Warsaw opens tramway extension

On 14 May the 2.1km tramway line 11 extension from Goworka to Sielce (Czerniakowska) was opened to passenger traffic; there was a ceremony with the mayor at 08.00. 

 

This is the first stage of a longer extension to Wilanów and Branickiego in the southern suburbs expected to open in September, though the new line partly forms a branch. 

 

The new terminus is a stub, requiring double-ended HyundaiRotem trams. The line incorporates a section with a 3.98% gradient, Warszawa’s steepest. 

 

The new section was built by Egis Poland at a cost of PLN 4.34M, with work starting on May 2022. 

 

Trams last ran in this area in 1973.