The first Rail Baltica construction design and supervision contract on the construction design of the airport Riga railway station, related infrastructure, and viaduct was signed on March 20. The winner of the open international tender is Prosiv which in a partnership with Sintagma (Italy), Prodex (Slovakia) and Vektors T (Latvia). The value of the contract is EUR 4.5 million, according to the Latvian implementing body for the Rail Baltica project, Eiropas Dzelzcela Linijas (EDZL). Prosiv will complete the design in 17 months, after which a construction tender will be announced.
The total length of the railway line to be designed is 4.4 km. Rail Baltica railway station at Riga airport shall be located on a viaduct (stretching across all the airport territory for 2 km) on the same level with the perspective terminal’s check-in hall. A 400-m platform is provided that shall ensure service of the international and short-distance (including shuttle) trains. Within the framework of this project also a new railway crossing over K.Ulmaņa Gatve, embankment in the section from Imanta to the airport (2.3. km in length) will be constructed. The development of the infrastructure will also allow the creation of a cargo link to the airport territory.
“It will be the first construction project of the railway viaduct and 1435mm standard railway line in Latvia, as well since 1937 – the first construction project of a new passenger station. When implementing the project the continuity of the airport infrastructure and business within its territory will has to be ensured. It shall require a careful planning of construction works as international airport Riga will simultaneously carry out a number of ambitious projects: along with the construction of Rail Baltica station, the 6th round of the expansion of the airport terminal and the construction of a new air traffic control tower is also planned,” Andris Linužs, Member of the Management Board of EDZL said.
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