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May 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Rail Baltica awards first Latvian design contract

THE RB Rail joint venture, which is responsible for implementing the Rail Balitca high-speed project linking Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has announced the winner of the first design and design supervision tender in Latvia.

March 12, 2019 | Europe

Rail Baltica publishes passenger service plan

RB RAIL has released its 2026-2056 operational plan for the Rail Baltica (RB) project, with high-speed passenger trains due to connect the capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 3h 38min.

March 11, 2019 | Europe

Finland - Estonia tunnel secures €15bn in financing

FINEST Bay Area Development has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Touchstone Capital Partners, China, to secure €15bn in financing for construction of a 100km railway tunnel under the Gulf of Finland between Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia.

February 28, 2019 | Main line

Idom awarded two Rail Baltica design contracts

RB RAIL’s procurement commission has awarded Spanish company Idom two two-year design/design-supervision contracts for the Rail Baltica project, the first of seven such contracts due to be awarded.

February 13, 2019 | Europe

Timo Riihimäki appointed as CEO of Rail Baltica project

THE supervisory board of RB Rail has appointed Mr Timo Riihimäki as CEO and chairperson of the management board of the Rail Baltica (RB) joint venture, which is overseeing a project to build a new standard-gauge railway between Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

January 23, 2019 | Europe

Rail Baltica joint venture outlines plans for 2019

THE members of RB Rail, the multi-national joint venture between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania established to implement the Rail Baltica (RB) project, have launched the procurement of detailed technical designs for seven of the 11 sections making up the project, covering 57% of the network, it was announced on January 23.

November 6, 2018 | Europe

Estonia to suspend Tallinn - Pärnu passenger services until 2026

ESTONIAN passenger operator Elron confirmed on November 3 that it will withdraw services from Tallinn to Pärnu, the country’s fourth-largest city, with effect from the start of the 2019 timetable on December 9 due to the poor condition of the track on the southern section of the route.

October 10, 2018 | Financial

Audit into Rail Baltica project launched

AN audit on the management of the internal systems, procurement processes and financing of the Rail Baltica project was launched on October 9.

September 27, 2018 | Main line

Rail Baltica CEO resigns, citing poor governance

MS Baiba Rubesa, CEO and chairperson of the management board of RB Rail, a joint venture founded by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to implement the Rail Baltica project, tendered her resignation on September 27, effective immediately, citing poor oversight and a different and irreconcilable vision for the project’s management and implementation.

July 18, 2018 | High-speed

Baltic states sign €130m EU grant funding agreement

THE Baltic states have signed a third Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grant agreement funded by the European Union (EU) for the construction of the Rail Baltica railway infrastructure, including a CEF contribution of up to €110m of the €130m agreement.

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