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 […]
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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, […]
Catherine Trautmann: no one now contests the importance and the priority of the Rail Baltica
This week, from 12 to 16 September, European Coordinator of the North-Sea Baltic TEN-T Corridor Mme Catherine Trautmann visited the Baltic States and Finland with a purpose to meet Rail Baltica global project partners and to discuss project progress, expressing strong commitment and reaffirming the significant role of Rail Baltica in EU, in the context […]
Application for the first stage of the Rail Baltica energy subsystem design and construction procurement concluded
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 […]
2nd stage of the Rail Baltica mainline construction procurement in Latvia announced
Development of requirements for the 2nd-second stage of the Rail Baltica mainline construction procurement in Latvia announced is completed, and qualified candidates are invited to submit technical and financial offers. This milestone marks a significant step that has been taken so that the Rail Baltica mainline construction in Latvia can be started in 2023. Entering the […]
“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 […]
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 […]
New tender announced for the design and design supervision services for the construction of the Kaunas – Vilnius section
The Rail Baltica global project coordinator and joint venture RB Rail AS re-announced the tender for design and design supervision services for the construction of the Kaunas Urban Node – Vilnius Urban Node section. It will be implemented in cooperation with LTG Infra, which is responsible for the implementation of the Rail Baltica project in […]
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 […]
Invitation to participate in the Rail Baltica rolling stock market survey
With the Rail Baltica Global Project building its maturity, the Rail Baltica joint venture “RB Rail AS” is launching a global market survey aiming to investigate rolling stock market players’ interest and expectations for Rail Baltica case and to collect feedback from the industry on issues related to rolling stock provision. The market survey includes […]