New intermodal terminal in Zamość

On Thursday, June 23, the official opening of the new Laude Smart Intermodal facility located at the Zamość Bortatycze railway station on the broad-gauge LHS line took place.

The terminal will be able to handle 10 trains a day. The completed investment allowed to increase the handling capacity of the terminal to 15,000 TEU containers per year. This gives the opportunity to transport a much larger volume of cargo from Ukraine than before.

The use of our own patented innovations in the construction of containers and rolling stock is the result of the company’s many years of experience and striving to create modern transport and logistics solutions.

Creating a new quality thanks to the EU

Laude Smart Intermodal S.A. invested almost PLN 30 million in the expansion of the terminal in Zamość. This is another investment carried out in accordance with the company’s mission, assuming the creation of a new quality of logistics services and the implementation of efficient and ecological solutions using the advantages of intermodal transport. This would not be possible without the effective acquisition of the EU funds.

Over the past 15 years, within the EU funding, the company has implemented 14 projects with a total value of over PLN 436 million aimed at the development of container transport and other modern solutions increasing competitiveness of rail transport.

Greater reloading potential close to the border

The tender for construction works related to the extension of the intermodal terminal at the Zamość Bortatycze railway station was announced in August 2020.

As part of this project, a new wide track (with a clearance of 1,520 mm) was built on the western side, which will enable the collision-free entry of a container train to the terminal area, and on the southern side – a new standard track (with a width of 1,435 mm). The length of each is 900 m. Side tracks for standard and wide-gauge carriages were also extended, and a standard and wide-gauge track was built, which will enable collision-free parking of damaged containers for repair.

The extensive track system (more than 6.4 km in total) will enable reloading containers from broad-gauge wagons to standard-gauge ones, increasing the efficiency of reloading works. The reloading capacity after the extension of the terminal is 6-10 trains a day.

The terminal is equipped with two 40-ton overhead cranes, five reachstackers, their task is to improve the rail and road traffic, and a scale.

The new yard enables storage of 2,000 TEU containers. Several parking and maneuvering yards were also created. The total area of hardened yards is 38,000 sqm. A third crane will be installed by the end of the year.

Railway support for exports from Ukraine

It is important that the investment coincided with the completion of works at the Zamość Majdan station, carried out by PKP LHS. Among others, five tracks with a total length of 6 km with turnouts equipped with modern rail traffic control devices, as well as a cargo yard with an area of 14,000 m² sq m and an access road were constructed. The construction of a passing loop increases the throughput capacity of the entire line.

These and earlier activities contributed to today’s support for Ukrainian exports to European recipients. The current technical condition of the LHS enables the passage of 12 pairs of trains a day.

Project details

Beneficiary: Laude Smart Intermodal S.A.

Project number and name: POIS.03.02.00-00-0031/18. Project for the development of intermodal connections thanks to the construction and equipment of the intermodal terminal in Zamość and the purchase of equipment for the terminal in Sosnowiec.

Total value of the project: PLN 51,560,743.78;

Value of eligible expenses: PLN 36,784,045.77;

Value of EU funding: PLN 18,392,022.88.

Source: Kurier Kolejowy

Fot. Adam Kupniewski/Kurier Kolejowy