Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna

Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna - ŁKA
Sp. z o.o.
Ltd.
Industry Rail transport
Founded 2010
Headquarters Łódź, Poland
Area served
 Łódź Voivodeship
Key people
 Andrzej Dzierbicki,
President of the Board
Owner Łódź Voivodeship
Website www.lka.lodzkie.pl

Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (Łódź Metropolitan Railway) is a commuter rail service operating between the Polish city of Łódź and surrounding towns in the Łódź Voivodeship (province).

The company was founded in 2010. It is fully owned by the Łódź Voivodeship government.[1]

Services

The ŁKA network map

The Railway operates services to destinations between Łódź and the following towns and cities: Koluszki, Kutno, Łowicz, Sieradz, Skierniewice, Zgierz.

On weekeds, Services operate between Łódź and the Warszawa Wschodnia railway station in Warsaw.

The main termini stations of the network are Łódź Kaliska, Zgierz and Łódź Widzew. Services are operated on railway tracks owned by PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, which are shared with other rail operators. The central sections of ŁKA form a circular line encircling the city of Łódź, running between Łódź Kaliska railway station and the Widzew railway station in the Łódź suburb of Widzew, the town of Zgierz, and concluding at Łódź Kaliska railway station. Although the system timetables depict a Circular Line, in reality, there is not a service that runs continually around the city. Instead, commuters must catch trains travelling to an outlying destination, and change at one of the three main stations to continue travelling around the circular line.

History

The company was established in May 2010 by the Łódź Voivodeship Government.

The Voivodeship undertook a major rail upgrade program worth €72m, 50% of which was funded by the European Union. The program involved upgrading rail tracks and existing railway stations, constructing new railway stations at a number of regional locations, and undertaking a major reconstruction of the existing station in Widzew. A new train maintenance depot was also constructed in Widzew. The program also involved improving bus connections, building park and ride facilities, ticket facilities, and purchasing a fleet of 20 new trains.[2]

The Railway commenced operation on June 15, 2014.[3]

The Voivodeship Government has indicated that it intends to purchase a further 10 trains and extend services to Radom, Piotrków Trybunalski, Skierniewice, Bełchatów and Złoczew.[4]

Rolling stock

LKA STADLER FLIRT at Sieradz Station

ŁKA began operations with an order of 20 Stadler FLIRT two-car EMUs, which entered service starting in 2014 and were delivered through early 2015.[5] In September 2016, Stadler was named the preliminary winner of a contract to supply 14 three-car EMUs,[6] but after a legal challenge from Newag, the latter was in February 2017 awarded the contract for its Impuls II EMU,[7] the first of which is scheduled to enter service in December 2018.[8]

Lines

ŁÓDŹ CIRCULAR LINE (Purple)

ŁÓDŹ CIRCULAR LINE

ŁÓDŹ KALISKA • Łódź Żabieniec • Łódź Radogoszcz Zachód • ZGIERZ • Łódź Arturówek • Łódź Marysin • Łódź Stoki • ŁÓDŹ WIDZEW • Łódź Dąbrowa • Łódź Chojny • Łódź Pabianicka • ŁÓDŹ KALISKA

ŁÓDŹ - KUTNO (Red)

ŁÓDŹ KALISKA - ZGIERZ - KUTNO

ŁÓDŹ KALISKA • Łódź Żabieniec • Łódź Radogoszcz Zachód • ZGIERZ • Zgierz Jaracza • Zgierz Północ (Zgierz North) • Zgierz Kontrewers • Grotniki • Chociszew • Ozorków Nowe Miasto • OZORKÓW • Sierpów • ŁĘCZYCA • Gawrony • Witonia • KUTNO

ŁÓDŹ - SIERADZ (Yellow)

ŁÓDŹ KALISKA - PABIANICE - ŁASK - ZDUŃSKA WOLA - SIERADZ

ŁÓDŹ KALISKA • Lublinek • PABIANICE • Chechło • Dobroń • Kolumna • ŁASK • Borszewice • ZDUŃSKA WOLA • Męcka Wola • Sieradz Męka • Sieradz Warta • SIERADZ

ŁÓDŹ - ŁOWICZ (Blue)

ŁÓDŹ - STRYKÓW - GŁOWNO - ŁOWICZ

ŁÓDŹ KALISKA • Łódź Żabieniec • Łódź Radogoszcz Zachód • ZGIERZ • Smardzew • Glinnik Wieś (Glinnik Village) • Glinnik • Swędów • STRYKÓW • Bratoszewice • GŁOWNO • Kamień Łowicki • Domaniewice Centrum • Domaniewice • Grudze • Łowicz Przemieście • ŁOWICZ GŁÓWNY (Łowicz Main Station)

ŁÓDŹ – KOLUSZKI - SKIERNIEWICE - WARSZAWA (Green)

Line 4: ŁÓDŹ – KOLUSZKI - SKIERNIEWICE - WARSZAWA

From ŁÓDŹ FABRYCZNA to ŁÓDŹ WIDZEW as per Łódź Circular Line and; • from ZGIERZ to ŁÓDŹ WIDZEW as per Łódź Circular Line, then: • ŁÓDŹ WIDZEW • Łódź Andrzejów • Bedoń • Justynów • Gałkówek • Żakowice • KOLUSZKI • Wągry • Rogów • Przyłęk Duży • Krosnowa • Lipce Reymontowskie • Płyćwia • Maków • Dąbrowice Skierniewickie • SKIERNIEWICE • WARSZAWA ZACHODNIA • WARSZAWA CENTRALNA • WARSZAWA WSCHODNIA


References

  1. ↑ https://lka.lodzkie.pl/o-spolce/dane-spolki/
  2. ↑ http://www.ceec.uitp.org/%C5%82ka-new-rsr-operator-poland
  3. ↑ UITP webpage: http://www.ceec.uitp.org/%C5%82ka-new-rsr-operator-poland accessed 18 July 2015
  4. ↑ http://www.kurierkolejowy.eu/aktualnosci/24784/Wasilewski-LKA-zdala-egzamin.html
  5. ↑ "Stadler awarded Łódź EMU contract". Railway Gazette International. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Stadler to supply more Flirts for Łódź". Railway Gazette International. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Newag signs Łódź EMU contract". Railway Gazette International. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "First Newag Impuls II EMU nears completion". Railway Gazette International. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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