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Rail Baltica railway crossings in Riga
How will Rail Baltica affect the urban environment?
1. The construction of Rail Baltica will contribute to the city's rail infrastructure by making it safer:
The rail crossings will be built in two levels - there will not be need to cross the actual tracks anym...
Draft environmental impact assessment programme completed for the section of the Rail Baltica project from the border of Harjumaa and Raplamaa counties to Hagudi
Commissioned by RB Rail AS, the draft environmental impact assessment programme has been completed for the section of main line from the border of Harjumaa and Raplamaa counties to Hagudi. The environmental impact assessment process will be carried out in parallel with the preparation of the ma...
Tender announced to design the next 139 kilometres of the Rail Baltica main line in Latvia
The Rail Baltica Joint Venture RB Rail AS has announced a tender for the design and design supervision services of the Rail Baltica main line North and South sections in Latvia.
The first lot of the tender covers a 94 km long section from Vangaži to the Latvia-Estonia state bo...
French, German, Latvian and Spanish companies to design 123 km of Rail Baltica track in Latvia
5 July 2019, Riga – the Joint Venture of Rail Baltica signed two design contracts to commence design works on a 123 kilometres long central section from Upeslejas through Riga to Misa and from Vangaži through Salaspils to Misa. The design works are carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Tran...
Design phase in Estonia: geodetic and geological surveys will be carried out in four parishes during this year
Preparations for the detail technical design of Rail Baltica continue, as site investigations are carried out in Kohila, Rapla, Kehtna and Northern Pärnumaa parishes. The fieldworks with necessary measurements and analyses began in May and are carried out by experts from three companies – OÜ R...
Designing of the next 139 km of Rail Baltica railway will begin
On 14 June 2019 the Joint Venture of Rail Baltica signed new design contracts to commence the design of two sections of the Rail Baltica main line – one in Estonia and one in Lithuania. Both contacts will be implemented by a Spanish company IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture S.A.U. The...