“The Rail Baltica project is the project of the century for the Baltic states,” said the chairmen of the European affairs committees of the national parliaments of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland in a speech to Brussels. Rail Baltica is part of the trans-European corridor that will in the future connect Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and, in the longer term, Finland. The European Union believes very much in this project. It pledged to finance as much as 85%. wash.
Work on Rail Baltica is in progress!
In Poland, work on it is ongoing on the route from Czyżewo to Białystok. We are talking about approx. 71 km. After the modernization of this section is completed, the reconstruction of the longest fragment will begin – the 100-kilometer route from the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship to Ełk. “The final stage of the construction of the Polish part of the international Rail Baltica line will be the modernization of the 94-kilometer-long Ełk-Trakiszki section. The end of work on the route from Warsaw to Tallinn is scheduled for 2026” – PKP.
“Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” looked at the state of work in other countries through which the Rail Baltica train is to run. In Latvia, field work will begin in mid-year on a 230-kilometer section that will cross almost the entire country. They are expected to last until 2032 and cost EUR 3.7 billion.
Work has also started in Estonia and Lithuania. In the first of these countries, on two sections – in the Tallinn area, and in the second – on an approximately 30-kilometer section north of Kaunas. Tenders are still ongoing there for the construction of another 70 km of the route. “DGP” describes that the costs of the entire investment are still rising and it is now certain that they will reach several billion euros.
Rail Baltica can change the image of railways in our part of Europe
In the above-mentioned letter, the countries through which Rail Baltica is to run emphasized that “the project will make a significant contribution to the region’s economy and will promote mutual solidarity and good neighborly relations in the Baltic states.” “For these countries, a developed railway network system is a matter of national security,” it was also pointed out.
When all the work is completed, the journey from Warsaw to Vilnius will take just over 4 hours, to Riga about 5 hours, and to Tallinn less than 7 hours. Passenger trains on this route will be able to speed up to 250 km/h, and freight trains up to 120 km/h.
Source: Gazeta
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