Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) is a planned transfer hub between Warsaw and Łódź that will integrate air, rail and road transport. The development envisages the construction of CPK, located 37 km west of Warsaw and covering an area of 3,000 ha.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has now moved from the planning phase to design and construction. Pre-construction work has been underway for several months.
CPK will include railway investments: a railway junction in the immediate vicinity of the airport, as well as connections within Poland, enabling transfers between Warsaw and the largest Polish cities in less than 2.5 hours.
The railway station will meet the needs of CPK's operations and serve as a national transport hub, integrating rail connections from major cities in Poland. The CPK station consists of 6 underground platforms (12 tracks) for regional and long-distance trains. The platforms will be covered to allow comfortable and dry access to the station, which will be located in and connected to the atrium on the north side of the terminal.
"By bringing together three modes of transport in one place - and integrating a new railway station that is part of a national high-speed rail system - we believe CPK will completely transform the way people travel in Poland and become a powerful new gateway to Europe and the rest of the world," says Grant Booker, Head of Studio, FOSTER + PARTNERS, which designed the facility.
The centrepiece of the multimodal interchange is an atrium, seamlessly connecting the airport terminal, railway station, and other modes of transport under a singular, unifying canopy. The atrium is the ‘foreground of the airport’, the link between the terminal and the railway station – an accessible space where all passengers meet, regardless of which mode of transport they are using.
The atrium is located before security control, meaning it is accessible to all. It is also a place where employees and guests of the nearby Airport City will spend their time. The interface between the terminal and the surrounding area is unique. Typically, terminal buildings are difficult to access on foot. CPK’s solution creates pedestrian-friendly areas between the Airport City and airport’s infrastructure.
The first phase of the airport, two parallel runways and infrastructure to handle 40 million passengers, is expected to be operational in 2028. The CPK General Plan envisages that the airport will be expanded in a modular manner. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecast, the airport could handle up to 65 million passengers by 2060.
