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The largest Rail Baltica rolling stock depot in Estonia will be designed by OÜ Reaalprojekt and NORD PROJEKT AS. “By finding a designer of the rolling stock depot, we have now started the designing process of key objects of Rail Baltica in Estonia. The rolling stock depot, which will be built on the border of […]

Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and  joint venture of the Baltic States RB Rail AS on behalf of the Ministry of Economics and Communication of Estonia, the Ministry of Transport of Latvia and the Ministry of Transport and Communication of Lithuania signed two additional cross-border Grant Agreements on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding […]

A consortium consisting of SIA Forma 2 (Latvia) and Prointec S.A.U. (Spain) has won the open tender for the engineering and construction supervision of Rail Baltica station at the Riga International Airport and related infrastructure. The association has submitted the most economically advantageous tender. Supervision of engineering works will have to be ensured during the […]

At a time when one of the largest road viaducts crossing the Rail Baltica railway in Saustinõmme will soon be completed, Rail Baltic Estonia announced the construction procurements for the next objects. “There is a great interest in the construction of various Rail Baltica facilities,” said Tõnu Grünberg, Chairman of the Board of Rail Baltic […]

Considering the declared state of emergency in Europe and to prevent the spread of the virus COVID-19, RB Rail AS employees in all three Baltic States currently are mostly working remotely with limited access to the office premises.

The largest infrastructure project in the history of the Baltic States –  Rail Baltica – has caught the eye of Lithuanian professionals from all around the world. According to the recruitment consultant Vilija Vitkė, highly qualified professionals working abroad are now considering returning to Lithuania to apply their expertise in developing a project of historical […]

See how the construction of the Riga Central node will change the appearance of the Central station and improve the lives of citizens and visitors of the city.     “Construction company BERERIX has started building works on the southern side of Riga Central Railway Station. The building site is set up to enable continuous […]

Construction of Rail Baltica Central Hub in Riga has begun as expected – in November 2020, while strictly following all restrictive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. On 23 November 2020, the newly developed building site of the Central Hub in Riga was formally opened by Agnis Driksna, Chairman of the Management Board of […]

20 November 2020, Riga – Marc-Philippe El Beze, an experienced international high-speed railway professional, starts his role as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and member of the Management Board of RB Rail AS. Marc-Philippe El Beze will manage all technical aspects of the global Rail Baltica project in cooperation with national beneficiaries, implementing bodies and key […]

The preliminary design for the Rail Baltica Ülemiste joint terminal “Light Stream“, the winning design by Zaha Hadid Architects and Esplan, has been completed, and the tender for construction work will be announced in 2021. “For the past year, we have been hard at work on the preliminary design of Rail Baltica’s Ülemiste joint terminal, […]

RB Rail AS, the joint venture of Rail Baltica has announced the procurement of engineering services for the preparation, procurement, and supervision of Rail Baltica Control-Command and Signalling (CCS) subsystems deployment. The scope of CCS-Engineering services will include the following activities aimed at the successful deployment of CCS subsystems: -preparation of specifications for procurement of […]

With the unique opportunities of a greenfield project and a timeline that overlaps with the introduction of 5G mobile networks, Rail Baltica is taking an advisory role in the 5GRAIL project, coordinated by the International Union of Railways (UIC) and funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. RB Rail AS, the principal coordinator of […]

The international consulting company Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian Environment Ltd. (ELLE) has been operating for 22 years and provides consultations to experienced environmental protection specialists in the Baltic States. Evija Skrastiņa, ELLE project manager tells about the company’s investment in the development of the Rail Baltica project.   What is the role of ELLE in […]

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai, representing the national implementing body of the global project in Lithuania, has announced consultations with the market participants for the upcoming procurements of technical supervision and Fidic engineer services for the “Construction of the Rail Baltica Line Section Kaunas-Panevėžys-LT/LV (phase I)”.  The goal for the consultations is to inform the market participants about the […]

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