Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have launched a feasibility study for the 1,435 mm gauge Rail Baltica corridor. It is aimed at providing passenger and freight services on a fully interoperable European railway between Tallinn (Estonia) and Poland, via Latvia and Lithuania.
UK-based AECOM Ltd is conducting the study under the supervision of an international steering committee, formed of representatives from the three Baltic countries. The €396,000 feasibility study, co-funded by the European Union through the TEN-T Programme, is to be completed by 2011. Baltic countries are expected to secure half of the €36.34 million cost of the technical documentation.
