The representatives of CINEA and RB Rail signed a EUR 295.5 million grant for Rail Baltica, through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the implementation of the project across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Of the total amount, approximately EUR 47.1 million is allocated to Estonia, EUR 153.5 million to Latvia, and EUR 94.9 million to Lithuania, including the share allocated to RB Rail as the joint project coordinator.
In Estonia, the granted funding will support the continued construction of the mainline from Tallinn to the Estonia/Latvia border, including 10.2 km of embankment and double-track substructure in the Rapla–Pärnu section.
Rail Baltica construction in Latvia and related activities will include the construction of the railway embankment in four southern sections of the main line, with a total length of 13.3 km. The works will include the construction of access and maintenance roads, installation of water drainage systems, construction of engineering communications, as well as other works necessary for the embankment construction. In addition, construction supervision and control will be carried out. Work will also be carried out on the technical design of the Rail Baltica electrification project in the section Upeslejas – Latvia/Lithuania border (Phase I) and on project implementation support measures (this includes FIDIC engineer services to ensure the supervision and compliance of the electrification technical design with the requirements of the global project, as well as construction project expertise).
In Lithuania, the grant for Rail Baltica will support key structures such as overpasses and railway crossings will be built in the Kaunas Urban Node section. The grant also covers technical studies and design work, including regional station infrastructure, technical design for sections from Kaunas to the Lithuanian/Polish border, and executive design services. Additionally, land acquisition and related procedures will be carried out in the Kaunas area.
Furthermore, RB Rail AS has been granted financing to continue overseeing cross-border project coordination and rest of works in line with the Project Management Agreement.
“CINEA’s continued support enables us to keep steady progress on the Rail Baltica mainline construction. With this funding, we can advance key sections in all three countries,” said Marko Kivila, CEO of RB Rail AS.
The grant has been during a high-level meeting was held on 21–22 October in Vilnius where CINEA representatives met with Rail Baltica delivery organizations to review project progress and coordination under CEF funding.
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