Lithuania’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications has established a working group to co-ordinate the further construction of the Rail Baltica railway.

The new group will draw up plans to ensure that the work is completed by the end of 2028, the ministry declared on Tuesday.

The working group has been set up at the order of Minister Eugenijus Sabutis, and it will have members from the ministry, the Lithuanian state-owned railroad company Lithuanian Railways, its subsidiary LTG Infra, as well as RB Rail, which is the pan-Baltic joint venture that was set up for the project.

The ministry adds that the action plan will be submitted to the government’s strategic project portfolio commission in June.

The 46.3-km Rail Baltica segment from Kaunas to Panevezys is currently under construction, and work is expected to involve 114 km of track by year’s end.

The entire Rail Baltica project linking the Baltic States to Europe is scheduled for completion by 2030, while the connection between Lithuania and Poland is to be completed by 2028.

Source: BNS

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