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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 […]

Rail Baltica at the InnoTrans 2022 Berlin

On 20 to 23 September 2022 the annual InnoTrans event gathering the world’s largest transport, infrastructure and innovation companies and project from across the world will take place in Berlin.   Meet Rail Baltica global project team and learn about the project’s updates, procurements, infrastructure, and data-driven railway, opportunities for the system design, operations, and maintenance, […]

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 […]

“Zoom in on Rail Baltica”: video series launched to explain implementation of Rail Baltica

To provide a closer look into different aspects related to implementation of Rail Baltica megaproject, new video series are launched. “Zoom in on Rail Baltica” will provide an opportunity to revisit various aspects of Rail Baltica, including design process, virtual design, technology and innovation, development of railway subsystems – electrification, control command and signalling, management […]

Discussion “What it means to manage a project worth hundreds of millions of euros?” highlights Rail Baltica importance for the region

Discussion ‘What it means to manage a project worth hundreds of millions of euros?”, which was organized on 2 September in the discussion at the festival “Būtent!”, engaged Rail Baltica representatives in the talks about the Global Project’s importance for the region. Discussion was joined by Marius Narmontas, Head of the Lithuanian branch of RB […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rail Baltica attracts military mobility funding

  On 8 August 2022, the Ministry of Transport in Latvia signed new financing agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) about the Rail Baltica priority activities from the Connecting Europe Facility call for proposals under the Military Mobility envelope.  Key activities in the new financing agreement include the design and design supervision […]

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 […]

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