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Two years for the construction of Rail Baltica Riga Central Hub: 100 km of railway signaling cables and 1700 piles built

November marks two years since the launch of Rail Baltica’s Riga Central Hub construction, which was started in 2020. Until now, 68% of the piles of the southern side of the track are built, 45,000 m3 of railway embankment excavated and a 230 meters long railway embankment retaining wall is built, as well as 43 km of new […]

Young engineers from Witteveen+Bos Netherlands participate in exchange workshop with Rail Baltica team

During November 2022, engineer teams from RB Rail AS and Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas were delighted to host a workshop for 16 young engineers from the Witteveen+ Bos company in Netherlands. As part of the exchange program organized by Witteveen+ Bos in Riga, young engineers explored two cases – Rail Baltica regional stations in Jaunmārupe and […]

Rail Baltica high-speed infrastructure in Latvia will include 16 regional mobility points; construction design agreement was signed today

In addition to the international passenger stations in Riga – Riga Central Station and Rail Baltica station at the Riga International Airport, both of which are already in the construction, 16 regional mobility points are planned on Rail Baltica mainline in Latvia. Today, on 4 November, construction designing was marked by signing the cooperation agreement […]

Rail Baltica Industry Day 2022 will be held on 6 December online

Please be informed that the annual Rail Baltica global project event for the existing and potential future suppliers as well as everybody else interested in learning about the progress and closest plans for Rail Baltica, is rescheduled and will take place on 6 December 2022, online.   During the event, the management teams, and key experts […]

The President of the European Parliament will meet with the management of Rail Baltica’s delivery organizations

On Thursday, October 27, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola will arrive in Riga on a working visit. As part of the visit, a dedicated meeting with the management of Rail Baltica high-speed railway infrastructure delivery organizations – joint venture and central project coordinator RB Rail AS, and the national project implementer in […]

Rail Baltica project signs over 353 million euro grant agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Today, the Rail Baltica joint venture of the Baltic States RB Rail AS announced signing additional cross-border Grant Agreement on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding for the Rail Baltica global project. The total budget under this agreement is 422.6 million euros, out of which the CEF contribution will be 353.9 million euros or maximum […]

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 […]

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