PROJECT SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM SWITZERLAND THROUGH THE SWISS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION Signing of the Agreement concerning the Project Realization Warsaw, 26th of June 2012 Seat of Local Government of Mazovia Voivodeship DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN WARSAW METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH IMPROVEMENT OF THE WARSAW COMMUTER RAIL (WCR) EFFICIENCY, RELIABILITY AND SAFETY

DETAILED GOALS  Increasing the WCR’s efficiency through the increased supply of seats in the carriage offer  Increasing the reliability of the system by replacing of the rolling stock with a modern and a brand-new one  Increasing the safety at the WCR lines thanks to implementing passenger information system and monitoring of trains and stations  Creating an image of a public transport as a modern one  Increasing the share of public transport in the overall amount of passenger transport

ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT  Purchase of 6 new electric traction units (ETU)  Putting in place a Passenger Information and Monitoring System (PIMS), based on GPS system (location), GSM (transfer of information) and electronic information boards at WCR stations, as well as visual monitoring at the stations and in trains  Training of the WCR personel in operating the electric traction units (ETU) and the Passenger Information and Monitoring System (PIMS)

RESULTS OF REALIZATION OF PROJECT High potential of this project will allow to attain substantial benefits:  Improvement of travelling comfort and its quality fof all WCR passengers  Full adaptation of the rolling stock to service disabled passengers  The increase of train accessibility for disabled passengers  The shortening of passenger exchange at halts  Integration of WCR trains with other means of public transport of Warsaw metropolitan area  The increase of transport offer at the most overcrowded line  The increase of transport safety and the passengers’ safety thanks to introduction of Passenger  Information and Monitoring System

INFLUENCE OF THE PROJECT ON THE CROSS- SECTIONAL ISSUES  Environmental aspects – decrease of air pollution and noise level  Socio-economic aspects – decrease of transport social costs  Equal chances for the disabled and excluded  Gender quality  Implementation of the policy of sustainable transport development – increase of transport’s role in the commuting transport structure

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES Activity 1. Purchase of 6 new electric track units (MTU) Time-frame: – Activity budget in CHF: Activity budget in PLN: Activity 2. Buliding Passenger Information and Monitoring System (PIMS) Time-frame: – Activity budget in CHF: Activity budget in PLN:

OVERALL FUNDING OF THE PROJECT Grant from Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme: CHF PLN Total Project value: CHF PLN

JUSTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT  The execution of this project dimnishes difference between the socio- economic development of Poland and of other more developed European countries.  The project directly intensifies the development of the transport sector in the Warsaw metropolitan area by subsiding investments in the infrastructure and the rolling stock and also promoting of a sustainable public transport.  The project has also a direct impact on the socio-economic development of the Warsaw metropolitan area through the development of a public transport system, which can increase the accessibility and settlement and economic appeal of this suburban area. The second point is decrease in the level of pollution emitted by individual transport on this area.  The project is innovative for Poland due to purchased technologies, modern quality of services for customers – not known on a larger scale.

Thank You for attention. PROJECT SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM SWITZERLAND THROUGH THE SWISS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION Warsaw Commuter Rail Co Ltd PL Grodzisk Mazowiecki, ul. Batorego 23 Tel: ; Fax: