Five bids for Rail Baltica signalling contract

RB Rail has announced that five international companies and associations have submitted bids for Stage 1 of the Rail Baltica CCS (control-command and signalling) tender. The project procurement and construction procedure is being conducted in two stages with negotiations, and the contract is expected to be signed in mid-2024. This is reported by Railway Supply magazine, citing RailwayPro.

The technical scope of the Rail Baltica CCS subsystem deployment includes the ETCS, FRMCS, interlocking and block system, traffic management system, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) systems including data transmission network, voice communication, cyber security, ancillary systems for railway operation communication, monitoring applications, SCADA. The project also includes station equipment on stations including passenger information, CCTV, master clock, ticketing system, platform gates for some stations, non-traction power supply for CCS subsystems, cableway system for all systems as well as technical buildings/premises.

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The tender was announced in January 2023 and in 2022 RB Rail signed a contract worth €32.3 million with a consortium of Systra, Italferr and Egis to provide engineering and management services for the deployment of the control and signalling system.

The European Union will co-finance up to 85% of the total eligible costs through CEF, with the three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – providing the remaining funding.

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