RB Rail and the European Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) have signed a CEF grant agreement worth 928 million euros for the Rail Baltica project. This brings the total financing to over 1.1 billion euros, including national co-funding, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.

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The planned financial agreements will support various key activities, including the construction of railway infrastructure, engineering structures, access roads, and level crossings in several sections in Estonia.

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These sections include Loone to Alla, the Härjamaa/Rapla county border to Loone, Parila, Juula, Alu road crossings, and more.

In Latvia, the funding will be used to extend construction work at major locations of the Rail Baltica project, including international stations. This involves the construction of viaducts and access platforms at the central Rail Baltica hub in Riga, the relocation of existing 1520 mm gauge tracks to the southern side of the new station, the construction of a railway viaduct near Riga International Airport terminal, and platform elevation.

In Lithuania, the funding will be used for building railway embankments and related structures from Kaunas to the Latvian border. This includes embankment and engineering structure construction, access roads in the Kaunas–Šveikariai and Šeštokai–Ramygala sections, preparatory work, technical supervision, risk and safety assessment, compliance evaluation, and other railway construction-related activities.

Additional funding will also be used for land acquisition in two areas: the Kaunas railway hub and the Kaunas-Lithuania-Poland border section.

Global project actions encompass the delivery phase for the consolidated supply of material resources, the implementation of railway infrastructure sustainability, continuity in IT infrastructure and solutions deployment, and Shadow Operator services for Rail Baltica, among others.

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With this latest CEF grant agreement for Rail Baltica, co-financing will support construction work on approximately the first 130 km of the Rail Baltica mainline.

Significant funding for the overall Rail Baltica project will be added to the over 1.6 billion euros allocated for Rail Baltica implementation from CEF and national funding.

In total, with the recently approved additional funding, Rail Baltica has secured approximately 2.7 billion euros from CEF and national funding.

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