News & Events

Today, April 11, around 500 potential suppliers of the Rail Baltica project representing more than 300 companies from 24 countries across the globe are gathering in Tallinn for the Industry Suppliers’ Day – an international event that is part of RB RAIL AS organized Rail Baltica Global Forum 2018 devoted to the project’s implementation. The event is streamed live at the official event website www.railbaltica.org/forum.

I would like to congratulate the project implementers and the public authorities of the Baltic States on entering the design phase of the Rail Baltica project. This follows many years of intensive planning of this new high-speed railway of strategic importance for the EU.

Today, April 10, marks the beginning of the international two-day event – the Rail Baltica Global Forum 2018 – organized by the joint venture of the three Baltic States RB RAIL AS supported by the project’s national implementing bodies – Rail Baltic Estonia, Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas and Rail Baltica statyba. A live video stream will be accessible on both Forum days via www.railbaltica.org/forum.

Next week, on April 10 – 11, the milestone international two-day event of the Rail Baltica project will take place in Tallinn, Estonia. The Rail Baltica Global Forum 2018 is organized by “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. A live video stream will be accessible on www.railbaltica.org/forum.

In today’s meeting, Supervisory Board took important decisions for fostering the project’s implementation and approved contracting the British company ATKINS Plc to carry out the projects infrastructure management study. Supervisory Board also approved that the Management Board of RB Rail can start procurements of detailed technical designs for the following sessions in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The updated RB Rail annual budget for 2018 was approved.

On March 20 the first Rail Baltica construction design and supervision contract on the construction design of Rail Baltica’s airport Riga railway station, related infrastructure, and viaduct was signed during a formal event. It was signed by the European gauge project implementer in Latvia “Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas” SIA and the winner of the open international tender – partnership of suppliers from three countries „PROSIV” („Sintagma” (Italy), „Prodex” (Slovakia) and „Vektors T” (Latvia)).

As of March 19, 2018, Mart Nielsen serves as the Chief Technical Officer and Member of Management Board of RB Rail AS. He joins three other Members of the Management Board – Baiba A. Rubesa, CEO, Kaspars Rokens, COO, and Ignas Degutis, CFO.

At the moment, more than 70 procurements are planned to be announced this year as part of the Rail Baltica Global Project in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. A full list of Rail Baltica planned procurements for the Global project this year and their schedule is available at the official project webpage railbaltica.org.

After finalising the procurement procedure, the joint venture RB RAIL AS, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia and French company Egis Rail S.A. have signed a contract on preparation of the feasibility and technical framework study for a rail (light rail or tram) connection from Rail Baltica Ülemiste passenger terminal to the Tallinn passenger port (Vanasadam) on February 27, 2018. The contract price is 170,984 EUR, excluding VAT.

According to the results of the open competition, the joint venture RB Rail AS and German company ETC Transport Consultants GmbH has signed the contract on preparation of the operational plan of the Rail Baltica railway on 22nd of February, 2018.  The contract price is 499 340,00 EUR, excluding VAT.  

On the occasion of the centenary of the Baltic States, Baltic and international public is invited to participate in an entertaining educational campaign “A Trip to Rail Baltica future” to share their vision on Rail Baltica travel and to learn of one’s readiness to grasp opportunities offered by Rail Baltica and modern technologies.

On Wednesday, 14 February, the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Estonia approved the spatial plan for the Rail Baltica railway in Estonia, leading to setting of the final route and preliminary design of the railway in this northern Baltic state. The spatial planning for the entire line was approved in Latvia by the decision of the Latvian Government in August, 2016, and followed by approval of the Lithuanian Government in January, 2017 for their respective section from Kaunas to the Lithuanian – Latvian border in Lithuania*. In the light of Estonia’s decision, the spatial territorial planning and preliminary technical design of the Rail Baltica railway in the Baltic states has been finalised.

With the decision to use Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Rail Baltica project implementation, RB Rail AS has announced an open competition “Development of detailed BIM (Building Information Modelling) strategy for Rail Baltica railway”.  Proposals shall be submitted electronically by 8 March 2018, by 15:00 o’clock.

RB RAIL AS, the joint venture of the three Baltic States, 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 2018 on 10 – 11 April, Tallinn, Estonia and opens registration for the event.