Cost
$27.1b
$27,132,000,000
Phases
underConstruction, 2030
Objective
To break the Baltic states' historical isolation by replacing legacy Russian-gauge tracks, establishing a high-speed passenger and freight link that integrates Northeastern Europe directly into the unified EU internal market. Description
A massive 870-kilometer greenfield, European standard-gauge (1435 mm) fast double-track railway running through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into Poland, including major multimodal terminals and advanced ERTMS signaling. The EU’s massive contribution is entirely composed of direct subsidies delivered through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport program. This is because Rail Baltica is viewed as a high-priority greenfield project integrating the Baltic States into the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) North Sea-Baltic Corridor and facilitating essential EU military mobility.