According to a study delivered by the RB Rail, the future railway line should have a full air-rail integration, through its 7 international passenger stations and four Baltic airports at Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and Kaunas. The study demonstrates how to integrate air and rail services in a way that enables seamless intermodal passenger and small freight mobility solutions in line with global best practice and future user expectations.
The study, which outlines a service description, a high-level forecast of usage, and recommendations for the detailed design for railway stations, recommends that the future Rail Baltica, should provide combined air-rail ticketing solutions, provide fully integrated baggage services at the seven stations, should seek to ensure IATA coding and provide the necessary infrastructural configurations at all international stations to ensure a unified service standard and functionality.
“The integrated solutions proposed in the study are supported by key Baltic aviation stakeholders, including commercial operators, and are in line with global best practice which has been extensively benchmarked as part of the study. It is, therefore, strongly recommended that Rail Baltica capitalizes on its unique greenfield opportunity by ensuring the appropriate railway design adaptations to enable the recommended functionalities and integrated services to be performed during the Rail Baltica operational phase, following the relevant operator-level business case assessments,” Timo Riihimäki, CEO of RB Rail said.
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