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For the latest instalment of Global Railway Review’s ‘The people behind the wheel’ series, Emilien Dang, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Management Board member at RB Rail AS, reflects on his 25-year career in the railway industry and his significant achievements, including his role in the transformative Rail Baltica project.
For the first instalment of Global Railway Review’s exclusive 'The people behind the wheel' series, Kaido Zimmermann, Chairman of the Management Board at Estonian Railways, provides insight into his leadership role, the challenges of modernising the railway sector and his vision for a sustainable and innovative future.
Lithuania unveils refined proposals for the Kaunas-Vilnius Rail Baltica route, inviting public feedback until 9 August 2024, to enhance regional connectivity and infrastructure development.
Andy Billington, Innovation and Sustainability Expert at Rail Baltica, explores what options there are to deploy sensor technology along the project’s infrastructure and what potential there is for building a ‘digital native’ railway.
Jean-Marc Bedmar, Head of the Systems and Operations Department of RB Rail AS, details progress on the Rail Baltica transport corridor, and explains the challenges of implementing electrification on the largest Baltic‑region infrastructure project in the last 100 years.
Further agreements are due to be finalised in 2021, with all of the municipalities where Rail Baltica stops will be built.
Kaspars Briškens, Head of Strategy and Development at the Rail Baltica joint venture, RB Rail AS, explains why a comprehensive approach to noise and vibration reduction is included in the Rail Baltica infrastructure project and how this contributes to the overall goal of achieving zero environmental impact once the rail…
Kaspars Briškens, Head of Strategy and Development at the Rail Baltica joint venture, RB Rail AS, explores some of the long-term benefits that the Rail Baltica project must achieve with the help of innovation, digitalisation and sustainable greenfield infrastructure development.
EIB has signed a €95 million loan agreement with Eesti Raudtee for the modernisation of track and signalling along the Estonian railway network.
The €13,523,414 contract for the 'Latvia North' project of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail line has been awarded to Ardanuy Ingeniería and INECO.
The station along the Rail Baltica line will be the first high-speed rail and air traffic connection hub in the Baltic States.
With over 20 years of experience, IDOM has been awarded the contract to design a 48-kilometre section of the new high-speed railway between Tallinn and Rapla.
Operail approves proposal for restructuring of their Tapa depot, which will see the company direct more resources towards locomotive construction.
Soon to celebrate its 150th anniversary, Estonia’s railway network has played, and will continue to play, a central role in the country’s transportation and logistics offering. However, fatal and serious accidents at level crossings continue to occur. Tarvi Viisalu, Head of the Safety Department of Estonia’s national railway company, Eesti…
If successfully completed, the infrastructure between Helsinki and Tallinn would be the longest undersea tunnel in the world.
