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Rail Baltica is without a doubt one of the largest railway projects in Europe, but there exist doubts about whether the benefits outweigh the high costs in the…
Rail Baltica is without a doubt one of the largest railway projects in Europe, but there exist doubts about whether the benefits outweigh the high costs in the…
A consortium of engineering company Italferr (of FS Italiane Group), Deutsche Bahn and the Spanish Idom will carry out the electrification of the new high-speed line Rail Baltica.…
Rail Baltica has developed the first high-speed virtual concept of the train that will connect the Baltic states with the European railway network. The provided virtual concept train…
There are different ways in which countries determine segments on the rail market for infrastructure charging. LatRailNet, the Latvian charging body, organised a webinar on 17 March on…
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…
RB Rail, a joint venture responsible for the construction of the Rail Baltica mainline, is organising an online event to be held on 23 April. It will be…
Latvian national railway company Latvijas Dzelzceļš (LDz) has cancelled its planned and ongoing projects to electrify the country’s railway network valued at 441 million euros. At the same…
The further spread of coronavirus in Europe force the governments to take more measures including the closure of borders. This directly impacts on the railway operators that are…
Track Access Charges is a quite complicated and important topic for the EU railways. Despite the differences between the charging systems being acted in the various Member States,…
The editorial team of RailTech has prepared the ‘Track Access Charges Magazine’. It covers various aspects of access charging on rails. “Our editorial team has created the ‘Track…
The Track Access Charges Summit 2020 is open for registration. The event will take place on 21-22 April at the Railway Museum in Riga, Latvia. Two key topics…
Latvian engineering company DiGas will equip a diesel locomotive of Estonian rail freight carrier Operail with a gas turbine. The vehicle will be upgraded by Spring 2020. After…
Škoda Vagonka, a member of Škoda Transportation Group, has won a procurement for the supply of 32 electric trains to Latvia. The agreement between the Czech manufacturer and…
The European Commission has approved the allocation of 318.5 million Euros from the Cohesion Fund to improve the Latvian rail infrastructure. The country’s rail operator Latvijas Dzelzceļš (LDz)…
RB Rail company has chosen the contractors to design three sections of the Rail Baltica railway. Two lines are located in Latvia while the third section is in…