Rail Baltica route finalised at last

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The actual route of the planned Rail Baltica rail link through the Baltic states has been finalised following the necessary paperwork being completed in Estonia, the consortium in charge of the project said February 15.

"We would like to inform you that on Wednesday, 14 February, the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Estonia approved the spatial plan for the Rail Baltica railway in Estonia, leading to setting of the final route and preliminary design of the railway in this northern Baltic state. The spatial planning for the entire line was approved in Latvia by the decision of the Latvian Government in August, 2016, and followed by approval of the Lithuanian Government in January, 2017 for their respective section from Kaunas to the Lithuanian - Latvian border in Lithuania*. In the light of Estonia's decision, the spatial territorial planning and preliminary technical design of the Rail Baltica railway in the Baltic states has been finalised," said the statement from RB Rail. 

“The spatial planning and preliminary technical design are the fundamental activities of the planning stage of the implementation of the Rail Baltica Global project. Now we have fully completed the planning stage of Rail Baltica. The next step is to focus on the consolidated preliminary technical design and detailed technical design of the Rail Baltica infrastructure in all three countries” said Baiba Rubesa, CEO and Chairperson of RB RAIL AS.

However, Rubesa's own future as part of the project remains a matter of conjecture, as recently reported by LSM.

Rail Baltica is an attempt to provide a high-speed rail link using European-gauge tracks connecting Warsaw to Helsinki via the Baltic states. It is expected to cost nearly 6 billion euros with the majority of funds coming from the European Union.

 

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