Ministers of Transport of all three Baltic States established Rail Baltica II Joint venture for successful implementation of the Rail Baltica II European standard railway line project, informed BC public relations specialist of Latvian Transport Ministry Rolands Rumba.
“This is a long awaited event for all the three Baltic states. I am convinced that the signing of the Contract will ensure the implementation of Rail Baltica II, which will be a major public railway transport project. I want to emphasize that the greatest beneficiaries of this project will be the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian citizens who will be able to easily travel to any Baltic country and other destinations in Europe in the near future. This important transport line will serve as a bridge between Europe and the Baltic states and contribute to the economic development”, the minister of Transport Anrijs Matīss said.
Estonian Minister of Economy Urve Palo and Lithuanian Transport Minister Rimantas Sinkevicius also participated in the signing of the agreement.
The total length of the Rail Baltica II is planned to be 728 km and the maximum speed of the passenger transportation service is expected to reach 240 km/h. In Latvia, the total length of the Rail Baltica II will be 235 km. The passenger train journey along the chosen route from Tallinn to the Lithuanian – Polish border is planned to last approximately 4 hours. The average speed of the passenger trains is estimated to be 170 km/h, and the passenger transportation routes will be scheduled for every two hours.
By the beginning of 2016, the detailed technical study of the Rail Baltica II of the Latvian phase will be carried out with focus on the environmental, technical and economic aspects in order to determine the exact allocation of the planned Rail Baltica II railway line in the territory of Latvia, including conjunctions to ports and airports. According to the research, the technical project is expected to be developed till 2019 in order to start the construction process in 2020 and finish it in 2024.
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