POLAND Polish State Railways (PKP) has finally signed an agreement with Slovakian developer HB Reavis to rebuild Warszawa Zachodnia, Warsaw's West Station. Amidst all the fanfare, PKP somehow neglected to mention that it had originally planned to complete all the work before the Euro 2012 football championships Poland is jointly hosting with Ukraine. However, after failing to come to terms with French developer Nexity, these plans were shelved and PKP had to find a new partner. As a result any football fan who next year chooses to alight at West Station, will find the facilities in their current decidedly shabby state, but were he prepared to hang around for another few years maybe he would be astounded by the transformation.
Go westWest Station Investment, a joint venture company set up by HB Reavis and PKP, is to build a glass-roofed ticket hall by 2014, which will connect to the underground tunnel that runs under the station's platforms. The 1,250 sqm building should provide full a