VILNIUS — The construction of the Lithuanian section of Rail Baltica, the train line that will connect Warsaw to Helsinki via the three Baltic states, has begun.
The work is part of a €3 billion project to link the Baltic states and Finland and the Baltic states into the same train network that covers western Europe. The connection should be finished by 2013, according to [private_supervisor]European Commission estimates.
The railway has been delayed already and the top speed of 160 km/h that was outlined in the original proposal will not be possible in the Baltic states until later.
Once the track has been built, trains will be able to travel at 120 km/h, but fine tuning and infrastructure upgrades will be needed to take it to its top speed.
“We are on track for completing Rail Baltica on time for a speed of 120 km per hour,” European Coordinator Pavel Telička, who is in charge of the project said at the Asia-Europe Connect Transport Development Forum in Vilnius last October.
Due to the severe economic downturn during 2008 and 2009, which is set to continue, Latvia will have until 2014 to complete the entire project.
Estonia and Poland are on target for completion in 2013, leaving the two middle states, Lithuania and Latvia, lagging behind. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]European Commission estimates.
The railway has been delayed already and the top speed of 160 km/h that was outlined in the original proposal will not be possible in the Baltic states until later.
Once the track has been built, trains will be able to travel at 120 km/h, but fine tuning and infrastructure upgrades will be needed to take it to its top speed.
“We are on track for completing Rail Baltica on time for a speed of 120 km per hour,” European Coordinator Pavel Telička, who is in charge of the project said at the Asia-Europe Connect Transport Development Forum in Vilnius last October.
Due to the severe economic downturn during 2008 and 2009, which is set to continue, Latvia will have until 2014 to complete the entire project.
Estonia and Poland are on target for completion in 2013, leaving the two middle states, Lithuania and Latvia, lagging behind. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]European Commission estimates.
The railway has been delayed already and the top speed of 160 km/h that was outlined in the original proposal will not be possible in the Baltic states until later.
Once the track has been built, trains will be able to travel at 120 km/h, but fine tuning and infrastructure upgrades will be needed to take it to its top speed.
“We are on track for completing Rail Baltica on time for a speed of 120 km per hour,” European Coordinator Pavel Telička, who is in charge of the project said at the Asia-Europe Connect Transport Development Forum in Vilnius last October.
Due to the severe economic downturn during 2008 and 2009, which is set to continue, Latvia will have until 2014 to complete the entire project.
Estonia and Poland are on target for completion in 2013, leaving the two middle states, Lithuania and Latvia, lagging behind. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]European Commission estimates.
The railway has been delayed already and the top speed of 160 km/h that was outlined in the original proposal will not be possible in the Baltic states until later.
Once the track has been built, trains will be able to travel at 120 km/h, but fine tuning and infrastructure upgrades will be needed to take it to its top speed.
“We are on track for completing Rail Baltica on time for a speed of 120 km per hour,” European Coordinator Pavel Telička, who is in charge of the project said at the Asia-Europe Connect Transport Development Forum in Vilnius last October.
Due to the severe economic downturn during 2008 and 2009, which is set to continue, Latvia will have until 2014 to complete the entire project.
Estonia and Poland are on target for completion in 2013, leaving the two middle states, Lithuania and Latvia, lagging behind. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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