RAIL BALTICA
R A I LWAY T R A N S P O RTAT I O N T E R M P R OJ E C T
10/21/2019
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ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the new project of Rail Baltica. It will examine both the benefits and the problem
solving that are
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1-INTRODUCTION
2--RAIL BALTICA PROJECT STORY
3- RB RAIL AS
4- CONNECTIVITY
5-LOCAL IMPACT
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INTRODUCTION
Rail Baltica a rail transport infrastructure project with a goal to integrate the Baltic States in the
European rail network. The project includes five European Union countries – Poland, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia and indirectly also Finland. It connects Helsinki, Tallinn, Pärnu, Riga, Panevežys, Kaunas,
Vilnius, Warsaw. The Baltic part of the Rail Baltica project is referred to as the Rail Baltica Global
Project.
-The largest Baltic region infrastructure project in the last 100 years
-For both passenger and freight traffic
-Environmentally friendly – powered by electricity, producing less noise and vibration
-Part of the EU’s North Sea - Baltic TEN-T corridor
-Enables intermodality & multimodality
RB RAIL AS
RB Rail AS is a joint venture between the three Baltic States established in October 2014. Holding equal
shares in RB Rail AS are SIA Eiropas dzelzceļa līnijas in Latvia, UAB Rail Baltica statyba in Lithuania
and OU Rail Baltic Estonia in Estonia. RB Rail AS is the central coordinator for the Rail Baltica project.
The project involves the construction of a high speed rail line from Tallinn to the Lithuanian/Polish
border. Rail Baltica will be an electrified public use rail line, an environmentally friendly and modern
form of transportation.
General center: Riga
Foundation Year:2014
Company type: Partnership
Size : 51-200 employees
Areas of expertise: Railway Construction
CONNECTIVITY
Rail Baltica will link the capital cities of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to each other and
is currently one of the biggest investments improving the mobility and travel opportunities as well
as developing business, trade, and tourism in the region. It is the largest railway infrastructure
project to be constructed in the Baltic countries in the last 100 years. By integrating the region’s
key transport infrastructure elements ranging from sea ports and inland logistics facilities to
airports and city terminals into the Rail Baltica ecosystem, the project will pave the way for the
development of new intermodal and multimodal logistics and passenger solutions.
TIME FRAME
Planned start of
railway operations
Completion of main
environmental, spatial
and pre- design studies
2017
2018
Planned start of main
construction phase
2026