The role of Polish infrastructural projects in creating high speed railway network in Central Europe

The projects of construction high speed lines in Poland have also international aspects. The lines planned in Poland are part of Trans-European network of high speed railways. In the newest version of CEF funds Polish project of HSL Warszawa–Lodz–Poznan/ Wroclaw is part of corridor North Sea–Baltic Sea connecting high speed railways network in Germany and Baltic countries (planned on 2027). Project of high speed railways network based on, at least initial phase, on Warszawa–Lodz–Poznan/Wroclaw (Y) line and Warsaw–Katowice/Krakow (CMK) line, which is stated in UE documents as „double Y”, is key part of Trans-European Network, which connects high speed railway network of neighbour countries, allowing to create high speed system in Central Europe.