Construction of underground enters downtown
Published 1 June 2011
Last modified 3 June 2019
Construction of the central section of the second line of the underground has reached the center of Warsaw. Due to the next stage of works, the residents of Warsaw will experience inconveniences. From the beginning of June, they will not be able to enter Sokola and Świętokrzyska streets. The streets will be reconnected to the traffic after construction is completed.
Since 4th of June, Sokola street will be closed – from Wybrzeże Szczecińskie street to Zamoyskiego street. The traffic on Grzybowska street will be limited, Prosta and Świętokrzyska streets will be closed from Daszyński roundabout to Jasna street.
The planned closure of Prosta and Świętokrzyska streets is connected with the building of ONZ Roundabout (C10) and Świętokrzyska Station (C11) together with ventilation unit rooms (V10 and V11) and the reconstruction of the water, sewage and telecom collisions. Within the framework of the additional, essential works, the tram track system and the traction network will be disassembled on Prosta street, the trees will be cut down as a base for ventilation unit rooms V11, the chamber for TBM shield disassembly will be built and the ground underneath the currently constructed link of the first and second underground lines will be reinforced.
In the Sokolowska street area, Stadion station (V14) together with the ventilation unit rooms (V14) will be built.
Public transport during the construction of the second underground line.
Changes in public transport which will be introduced during the next stages of the construction of the central section of the second underground line will affect not only the city center (Śródmieście) but also Bemowo, Wola, Praga Północ, Targówek oraz Ochota. They will help to improve journey time with public transport in the new traffic situation. They will also minimize the influence of the inconvenience on public transport. Due to these changes, the stock will be used in a more effective way and the passengers will have a reduced waiting time at the bus stops.
Waiting time for the passengers travelling to the city center from Bremowo and Wola, will be reduced from 10 min. on average to only 3-4 minutes. This is possible due to the replacement of the bus lines running on long routes, irregularly and with low frequency with the lines running on the shorter routes but very frequently!
The new schedule of the public transport will be functioning until the works on the central section of the second underground line are completed, which is set for completion in 2013.
The first stage of the changes will be introduced on 4th June when Sokola street is closed. The routes of the four bus lines will be changed: 101, 125, 162 and 512. The second stage will go live on 11 June, when the access to the following line of streets will be closed: Świętokrzyska – Prosta. At that time, the bus routes of the lines: 105, 118, 125, 157, 160, 171, 174, 178, 218, 444, 501, 507, 510 and 512 will be changed. The lines: 109, 128 and 228 will start to operate. The lines: 150, 155, 360, 378, 407 and 506 will be suspended.
Additionally, due to the delay in commissioning of two bus terminus platforms at Złote Tarasy (Central Station renovation), at the time of the simultaneous closures of Świętokrzyska street and two platforms of the above mentioned bus terminus, the bus lines: 109, 160, 210, 444, 501, 507 and 510 will be running a detour route in the area of Central Station
CHANGES DETAILS
Sokola closure
Lines: 101 and 166
Both lines will be joined into one – number 166. It will on the route: KABATY STP – current route of 166 line – Trzech Krzyży square – Książęca – Ludna – bridge and Poniatowskiego avenue – Zieleniecka avenue – Targowa – Ratuszowa (return: Inżynierska – Wileńska) Dąbrowszczaków – HALLERA SQUARE. The bus will run a frequency schedule of 15 minutes at peak time and every 20 minutes off peak and holidays.
The passengers who are currently using lines No. 101 in Książęca – Polytechnic underground, will be able to travel with the line bus No. 118, whose route will be changed after the closure of Świętokrzyska street.
Line 125
Will be diverted to the route: MIĘDZYLESIE – current route of the 125 line – Grochowska – Zamoyskiego – Jagiellońska – Kłopotowskiego (return: Okrzei) – Szczecińskie Coast – Świętokrzyski bridge – current route of the line No. 125 – OS. GÓRCZEWSKA. The bus will run a frequency schedule of 15 minutes at peak time and every 20 minutes off peak and holidays.
The next route change of this line will be introduced after the closure of Świętokrzyska street.
Line 162
Will be diverted to the route: TARGÓWEK – current route of the 162 line – Solidarności avenues – Targowa – Kłopotowskiego (return: Okrzei) – Szczecińskie coast – Świętokrzyski bridge– current route of the 162 line – EC SIEKIERKI. The schedule for the peak time will be with 5 -12 minutes frequency. Every 15 minutes off peak and 20 minutes for holiday.
The change of the route is connected with the new public transport organization, which will be introduced during the construction of the Stadium.
Line 512
Will be running: ZACISZE – current route of the 512 line – Solidarności avenue – Targowa – Kłopotowskiego (return: Okrzei) Szczecińskie coast – Świętokrzyski bridge – current route of the 512 line – SZCZĘŚLIWICE. The frequency schedule for the peak time will be every 15 minutes peak and every 20 minutes for off peak and holiday.
The next route change of the line will be introduced after Świętokrzyska street closure.
Closure of Świętokrzyska street – changes to the day lines
Line No. 105
The line No. 105 will run on a new route: OS. GÓRCZEWSKA – Lazurowa – Połczyńska – Wolska – Kasprzaka – Karolkowa – Grzybowska – Królewska – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Nowy Świat – Świętokrzyska – Kopernika – Tamka – Dobra – Lipowa – BROWARNA (return: Karowa – Dobra). The line will run a high frequency schedule. At peak time it will run even every 4 minutes. Off peak every 7-8 minutes and every 10 minutes on holidays.
The line No. 105 will replace the line No. 155 and 125 and 506 (on the west route sections) on the primary route: Lazurowa street – Śródmieście. Joining of these two lines will allow improvements to frequency of buses running and reducing the waiting time for passengers. The line 105 has been already replaced with the tramline No. 20 which connects Stare Bemowo with Śródmieście (with the line W-Z) and Praga.
We assume that after the completion of construction of the central part of the second underground line, the line No. 105 will become a primary bus line running on the route: OS. GÓRCZEWSKA – DASZYŃSKIEGO ROUNDABOUT UNDERGROUND.
Line No. 109
It will be a new line. It will operate on the route: OS. GÓRCZEWSKA – Górczewska – Płocka – Kasprzaka – Karolkowa – Grzybowska – Jan Paweł II avenue – tunnel – CENTRAL STATION (terminus at Złote Tarasy – north platform) (return: Emilii Plater – Twarda – Grzybowski square – Grzybowska). Thanks to the high frequency running – every 4 minutes at peak time, every 7.5 minutes off peak and every 10 minutes on holidays – it will be able to replace the lines No. 501 and 507 (on the west route sections). Due to this, the waiting time for passengers will be significantly reduced.
Line No. 118
The new route will run as follows: BRÓDNO-PODGRODZIE – Chodecka – Łojewska – Łabiszyńska – Kondratowicza – Bazyliańska – Wysockiego – Toruńska – Grota-Roweckiego bridge – Gdyńskie coast– Gdańskie coast – Karowa (return: Nowy Zjazd) – Dobra – Solec – Ludna – Książęca – Trzech Krzyży square – Ujazdowskie avenues – Piękna – Konstytucji square – Waryńskiego – POLITECHNIKA UNDERGROUND. It will run a frequency of 10 minutes at peak time, every 15 minutes off peak and holidays.
On route: Bródno – Śródmieście (Powiśle) it will replace the line No. 506. Thanks to its high frequency schedule, it will improve the access to the tramline for residents of Bródno. The passengers who use this line on the south Bródno route will have the line No. 114. People who currently commute with the line No. 118 in Mokotów, will be able to use the bus line No. 218, which will run on the extended route through Krasickiego and Kazimierzowska street to the underground station POLE MOKOTOWSKIE and to the RAKOWIECKA terminus – the CHURCH.
Line No. 125
The proposed new route of this line is: MIĘDZYLESIE – current route of the line No. 125 – Grochowska – Zamoyskiego – Jagiellońska – Kłopotowskiego (return: Okrzei) – Szczecińskie coast – Świętokrzyski bridge – Zajęcza – Dobra (return: Tamka) – Tamka – Kopernika – Świętokrzyska – Nowy Świat – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Bankowy square – Solidarności avenues – Okopowa – Wolska – OKOPOWA (return: Wolska – Karolkowa – Solidarności avenues). It will run every 15 minutes at peak time and 20 minutes off peak and holidays.
Passengers from Wola and Jelonek, instead of using the line No. 125, will be able to use the frequent running line No. 105.
Line No. 128
This will be a new line. It will run on the route: SZCZĘŚLIWICE – Dickensa – Pawińskiego – Korotyńskiego – Mołdawska – Racławicka (return: Pruszkowska – Pawińskiego) – Żwirki i Wigury – Raszyńska – Zawiszy squary – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Nowy Świat – Świętokrzyska – Kopernika – Tamka – Dobra – MARIENSZTAT (return: Nowy Zjazd – Kościuszkowskie coast – Karowa – Dobra). The buses of this line will run with the frequency of 7.5 minute at peak time and every 10 minutes off peak time and holidays.
Its task will be to replace the west section of the line No. 512 and a part of the route of the line No. 157 in: Rakowiec – Żwirki i Wigury – Aleje Jerozolimskie. It will improve the service of Powiśle (Dobra street lines) and will connect this part of the city with the city center (Aleje Jerozolimskie). On the route: Powiśle – Ochota, it will replace the suspended the line No. 150. The timetable of the line No. 128 will be coordinated with the line No. 175 timetable in DH Smyk – Rakowiec route.
Line No. 150
This line will be suspended. The passengers who use the route: Powiśle – Ochota will use the line No. 128 instead, whilst the passengers commuting in Białobrzeska street – they will use line No. 157.
Line No. 155
The line will be suspended. Instead, people travelling from the center in the direction of Torwar, will be able to use the frequent running line No. 171 and the new line No. 128.
Line No. 157
Will run without any change in its frequency schedule on the alternated route: GWIAŹDZISTA – the current route of the line No. 157 –Zawiszy square – Grójecka – Kopińska – Białobrzeska – Opaczewska – Szczęśliwicka – SZCZĘŚLIWICE (return: Dickensa – Białobrzeska). The line will run a frequency schedule of 10 minutes at peak time, every 12 minutes off peak and every 20 minutes on holidays.
The ”simplification” of the route in Ochota will improve the frequency and punctuality of its running. On the route: Rakowiec – Żwirki i Wigury – Aleje Jerozolimskie, the line No. 157 will be replaced with the frequent running line No. 128. The passengers who are using it in order to get from Rakowiec and Szczęśliwice to the shopping centers at Aleje Jerozolimskie will be able to use the new local line No. 228. The line No. 157 will be the replacement for the suspended line No. 150 in Zawisza square – Szczęśliwice route.
Line No. 160
Its new route will run through: TARGÓWEK – current route of the line No. 160 – Solidarności avenue – Jana Pawła II avenue – tunnel – CENTRAL STATION (terminus at Złote Tarasy – north platform) (return: Emilii Plater – Grzybowski square – Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue). Frequency of running: every 7-8 minutes at peak time, every 15 minutes off peak and every 10 minutes on holidays.
The change of the route is caused by reorganization of traffic connected with the construction of ONZ Roundabout station.
Line No. 171
Will run on a new route: TORWAR – the current route of the line No. 171 – Powstańców Śląskich – Radiowa – Wrocławska – Żołnierzy Wyklętych – Piastów Śląskich – Powstańców Śląskich – NOWE BEMOWO. The busses of this line will run a frequency schedule of 6 minutes at peak time and every 10 minutes off peak and holidays.
On its new route, the line No. 171 will replace the line No. 507 in Żołnierzy Wyklętych street. Its timetable will be coordinated with the line No. 190 in Górczewskiej street and Solidarności avenue.
Line No. 174
Will run on its new, shorter route: BOKSERSKA – the current route of the line No. 174 – Niepodległości avenue – Chałubińskiego – Jana Pawła II avenue – Grzybowska – Królewska – Piłsudskiego square – Moliera – Teatralny square – Wierzbowa – Piłsudskiego square – Królewska – ZACHĘTA (return: Królewska – Grzybowska), a frequency of 8 minutes at peak time, 15 minutes off peak and 20 minutes on holidays.
The shorter route of the line No. 174 up to Bokserska – Śródmieście will allow better adjustment of the timetable to the passengers needs on the primary section of this route and will improve the frequency and punctuality of running. The passengers, who use this line to travel between the Central Station and Praga, will be able to use the line No. 160. They have an opportunity to change at the bus stops at ONZ roundabout.
Line No. 178
The line will be directed to the diversion route: PKP URSUS – current route of the line No. 178 – Prymasa Tysiąclecia avenue – Kasprzaka – Karolkowa – Grzybowska – Królewska – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Bonifraterska – current route of the line No. 178 – KONWIKTORSKA. It will run every 20 minutes at peak time, 30 minutes off peak and holidays.
Line No. 218
On its new route: METRO WILANOWSKA – Wilanowska avenue – Wołoska – Domaniewska – Postępu – Konstruktorska – Racjonalizacji – Woronicza – Krasickiego – Kazimierzowska – Narbutta – Wiśniowa – Rakowiecka – Niepodległości avenue – Batorego – Boboli – Rakowiecka – RAKOWIECKA-SANKTUARIUM (return: Rakowiecka – Kazimierzowska – Krasickiego), it will replace the line No. 118 in Krasickiego – Kazimierzowska street. It will allow for the higher frequency running. It will run a frequency of 10-12 minutes at peak time and every 15 minutes off peak and holidays.
Line No. 228
It will be the new local line in Ochota area. Its route will run through: REDUTA shopping center – Mszczonowska – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 – Szczęśliwicka – Dickensa – Pawińskiego – Korotyńskiego – Mołdawska – Racławicka – RAKOWIEC (return: Żwirki and Wigury – Pruszkowska – Pawińskiego). It will run every 20 minutes on weekdays and holidays.
Its function will be mainly to transport the residents of Rakowiec and Szczęśliwice to the shopping centers at Aleje Jerozolimskich.
Line No. 360
The line will be suspended.
Line No. 378
The line will be suspended.
Line No. 407
It will be joined into one line No. 507 which, with its high frequency schedule, will allow improvements to the running and will reduce the waiting time.
Line No. 444
The line will run a diverted route: CENTRAL STATION (the north platform of the terminus at Złote Tarasy) – Emilii Plater – Grzybowski square (return: Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue – tunnel) – Królewska – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Nowy Świat – Świętokrzyska – Tamka – … – ZOO. It will run the same frequency schedule as currently, only holidays will have a frequency of 20 minutes.
Line No. 501
The route will be shortened. From Stegny, it will run only to the Cenral Station (to the middle platform of the terminus at Złote Tarasy). It will run every 6-10 minutes peak time. Every 15 minutes off peak and 10 minutes on holidays.
Thanks to the shorter route, it is possible to adjust the timetable to the passengers needs and allow for higher frequency and punctuality. The passengers using this line in Wola and Jelonki will have the more frequent running line No. 109 to access (convenient change at Central Station) whereas commuters travelling with this line directly will be able to use the line No. 422.
Line No. 506
This line will be suspended. On Jelonki – Śródmieście route, passengers will have the frequent running line No. 105. The passengers travelling from Jelonki to Bródno will still be able to use the line No. 112. On Bródno and Śródmieściem route, instead of the line No. 506 the residents will be able to use the more frequent running line 118.
Line No. 507
Will be joined into one line No. 407 and will run on the route: GOCŁAW – … – CENTRAL STATION. The line No. 507 busses will run very frequently – every 4-6 minutes at peak time (every 10 minutes off peak and holidays).
The passengers currently choosing the line No. 507 for their journeys from Śródmieście to Wola will be able to use the line No. 109 which will run at a high frequency. People travelling on it from Śródmieście to Bremowo will have frequent running tramline at their disposal: 23 and 24 and bus lines: 171 and E-2.
Line No. 510
This line will run a diversion route: NOWODWORY– … – Jana Pawła II avenue – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Emilii Plater – reversion – EMILII PLATER (return: Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Jana Pawła II avenue). The line will run every 20 minutes at peak time, off peak and holidays.
Line No. 512
The line will run on the route: ZACISZE – Codzienna – Młodzieńcza – Radzymińska – Solidarności avenue– Targowa – Kłopotowskiego (return: Okrzei) – Wybrzeże Szczecińskie – Świętokrzyski bridge – Zajęcza – Dobra – Tamka (return: Tamka) – Kopernika – Świętokrzyska – Nowy Świat – TRZECH KRZYŻY SQUARE. At peak times and off peak, the line will run at the frequency of 15 minutes. On holidays – every 20 minutes.
On Śródmieście – Rakowiec route, the line No. 512 will be replaced with the line No. 128 running with a high frequency.
Bus stop changes
The introduction of changes connected with Świętokrzyska street closure will cause simultaneous changes of stops units:
DOMANIEWSKA > OS. DOMANIEWSKA
PASZKOWSKIEGO > KULSKIEGO
CURTIS PLAZA > DOMANIEWSKA
RAKOWIECKA-CHURCH > RAKOWIECKA-SANCTUARY
Changes related to the closures of two platforms in CENTRAL STATION terminus at Złote Tarasy.
Line No. 109 – The diversion route will go through the streets: OS. GÓRCZEWSKA – primary route of the line No. 109 – Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenues – the roundabout at the junction of Jana Pawła II and Aleje Jerozolimskie –Jana Pawła II avenue – CENTRAL STATION (the south platform of the terminus at Złote Tarasy) (return: Emilii Plater – Grzybowski square – Grzybowska)
Line No. 160 – The diversion route will go through the streets: TARGÓWEK – primary route of the line No. 160 – Jana Pawła II avenue – the roundabout at the junction of Jana Pawła II and Jerozolimskie aavenue – Jana Pawła II avenue – CENTRAL STATION (the bus stop in Jana Pawła II avenue) (return: Jana Pawła II avenue)
Line No. 210 The diversion route will go through the streets: URSYNÓW PŁN. – Primary route of the line No. 210 – Al. Jerozolimskie – Emilii Plater – EMILII PLATER (return: the bus will travel down Świętokrzyska street and next Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie)
Line No. 444 – The diversion route will travel through: ZOO – primary route of the line No. 444 – Tamka – Kopernika – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Królewska – Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue– the roundabout at the junction of Jana Pawła II and Aleje Jerozolimskie – Jana Pawła II avenue – CENTRAL STATION (the bus stop in Jana Pawła II avenue) (return: Jana Pawła II avenue)
Line No. 501 – The diversion route will go through: STEGNY primary route of the line No. 501 – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Jana Pawła II avenue – CENTRAL STATION (the south platform of the terminus at Złote Tarasz) (return: Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie)
Line No. 504 – The diversion route will go through the streets: OS. KABATY – primary route of the line No. 504 – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Emilii Plater – turnaround at Świętokrzyska street – EMILII PLATER (return: Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie)
Line No. 507 – The diversion route will go through the streets: (as currently line No. 407): GOCŁAW – primary route of the line No. 507 – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Emilii Plater – the reversion at Świętokrzyska street – EMILII PLATER (return: Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie)
Line No. 510 – The diversion route will go through: NOWODWORY – primary route of the line No. 510 – Jana Pawła II avenue – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Emilii Plater – CENTRAL STATION (return: Emilii Plater – the reversion at Świętokrzyska street – Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Jana Pawła II avenue)
Line No. 700 – The diversion route will go through the streets: KONSTANCIN-JEZIORNA /PAŃSKA/ – primary route of the line No. 700 – Chałubińskiego – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Emilii Plater – the reversion at Świętokrzyska street – EMILII PLATER (return: Emilii Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Chałubińskiego)
Closure of Świętokrzyska street – changes to the night lines
Line No. N11
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Bankowy square – The current route of the line N11 – SKARBKA Z GÓR
Line No. N12
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater –Grzybowski square – Grzybowska (return: Jana Pawł II avenue) the current route of the line No. N12 – TARGÓWEK
Line No. N13
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square (return: Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue) – Królewska – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Tamka – The current route of the line No. N13 – NOWODWORY
Line No. N14
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Aleje Jerozolimskie – (return: Aleje Jerozolimskie – Jana Pawła II avenue – Central Station) – The current route of the line No. N14 – OLESIN
Line No. N21
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Bankowy square – Solidarności square (return: Solidarności avenues – Jana Pawła II avenue) – The current route of the line No. N21 – STARA MIŁOSNA
Line No. N41
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Bankowy square– The current route of the line No. N41 – MŁOCINY UKSW
Line No. N42
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Marszałkowska – Solidarności avenue – Wolska – the current route of the line No. N42 – OS. GÓRCZEWSKA
Diversion of the line towards Marszałkowska street will allow access to the underground.
Line No. N44
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square (return: Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue) – Królewska – the current route of the line No. N44 – ŻOLIBORZ BUS DEPOT
Line No. N45
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Marszałkowska – Królewska – Grzybowska (return – Grzybowska – Grzybowski square – E. Plater) – Siedmiogrodzka – Skierniewicka – Wolska – Płocka – Górczewska – Młynarska (return: Płocka) – Młynarska – The current route of the line No. N45 – KAROLIN
Diversion of the line through Marszałkowska street will allow access to the underground. Due to the limited geometrical parameters of the Płocka and Młynarska junction, the line will be diverted (one-way, towards Karolin) to Górczewska and Młynarska street.
Line No. N46
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue (return: Jana Pawła II avenue) – … –MŁOCINY UNDERGROUND
Line No. N61
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Bankowy square– … – STRUGA
Line No. N62
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Grzybowska (return: Jana Pawła II avenue) – Jana Pawła II avenue– … – WOŁOMIN (OS. NIEPODLEGŁOŚCI)
Line No. N63
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square (return: Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue) – Królewska – Krakowskie Przedmieście – Tamka – … – LEGIONOWO (OS. JAGIELLOŃSKA)
Linia N64
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Aleje Jerozolimskie – (return: Aleje Jerozolimskie – Jana Pawła II avenue – Central Station) – … – CHOSZCZÓWKA
Linia N71
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Grzybowski square – Królewska – Marszałkowska – Bankowy square – Solidarności avenues (return: Solidarności avenues – Jana Pawła II avenue) – … – WOLA GRZYBOWSKA
Linia N95
CENTRAL STATION – E. Plater – Aleje Jerozolimskie – Marszałkowska – Królewska – Grzybowska (return – Grzybowska – Jana Pawła II avenue) – Siedmiogrodzka – Skierniewicka – Wolska – Płocka – Górczewska – Młynarska (return: Płocka) – Młynarska – … – OS. GÓRCZEWSKA
Diversion of the line through Marszałkowska street will allow access to the underground. Due to the limited geometrical parameters of the Płocka and Młynarska junction, the line will be diverted (one-way, towards Karolin) to Górczewska and Młynarska street.
