The five-day test programme took place on the 24km Psary - Zawiercie
section of the 224km Central Trunk line (CMK), which links Warsaw with
Katowice.
section of the 224km Central Trunk line (CMK), which links Warsaw with
Katowice.
PKP Intercity supplied drivers and Siemens EU44 Husarz locomotives for the test trains, which ran at speeds of up to 200km/h.
The CMK was built in the 1970s with a design speed of 250km/h, although
the absence of cab signalling has meant that trains have until now been
limited to 160km/h. The line is being equipped with ETCS Level 1 by
Thales under a contract signed in 2009.
