EU funds, line no. 18 Stroszek - Chebzie was decommissioned on 14 February 2015, making streetcars completely disappear from a 4 km long section in Ruda (a district of Ruda Śląska). Future Within the EU financial perspective 2014-2020, Silesian Trams implemented the project "Integrated project of modernization and development of tramway infrastructure in Silesian-Zagłębiowska Agglomeration together with purchase of tramway rolling stock". The original plans included the acquisition of at least 45 new streetcars and renovations of over 100km tracks across Silesia. Further plans included an extension to line no. 15 in Zagórze, a southern Katowice line extension and building a connector between Chorzowska and Gliwicka streets in Katowice. It was also planned to extend line 6 to Miechowice; however, the authorities of Bytom withdrew from this idea. On 20 March 2017, the implementation of first repair task from this project began, and on 11 December 2017 and 26 February 2018, agreements were signed to subsidize above investments with 491 million PLN under the OPI&E. On 28 April 2020, Silesian Trams signed a contract with a consortium of Eurovia Polska, KZN Rail and Nowak Mosty for the extension of line 15 deep into the Zagórze estate. On 16 March 2022, a contract was signed for the construction of a new reserved track section along Grundmann Street in Katowice connecting Chorzowska and Gliwicka streets in Katowice aimed to provide a relief for the main branch across the city of Katowice. On 19 December 2022, a new section of line 15 in Sosnowiec was put into operation from the Zagórze loop to the new Zagórze Rondo Jana Pawła II loop. The line is operated by low-floor rolling stock, with a frequency of 15 minutes. Infrastructure The tram network in the Upper Silesian conurbation consists of 178.35 km of tracks with a gauge of 1435 mm, having a total of 336.1 km of single track (including tracks in the depot and loop, as of 28 June 2021): 55.5 km of single-track sections, 120 km of double track sections (240 km of single track), 29 km of tracks in the depot, 11.6 km of tram loop tracks. A total of 391 switches are installed in the track, and 271 in the depot (as of 29 May 2018). Routes As of 14 March 2022, 29 numbered routes operate with a regular schedule on Silesian tram network. The total track length is 299.7km, with a total