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In an underground labyrinth

Editorial
Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski recently made the claim that by 2050 the city’s metro system will comprise 103 stations and five lines, with connections to 17 of its 18 districts. That gives us a very good reason to try to live that long so that we can hold him to his promise – all the more so that some of us, due to our age, will then be able to travel free of charge.
Have you noticed that each underground public transport infrastructure project in Poland has one thing in common? That is, when they are under construction the work is always mired in chaos, which results in delays and huge unexpected cost overruns, causing headaches for both general contractors and investors? Since all the work takes place underground, it is hidden from prying eyes, but it still manages to stir up the emotions of future users – and particularly those of conspiracy theorists. You only need to look at the fiasco surrounding the tunnel that was dug under Luboń Mały mountain for the Zakopianki road, or the epic of the Poznań Fast Tram route – compared to which the Iliad is just a short anecdote about a few friends having a minor quarrel. Probably not everyone knows that the construction of the latter began in 1982, but the first passengers only got to use it 15 years later. For years, most of the staff of Eurobuild have been using the metro, since our prese
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