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Rail Baltic/Rail Baltica: New Opportunities for Business Cooperation

Baiba A. Rubesa

Chairperson, Management Board RB Rail

5th November, 2016

“When the wind of change

blows, some build walls, while

others build windmills” (Chinese proverb)

20 June 2016

Maximum speed: 240 km/h for passengers; 120 km/h for freight trains

Traffic: 16 million cargo tons/yr; 5 million passengers/yr

Intermodality: 3 multimodal terminals in the Baltic countries;

5 railway passenger stations;

2 airport passenger stations

Source: AECOM, 2011, RB BALTIJA, 2015,ELRON, 2015, AC KONSULTĀCIJAS, 2015

Rail Baltica Connecting

European Railway System

with the Eurasian Railway

Network

Multimodal/ Intermodal

Width 1520 Width 1435

Rail Baltica Offers Multimodality and

Intermodality

20 June 2016

Rail Baltica Fosters Development of Industrial

and Logistics Centers

GLOBAL PROJECT TIME LINE: Baltic States

2017 National studies completed

2018-2022 Studies & technical design completed

2019-2020 Land acquisition completed

2025 Construction completed in Baltic states

Rail Baltica Part of EU TEN-T Corridors

Source: www.arcticcorridor.fi

Rail Baltica Connecting North - South Direction

Source: www.arcticcorridor.fi

20 June 2016

Baltic States - the Gateway to Central and Eastern Europe

20 June 2016

Rail Baltica – Significant Economic

Corridor in North Eastern Europe