The European Commission has approved EUR 202 million for the Rail Baltica high-speed railway project in the second funding round. Estonia’s share is 10.9 million euros.
“The lion’s share of the funds or EUR 9.7 million will go towards the construction of a tram line connecting the Ulemiste passenger terminal of Rail Baltica and the Tallinn airport,” Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Kristen Michal said. The rest of the funds will be spent on various necessary studies, including the railway construction concept, building logistics solutions, analysis of the possibility of extending the tram line to Tallinn’s Old City Harbor, and solutions for a rail freight terminal in Parnu.
The total amount of support sought by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the three countries’ joint venture RB Rail is EUR 238 million of which the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) was expected to provide EUR 202 million.
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