Rail Baltica is not just an international high-speed railway from Tallinn to Warsaw – it’s a vision for the future, built kilometre by kilometre with concrete, compromises, and care for the environment. At Iveta Jēgere’s desk, the ambitions of Europe’s largest infrastructure project meet real-world questions – like how to build in a way that […]
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One of the most modern underground animal culverts on the Rail Baltica line is operational
As the construction of the Rail Baltica section between Šveicarija and Žeimiai, Lithuania, nears completion and the number of construction facilities decreases, the migration of animals through a unique underground culvert has already been observed. Environmentalists consider this culvert to be one of the most modern in Lithuania. The culvert is located next to the […]
Rail Baltica: The People Behind the Vision. Iveta Jēgere
Rail Baltica is a railway infrastructure megaproject that spans across three countries. The depth of skills and expertise required to successfully execute a greenfield project of this caliber is extensive and would not be possible without our diverse team of professionals. In our series “Rail Baltica: The People Behind the Vision”, we will introduce you […]
Kristīne Malnača: Should we be “ashamed to fly”?
Last summer, France enacted a law prohibiting flights between cities if the journey can be completed by train in less than two and a half hours. The goal of this initiative is to reduce CO2 and other emissions. Several other European countries are also taking decisive steps in this direction by promoting train travel over air transport. […]
Rail Baltica discovers the Baltic nature through mammal monitoring
A two-year monitoring of mammals, including predators, has completed in order to develop the best solution for safe crossing of railway tracks for animals. In line with the program by the Nature Conservation Agency, from 2020 to 2022, wildlife monitoring has been implemented in pre-construction phase in all four sections of the Rail Baltica route […]