Rail Baltic Estonia signed with AS TREV-2 Grupp and AllSpark OÜ a contract for the construction of Rail Baltica first section in Estonia.
The construction section, starting from the east side of Ülemiste station, is 4.8 km long and extends to the intersection with Lagedi Road in Soodevahes, Rae Parish. The construction section also includes the partial construction of the embankment for the Ülemiste station rail yard and the partial construction of the railway section of a prospective car loading station.
The contract amount is EUR 34 million, with 85% of the funding provided by the European Union through the Connecting Europe Facility. Construction work is expected to commence this spring, with the completion of the construction section scheduled for mid-2027, according to the terms of the contract.
“With the signatures given today [on January 5, 2024], we have finally reached the point that marks the beginning of the mainline construction. Additionally, we have already announced the remaining mainline construction tenders for the Harju County area,” said Anvar Salomets, the Chief Executive Officer of Rail Baltic Estonia, the national implementor of Rail Baltica in Estonia.
With the realisation of the upcoming construction tenders, the construction can begin on more than a third of Rail Baltica’s high-speed mainline in Estonia.
TREV-2 Grupp will be responsible for the construction of Rail Baltica first section of the mainline. “Rail Baltic Estonia will be the main client in the field of Estonian infrastructure construction in the coming years, replacing the position previously held by the Transport Administration. TREV-2 Grupp has already built several Rail Baltica facilities in Harju and Rapla counties in recent years. As the CEO of the company, I am very pleased that TREV-2 Grupp is signing the first Rail Baltica mainline construction contract in Estonia, and we also believe that it will not be the only one,” Sven Pertens, the Chief Executive Officer of TREV-2 Grupp said.
The width of the constructed mainline embankment in this section is 14 to 20 metres, and construction work is scheduled to begin this spring. Along with the railway embankment, necessary drainage, cable ducts, land reclamation systems, retaining walls, and the relocation of various utility networks will be established. Additionally, a culvert will be built in this section of the railway embankment to ensure the passage of small animals.
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