On 9 February, Rail Baltica national implementing body in Estonia “Rail Baltic Estonia” announced the winner of the Rail Baltica Ülemiste railway infrastructure construction tender. Purpose of the construction works is to rebuild the existing Ülemiste railway infrastructure to make room for the Rail Baltica 1435 mm gauge railway. For this purpose, nearly 16.3 kilometers […]
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Progress meeting with European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and Rail Baltica management held in Riga
On 7 and 8 February 2023, a progress meeting of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the management representatives of Rail Baltica delivery organizations was held in Riga to revisit the Global Project’s implementation progress. Representatives of Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS gave an overview of the mainline design […]
Rail Baltica cooperation with Poland being strengthened
To reinforce the close partnership with Poland and one of the key strategic partners of Rail Baltica – PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., a tripartite letter of intent was signed between the global project coordinator in Baltic states and delivery organization RB Rail AS, national implementing body in Lithuania LTG Infra and the Polish railway […]
“Friends of Rail Baltica” meeting in the European Parliament: project implementers reaffirm a common understanding of Rail Baltica strategic importance for the Baltics and Europe
On 1 February, Rail Baltica project implementers met with the “Friends of Rail Baltica” working group, established by Members of the European Parliament, and chaired by its Vice-President Dr. Roberts Zīle. The participants of the meeting had the opportunity to review Rail Baltica implementation progress. The growing strategic importance of the project in the current […]
Arnis Kākulis appointed to the Supervisory Board of RB Rail AS
On 31 January 2023 the shareholders of Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS, Rail Baltic Estonia OÜ, SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and Rail Baltica statyba UAB appointed Arnis Kākulis to the Supervisory Board of the company. He is replacing representative of Latvia Anrī Leimanis, who was appointed to the Management Board of RB Rail AS in […]
Rail Baltica joint venture appoints new Chief Programme Management Officer
On 1 February 2023, Mr Thierry Boussillon joined RB Rail AS in the capacity of Chief Programme Management Officer and member of the Management Board. In his new position, Mr Boussillon will oversee the coordination of the three Baltic countries cross border railway project’s master plan, implementation activities and delivery of Rail Baltica global project, […]
A tender for the infrastructure of the Kaunas passenger station territory is announced
LTG Infra, the company implementing the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania, has announced a tender for the infrastructure of the Kaunas passenger station territory. In the coming days, the design tender for the railway infrastructure of regional stations in Kaišiadorys and Vievis will be announced. The contracts with the winning tenderers are planned to be […]
Tender announced for the supervision of Rail Baltica infrastructure facilities outside Riga
Rail Baltica national implementing body in Latvia “Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas” has announced new public procurement to choose a supplier who will carry out the construction project expertise and supervision for Rail Baltica regional stations, infrastructure maintenance points in Skulte and Iecava, and Salaspils intermodal freight terminal. Construction project expertise is a professional examination, the purpose […]
Rail Baltica: significance of cross-border perspective and cross-sectoral cooperation is increasing to fully use the benefits of HSR
“The high-speed railway infrastructure project delivery organizations have the support of international partners, who point out that the planned infrastructure shall be ready also for dual-use, that is civil-military,” was emphasized at the Railway Direction Days 2023 (RDD2023), organized by Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp. z o.o. (CPK) on 18 – 19 January in Warsaw. During […]
Rail Baltica Control-Command and Signalling subsystem: Design and Build tender announced
The Rail Baltica joint venture and contracting party RB Rail AS has announced the design and build tender for the full scope of the Control-Command and Signalling subsystem (CCS) implementation for the Rail Baltica mainline. The public procurement procedure is carried out in two stages with negotiations, and the contract is expected to be signed […]
Rail Baltica infrastructure maintenance depot design services are being purchased
As the territory planning procedures for the infrastructure maintenance depots, which will ensure the maintenance of all sections of Rail Baltica, are underway, the procurement of their design services has also been announced. Tenders were announced by LTG Infra, the company responsible for the implementation of the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania. The successful tenderer […]
RB Rail AS, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny and Správa železnic, státní organizace to strengthen cooperation for the development of high-speed rail within North-East Europe
On 18 January 2023, the Rail Baltica central project coordinator and joint venture RB Rail AS, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny Sp. z o.o. (CPK) and Správa železnic, státní organizace (SZCZ), the national railway infrastructure manager in the Czech Republic signed the Memorandum of Understanding to lay out the cooperation principles and further steps in strengthening cooperation […]
Contract signed for the design works of Rail Baltica regional stations in Estonia
Rail Baltic Estonia, Rail Baltica global project’s national implementing body in Estonia, has signed agreement with the Spanish company “Ardanuy Ingeneria” S.A. for the design works of Rail Baltica regional stations at Harju and Pärnu counties. The scope of agreement includes design for waiting platforms, overpasses and underpasses, outdoor areas, parking lots and access roads […]
Ligita Austrupe appointed as Chairperson of the RB Rail AS Supervisory Board
Ligita Austrupe, a senior management executive, Head of the Responsible Authority of the administration of the EU funds in Latvia at the Ministry of Transport and active member of RB Rail AS Supervisory Board since 2019, has been elected as the Chairperson of RB Rail AS Supervisory Board and will be replacing the former Chairperson […]
Three international consortiums have qualified for the 2nd stage of the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction procurement
Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS announced that three international candidates have qualified for the 2nd stage of the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction procurement. This is considered as the largest railway cross-border electrification project in Europe since the subsystem will be deployed in a consolidated way across all 870km mainline from Tallinn […]