Rail Baltica signs € 214.3 million grant agreements with INEA

The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and the Baltic joint venture RB Rail AS have signed two additional cross-border grant agreements for Rail Baltica, the total budget of these two agreements is 214.3 million euros, informs  Railway Supply  magazine referring to the information portal BalticTimes.

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“This additional EU funding will enable the project to further advance construction works in the key passenger terminals in Estonia and Latvia and ensure the construction of further main line section from Kaunas towards the Lithuanian-Latvian state border,” Agnis Driksna, chairman of the management board of RB Rail AS, said.

According to the grant agreement concerning works, 128.2 million euros have been allocated to construction activities, such as phase two of Riga Central Station railway section, phase two of Riga Airport railway section, phase two of Ulemiste Passenger Terminal, access to Muuga freight terminal, and part of track construction works in Lithuania on section from Kaunas to the Lithuanian-Latvian state border.

In addition, the second agreement will invest about 86.1 million euros in technical design and planning, including the preparation of energy and railway control subsystems.

EU financing will be used to plan and design for local facilities and regional stations and stops on the route of Rail Baltica to ensure that the new line creates additional benefits by facilitating regional rail transport services between the regions of the Baltic States.

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