Rail Baltic Estonia signed with the joint venture of Verston and Järelpinge Inseneribüroo contracts for the construction of the mainline of the railway in Rapla County.
The companies, who submitted a joint bid, will begin the construction of the Rail Baltica mainline section in the municipalities of Kohila and Rapla. The total value of the two contracts for the construction of more than 16 km of mainline amounts to EUR 107 million.
The construction works for the first phase of railway in Rapla County will commence at the border of Harju and Rapla counties and conclude in Loone village in Kohila municipality, covering a total length of 9.4 km. The average width of the mainline embankment is 15 meters. In addition to the mainline embankment, seven major structures will be built under the contract including one eco-duct, five road viaducts, and one pedestrian tunnel. The construction of the mainline embankment will also prepare for the establishment of the Rail Baltica Kohila local station.
The necessary land clearance works for the construction of the mainline railway have been largely completed on this section, with only the works related to the construction of the Kohila traffic node remaining. In collaboration with the Land Board, approximately 95% of the required lands have been acquired in this section, with mainly the parcels necessary for the construction of the Kohila traffic node yet to be acquired. The contractual cost of the construction works is approximately EUR 60 million.
During the second phase of the construction of the railway infrastructure in Rapla County, a 7.1 km railway embankment will be built, along with necessary drainage, land improvement systems, two eco-ducts, one road viaduct, and two railway viaducts, as well as nearly 5 km of noise barriers. The second phase of construction works also includes a unique 224-meter-long railway bridge in Estonia.
In the Loone – Hagudi section, the future Rail Baltica railway line intersects with the existing Edelaraudtee corridor. The construction of the Pureva railway viaduct will divert the Edelaraudtee over the Rail Baltica track. In total, 6 major structures, including Edelaraudtee facilities, will be built in this section, covering 224-metre long the Keila River railway bridge, the 117.7 metres Mälivere road viaduct, the 107 metre Pureva railway viaduct (Edelaraudtee), the 16.4 metre Tamme rail viaduct, the 115.45 meters Röa eco-duct on the Rail Baltica railway infrastructure and the 113.5 metre Röa eco-duct (Edelaraudtee).
The construction contracts are financed up to 85% by the Connecting Europe Facility, and the construction works, which will commence this summer, are expected to be completed by the autumn of 2027 according to the contract terms.
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