


Rail Baltica high-speed line clears another environmental assessment
Another Estonian section of the planned Rail Baltica project has been given the green light. The compliance of the environmental impact assessment of the fifth out of a total of eight sections was recently confirmed...Read more
A high-speed rail network from the Baltics to Central Europe is one step closer
For the development of high-speed rail in the ‘Three Seas Region’ between the Baltic Sea in the North, the Black Sea in central Europe and the Adriatic Sea, Poland’s Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), Rail Baltica...Read more
Rail Baltica Latvia signs for construction design of regional stations
RERE INECO, a Latvian-Spanish association of companies, will develop the construction designs of the Latvian stations of the new Rail Baltica high-speed railway. Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, Rail Baltica’s national implementing body in Latvia, and RERE...Read more
Ensuring railway reliability in times of turmoil
The month of November is fast approaching, which means the Intelligent Rail Summit 2022 is just around the corner. The events of the past few months have underscored the strategic importance of railways, and infrastructure...Read more
Webinar: data in operations and maintenance, systems design and monitoring
WebinarWhat are some of the opportunities that a Greenfield project presents for systems design, operations and maintenance? What is Fibre Optic Movement Sensing and how does it work? These questions will be answered during the...Read more
Renfe, DB and Ineco to lend operating expertise to Rail Baltica
A consortium comprising Renfe, engineering company Ineco and DB Engineering & Consulting have inked a services deal with Rail Baltica, the umbrella company responsible for the construction of a new high-speed line linking Lithuania, Latvia...Read more
Rail Baltica extends procurement deadline for energy subsystem
Citing the scope and complexity of both the electrification project and the tender, Rail Baltica has extended the deadline for submitting applications by one month to September 14.Read more
Watchdog clear first Rail Baltica environmental impact assessment
Rail Baltica’s environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the Ülemiste-Kangru section was deemed in accordance with the requirements by Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority recently, Rail Baltica announced on Thursday.Read more
Rail Baltica marks start of construction effort for bridge over the Neris River
Rail Baltica, the company tasked with the execution of the railway link across the three Baltic states, has recently marked the start of construction of the bridge over the Neris River in Lithuania. Once completed...Read more
77 percent of CEF financing in first call for TEN-T goes to rail
AnalysisIn the first round of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), 77,7 percent will go to railway projects, an analysis by RailTech.com shows. Sixty-seven rail projects across Europe will be...Read more
GSM-R modernisation Lithuania concluded
After 15 months of modernisation works by Kontron Transportation, the GSM-R system on trains in Lithuania is updated again.Read more
Stakeholders decide on Rail Baltica route to Lithuanian-Polish border
The Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications has signed off on the so-called alternative 6A route for the Rail Baltica section from the city of Kaunas to the border with Poland, the developers announced on...Read more
Construction of Rail Baltica from Lithuania to Latvian border begins
The Rail Baltica project team in Lithuania officially launched the start of construction of the railway section towards the Latvian border last week. A symbolic road sign in Čiūdai Village in Lithuania was put up...Read more