Rail Baltica about the advantages of a green field situation
Rail Baltica, source: RB Rail Estonia
The construction of brand new rail infrastructure like Rail Baltica has some advantages over the updating or extension of existing networks. Especially on a digital level, says Andy Billington, Innovation and Sustainability Expert at Rail Baltica. At RailTech Europe Live, that will take place from March 30 to April 1, Rail Baltica will give a presentation about the current status of the project, but most of all about digital innovations that it wants to deploy on the new line that is planned for opening in 2026.
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It is not for the first time that there will be standard gauge railways in the Baltic states. Part of the region belonged to Poland and Germany until 1945, with 1435mm railways. During the war the German army has regauged many lins in the region to 1435mm. The Sovjet occupation with new borders after 1945 caused regauging to 1524mm. Kalingrad, the former German Königsberg, always kept its 1435mm connection tot Poland.