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Joint stock company RB Rail has announced an open competition “Feasibility and Technical Framework Study for a Rail Bound (Light Rail or Tram) Connection from Rail Baltica Ülemiste Passenger Terminal to Ten-T Core Network Tallinn Passenger Port (Old City Harbour/Vanasadam)”.

On April 24, 2017, the Supervisory Board of “RB Rail AS” appointed three new board members to the Management Board of the joint venture: Kaspars Rokens, Ignas Degutis and Deniss Murashko.

Find all presentations from the second day of the Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 here.

More than 200 potential suppliers of the Rail Baltica project from 18 countries met in Riga to attend Industry Suppliers’ Day, part of Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017, devoted to the project’s implementation.

Find all presentations from the first day of the Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 here.

  Download: Rail Baltica Global Project Cost-Benefit Analysis Final Report Download: Rail Baltica Global Project Cost-Benefit Analysis Executive Summary Download: Rail Baltica Global Project Cost-Benefit Analysis Presentation (Nauris Kļava, Partner, Ernst & Young Baltic Ltd)    The Rail Baltica Global Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) presented on April 24 during Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 confirms that the Rail […]

Today marks the beginning of the international two-day event “Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 – Building a New Economic Corridor” organized by RB Rail AS, a joint venture by the three Baltic States, with the support of the project’s national implementing bodies – Rail Baltic Estonia, Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and Rail Baltica statyba. A live video stream will be accessible both Forum days on www.railbaltica.org/forum.

Already more than 150 potential suppliers of the Rail Baltica project from 18 countries have applied for participation in the “Industry Suppliers’ Day” held on April 25, 2017, which is part of “RB Rail AS” organized international event dedicated to project’s implementation “Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 – Building A New Economic Corridor”.

On 24th and 25th of April 2017, an international two-day event “Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 – Building A New Economic Corridor” will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel Latvija in Riga, Latvia, discussing the implementation process of the Rail Baltica project. The Second Day of the event “Industry Suppliers’ Day” held on April 25, 2017, will be specially dedicated to the topics related to the project’s procurement. All the potential project’s suppliers are invited to take part in the event in order to access detailed information about the forthcoming procurement of this year and their time schedule, as well as to meet their potential partners. This year, there are more than 40 procurement that will be announced in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

“RB Rail AS”, a three Baltic State joint venture, with the support of the project’s national implementing bodies – Rail Baltic Estonia, Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and Rail Baltica statyba – announces the milestone international two-day event of the Rail Baltica project – the Rail Baltica Global Forum 2017 “Building a New Economic Corridor” on April 24 – 25, Riga, Latvia.

On February 6, 2017, “RB Rail AS” submitted a new application to the 2016 CEF Transport Call for Proposals. So far, the three Baltic states and the joint venture “RB Rail AS” have received two grants designed under the European Union funding instrument Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the construction of the Rail Baltica railway, having signed Grant Agreements to a total value of 765 million euros. The CEF contribution will make up 85% of total eligible costs, giving financial support of up to a maximum of 633 million euros for the implementation of the project.

The joint venture of three Baltic states “RB Rail AS” announces an open tender to conduct the upgrade feasibility study for the section “Polish/Lithuanian state border–Kaunas–RRT Palemonas” for which proposals must be submitted by 16th March, 2017. Lithuania has completed a new European standard gauge (1435mm) section between “Polish/Lithuanian state border–Kaunas” in 2015. Its technical […]

On 31 January, 2017, Baiba Rubesa, CEO and Chairperson of the Management Board of the joint venture “RB Rail AS”, met for the first time with Rokas Masiulis, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications, and Mantas Bartuška, Director General of “Lietuvos geležinkeliai” (JSC “Lithuanian Railways”) to discuss Rail Baltic/Rail Baltica project development and topical issues.

For successful implementation of the European gauge railway line Rail Baltic/Rail Baltica project its coordinator, the joint venture of the three Baltic States “RB Rail AS” registered in Latvia, has founded branches in Lithuania and Estonia.

On Friday, January 20, a new Chairman of the Board of the railway line Rail Baltic/Rail Baltica project coordinator, the joint venture of the three Baltic States “RB Rail AS”, was approved. The new chairman is Latvian representative Edvīns Bērziņš, the Chairman of the Board of “Latvijas Dzelzceļš” VAS, who is replacing the previous Chairman of the Board, Lithuanian representative and the Director of “Rail Baltica statyba” Dainius Budrys.