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uture mobility, technologies, customers’ needs, sustainability, innovation and operational viability are the main topics discussed today by Baiba Rubesa, CEO and Chairperson of the Management Board of the joint venture RB RAIL AS, Mark Pettman, Innovation Manager of Virgin Trains East Coast and Dr. Alan James, VP Global Business Development of Hyperloop One within the panel discussion “Future on The Rails” during the transport and logistics event “Futurism Conference 2017” happening today in Tallinn, Estonia.

On August 30, 2017, a ceremonial event was held to mark the event of the first tram running on the new route between RB Ülemiste and Tallinn Lennart Meri International Airport. The new tramline is offering convenient travel alternative between the airport and the city centre for both citizens of Tallinn as well as its guests.

The joint venture RB RAIL AS established as a main coordinator of the Rail Baltica Global project implementation announces an open competition “Preparation of the operational plan of the railway” with a proposal submission deadline of September 26, 2017.

The Estonian Ministry of the Environment approved the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) of Harju, Rapla and Pärnu county planning on August 11, 2017. According to the Ministry, the EIA meets the requirements and the effects of the route have been adequately assessed.

RB RAIL AS is currently recruiting a BIM coordinator, a spatial planning specialist, a senior railway bridge engineer and two junior railway engineers. Candidates are welcome to submit their applications by August 18, 2017.

On June 29, 2017, the open competition “Expert Services” of RB RAIL AS, a joint venture of the three Baltic States, was closed for proposal submission.

The Rail Baltica joint venture RB RAIL AS announces an open competition “Rail Baltica Infrastructure Management Study” with a proposal submission deadline of August 14, 2017.

“RB RAIL AS”, announces the winner of the open competition on design guidelines of the Rail Baltica railway that is subjected to the provision of engineering services to develop unified design guidelines for the Rail Baltica construction project.

Three parties have signed the contract on conduction of the upgrade feasibility study for the section “Polish/Lithuanian state border–Kaunas–RRT Palemonas”.

Baiba Rubesa, CEO and Chairperson of the Management Board of the joint venture RB RAIL presented the Rail Baltica project to the G7 Transport Ministers Meeting on 22 June 2017, in Cagliari, Italy.

The shareholders of RB Rail AS – “Rail Baltic Estonia”, “Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas” and “Rail Baltica statyba” – have approved the new Supervisory Board.

To reach out to the most experienced industry representatives and invite them to bring their knowledge to the Rail Baltica Global project implementation, COO of RB RAIL AS Kaspars Rokens attended the 6th International Railway Convention in Valencia, Spain.

In order to engage the best national and international experts in the field RB Rail procures expert services to support Rail Baltica project delivery team further in the planning and design phase of the railway.

Representatives from around 200 companies based in 19 different countries visited Riga, Latvia, to participate in the most significant event so far focusing on the suppliers of the Rail Baltica project – “Industry Suppliers’ Day” held on April 25, 2017, under “Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017”.

The first day of the international two-day event “Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 – Building a New Economic Corridor” that was held in Riga on April 24, 2017, gathered not only an impressive line-up of speakers, but also a great number of influential officials, politicians, decision-makers and experts.