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Rail Baltica completion by 2030 a ‘very big challenge’, project leader says
The multibillion-euro Rail Baltica project, which aims to connect Poland and the Baltic states with a European standard-gauge railway, is scheduled for completion by 2030 – but meeting that target will be a major challenge, according to the project’s top official in Lithuania.
Polish Railways (PLK) has secured funding from European funds for the development of railway infrastructure and plans to launch tenders worth PLN 1.4 billion (EUR 328 million) in the fourth quarter of 2025. In the last round of the "Urban Railways" competition, launched under the European Programme for Infrastructure, Climate and Environment 2021-2027 (FEnIKS), half of the selected projects are investments planned by Polskie Linie Kolejowe. Than…
Rail Baltica construction progresses in Lithuania with new contract signed
The LTG Group’s infrastructure company LTG Infra, which is responsible for implementing Rail Baltica in Lithuania, has announced the winner of a new construction tender. A new contractor has been selected to build a 12.1 km railway embankment section from Šėta to Ramygala (Part II). This work, worth €83.36 million (excluding VAT), will be carried out by the Panevėžys-based company HISK. “This reflects how the European and national investments in…
From Tuesday, the Capital City Light Rail will increase the number of trains and will now run a test run on the section between Ishøj and Rødovre Nord. Vallensbæk Municipality, one of the owner municipalities behind the light rail, writes this on its website. This means that from Tuesday, the light rail trains will run in ten-minute intervals daily from 4 am to 1:15 am, which is the same operation as when the section opened this autumn. The Capi…
Head of Rail Baltica in Lithuania: Warsaw-Tallinn Train in 2030 - an Aspiration, but Not a Guarantee
The billion-dollar European-gauge railway "Rail Baltica", which will connect Poland and the three Baltic countries, should be built as early as 2030, but such a deadline will be a very big challenge, says Arenijus Jackus, the head of the project in Lithuania and the chairman of the supervisory board of the joint Baltic company "RB Rail", which coordinates the "Rail Baltica" project.
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