowicz, President of the Management Board of Trakcja S.A. – The high level of innovation of this project, combined with respect for the principles of sustainable development, will enable the delivery of a super-modern and environmentally friendly rolling stock servicing facility. The task will be carried out while the old locomotive depot continues to operate and railway traffic is maintained without interruption, which requires precise synchronisation and punctuality of the planned actions. We are pleased that PKP Intercity chose our bid, and we thank them for their trust. At the same time, we are convinced that the facility designed and built by us will contribute to raising the standard of rolling stock servicing and will introduce optimisation of the whole technological process, which will significantly raise the quality of service while shortening the time needed to prepare rolling stock for travel. – adds the President of Trakcja.

The construction of the locomotive depot is the first task that Trakcja S.A. is carrying out for PKP Intercity.