Projects

Rail Baltica

Submitted by Poland

Report:
Year registered: 2018
Type:
Transport
Status:Activity Reported
3SI countries proposing the project:

Lithuania, Poland, Estonia

Participating 3SI countries:

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia

Partner countries:

Finland

* not part of the 3Seas Initiative
Main objectives:

Rail Baltica infrastructure is essential for the connection of the Baltic States to their neighbours and the rest of the EU's internal market, as foreseen in the TEN-T and CEF Regulations.

Short description:

Baltic States, as a part of former Soviet Union, were linked by the broad gauge railway, not compatible with the rest of the EU. Rail Baltica means 840 km of new railway infrastructure in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and 370 km of modernized infrastructure in Poland. Ultimately, the Polish section of Rail Baltica is planned and realized as a rule as double-track electrified railway main line with maximum permissible speed of 200 km/h for passenger trains (on most of the routing) and 120 km/h for freight trains..

Contact person:

Mr. Kamil Matuszak Project Director, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA, e-mail: kamil.matuszak@plk-sa.pl, Iwona Księżopolska, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., e-mail: Iwona.ksiezopolska@plk-sa.pl

Calendar of implementation:
  • 2012-2017
    Completed

    1) Warsaw - Sadowne (66,5 km), implementation years: 2012-2023, project completed in terms of essential construction works

  • 2016-2023
    Construction

    2) Sadowne - Czyżew (35,5 km) preparation of documentation and implementation of works: 2016-2023

  • 2016-2024
    Construction

    3) Czyżew - Białystok (71,24 km), implementation of works: 2020 - 2024, planned date of achieving the target speed -after 2024-2025 (after installation of the ETCS system);

  • 2021-2025
    Design
    1. Białystok - Ełk (100 km), the implementation of construction works is planned for the years: 2025 - 2028; the ERTMS/ETCS development project is planned for implementation in the next financial perspective - after 2027. Planned date of achieving the target speed after installation of the ETCS system. Ełk station: construction works: 2021 - 2024.
  • 2021-2024
    Design
    1. Ełk - Trakiszki (state border, 100 km with complementary sections ), construction works planned for 2025 – 2029, planned date of achieving the target speed by 2029 (after installation of the ETCS system).
Budget:

Accroding to the NRP of 1.05.2022:

Works on the E75 line on the section Sadowne - Czyżew together with other works on the section Warszawa Rembertów - Sadowne – PLN 1,075,802.2 thousand.

Works on the E75 line on the Czyżew-Białystok section – PLN 4,418,623.3 thousand.

Works on the E-75 railway line, section Białystok - Suwałki - Trakiszki (state border), stage I, section Białystok - Ełk, phase II (basic list, PLN 4,186,875.0 thousand).

Works on the E 75 railway line, section Białystok - Suwałki - Trakiszki (state border), Stage II, section Ełk - state border (reserve list, PLN 5,250,000.0 thousand).

At least another EUR 3 billion of construction costs in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

€3.449B100%
secured
Financing sources:
CEF
National funding

Poland: CEF (85% EU funds + 15% domestic funds)