On 12 November, the Rail Baltica national implementing body in Latvia – company Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas – launched the largest tender for the construction of the Rail Baltica railway line in Latvia. The tender “Rail Baltica main line construction in Latvia” aims for an early contractor involvement to carry out the Rail Baltica mainline, and […]
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Rail Baltica Industry Day will take place on 25 November 2021
On 25th November 2021 the Rail Baltica Industry Day will take place online. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Rail Baltica Global Forum, which has already become a tradition with the opportunity to meet in-person, will be transferred to 2022. Instead, the Rail Baltica Industry Day 2021 – a digital conference – is organised […]
First pan-Baltic online hackathon launched to bring innovative ideas to Rail Baltica global project
For the first time Rail Baltica global project coordinator launches fully online hackathon with the aim to facilitate new ideas around the infrastructure of the future, linking people, nations and places. The Rail Baltica Hackathon will bring together over 100 participants from all three Baltic countries and beyond during a fully online 48h hackathon held […]
“Rail Baltica Academy” continues to provide express education
To offer an opportunity to STEM students and the general public interested in railway engineering, planning, innovation, virtual design, construction, environmental and other issues related to the Rail Baltica megaproject, RB Rail AS announces continuation of the “Rail Baltica Academy”. During series of lectures presented by the top experts from the Rail Baltica joint venture […]
Rail Baltica project signs 19,7 million euro grant agreement with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), joint venture of the Baltic States RB Rail AS, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia, the Ministry of Transport of Latvia and the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania signed additional cross-border Grant Agreement on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding for […]
Rail Baltica design proposals in Panevėžys district were presented
To ensure that the general public gets acquainted with the Rail Baltica design proposals for the Panevėžys district, the Spanish engineering company IDOM, which is also responsible for the detailed technical design of the Rail Baltica section „Ramygala – Lithuanian/Latvian state border“ presented the design solutions for section „Ramygala – Berčiūnai“ in Panevėžys district. The total length of the planned 1435 mm gauge Rail Baltica […]
Rail Baltica Global Project coordinator supports the comeback of night trains
In September 2021, representatives of the Rail Baltica joint venture and the Global Project coordinator RB Rail AS participated in the inaugural session of the Working Group about night trains. The Working Group was organized by the Intercity & High-Speed Committee of International Union of Railways (UIC) to provide an overview of the possibilities that […]
RB Rail AS management and the Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications discussed the Rail Baltica implementation plans
Yesterday, on 30 September 2021, management board members of the Rail Baltica joint venture and the global project coordinator RB Rail AS met with the Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis in Vilnius to discuss the Rail Baltica implementation plans in Lithuania. Currently, all preparatory works for the construction of the Rail Baltica line towards the Lithuanian-Latvian border […]
French Minister of Foreign Trade Promotion Franck Riester visits the Rail Baltica construction site
On Wednesday, September 15 the French Minister of Foreign Trade Promotion Franck Riester and a delegation of French entrepreneurs visited the Rail Baltica construction site at the Riga Central station. Kaspars Vingris, Chairman of the Board of the European Railway Line, and Marc Philippe El Beze, Technical Director and Member of the Board of the Rail […]