As the year enters its last quarter, Baltica Joint venture RB Rail AS and the wider Rail Baltica team, is preparing for an annual Rail Baltica Industry Day which will take place online on 9 November 2022. During the event, together with the Rail Baltica national implementing bodies – Rail Baltic Estonia OÜ, SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa […]
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While building Rail Baltica international passenger stations, the ambition is to create urban spaces for the people and enable socio-economic benefits for the local communities
Last week, from 26 until 28 September, three workshops dedicated to the role and future of the seven Rail Baltica international stations took place in Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. Workshop about the maximization of GVA for the Rail Baltica international passenger stations (Vilnius, Lithuania) During the workshops representatives from the consortium of the […]
Three international companies nominated for the 2nd tender round of construction supervision services of Rail Baltica mainline in Latvia
Within the international tender for the provision of engineering consultancy and construction supervision services for the construction of the Rail Baltica main line in Latvia, applications submitted by four candidates have been assessed. Three candidates from three countries – Italy, France, and Spain – are proposed for the second round of the tender. Companies which […]
Rail Baltica on InnoTrans 2022 review
Last week from 20 to 23 September 2022, Rail Baltica global project team and experts took part in InnoTrans, the leading international trade fair for transport technology, which takes place every two years in Berlin, Germany. Besides numerous B2B meetings that took place between the different project partners and interested suppliers, Rail Baltica global project […]
Rail Baltic Estonia announced a new tender for the construction of the railway infrastructure in Ülemiste
On 22 September, as part of the public procurement procedure, Rail Baltica implementing body in Estonia “Rail Baltica Estonia” has re-announced the first stage of procurement for the railway infrastructure construction at the Ülemiste terminal and the surrounding area. The purpose of these construction works is to rebuild the existing Ülemiste railway infrastructure to make […]
Applications for the first stage of the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction procurement have been submitted
On September 15, 2022, the Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS announced that four international candidates have applied for the 1st stage of the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction procurement – the largest railway electrification project in Europe implemented as a single project. The associations of companies submitted their applications are partnership […]
During a work visit dedicated to Rail Baltica the European Coordinator for the North-Sea Baltic TEN-T Corridor will visit Finland and the Baltic States
From 12 until 16 September 2022 Mme Catherine Trautmann, the European Coordinator of the North-Sea Baltic TEN-T Corridor, will be on a working visit to Finland and after that – the Baltic States, dedicated to Rail Baltica. The purpose of this visit is to meet with the partners and stakeholders of Rail Baltica global project to discuss […]
Shadow Operator services provider chosen for Rail Baltica
Today, on 30 August 2022, agreement was signed with a joint venture consisting of Baltic States DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, International Directorate RENFE-Operadora Entidad Pública Empresarial and Ingeniería y Economía del Transporte S.M.E M.P. S.A about the Shadow Operator services for Rail Baltica. The agreement was signed between the consortium winning the public procurement […]
Rail Baltica Infrastructure Access Policies Development Study published
The consulting company Atkins Limited on behalf of the joint venture of Rail Baltica RB Rail AS has completed the Rail Baltica Infrastructure Access Policies Development Study, providing set of recommendations for the key railway infrastructure capacity allocation policies and access charging schemes for Rail Baltica. International benchmarking analysis in the area of track access […]
Esri Collaborates with RB Rail AS to Build Sustainable Rail Infrastructure in EU
The 870 kilometers of Rail Baltica are divided into several sections across each of the three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. An ongoing electric rail infrastructure project in the region, Rail Baltica’s purpose is to provide sustainable passenger and freight service between participating countries and improve rail connections between central and northern Europe. To […]
Rizzani de Eccher submitted an offer for the construction contract for Rail Baltica’s Ülemiste joint terminal
On 17 August 2022, Rail Baltic Estonia, the national implementing body of the Rail Baltica project in Estonia, announced that Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A. submitted a bid for the construction procurement of the Ülemiste joint terminal by Rail Baltica, which almost doubled the expected construction cost of the construction procurement of the terminal and related […]
Rail Baltica high-speed railway electrification procurement extended
On 15 August 2022, the Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS announced a deadline extension for the procurement of the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction for the entire Rail Baltica line, covering more than 870 km in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All potential partners are invited to submit their applications until 14 […]
Five construction companies’ associations nominated for the 2nd tender round of the construction of Rail Baltica mainline in Latvia
The 1st round of the largest international tender for the construction of the Rail Baltica mainline in Latvia is completed. After evaluating compliance with the procurement qualification requirements, including the previous experience in railway construction in accordance with EU standards, five of six associations have been declared to be compliant with the tender requirements. The following associations […]
The first environmental impact assessment report of Rail Baltica main route in Estonia was declared to meet the requirements
The Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority declared the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report of the Ülemiste-Kangru section of Rail Baltica to be compliant with the requirements. The recognition of the EIA report as meeting the requirements will soon allow the construction of the first section of the main railway line to begin. The […]
At the 96th International Conference, the European Youth Parliament will discuss the future of Rail Baltica and EU transport
The 96th International Conference of the European Youth Parliament will gather more than 200 young people from 30 different European countries this week in Riga to discuss the importance of technology and digitization in modern European society. One of the topics of discussion is the future of the European transport industry and Rail Baltica. […]