Ukrzaliznytsia in partnership with Visa is adding six new children’s compartment carriages to its fleet. All of them will undergo major renovation, will be supplemented with educational and interactive components and adapted for comfortable and safe travel with children. The first three carriages have already undergone complete re-equipment and set off on their first flight…
The Transport Administration plans to thoroughly reconstruct Estonia’s most accident-prone intersection, the Juri roundabout in Rae Parish, so that the Tallinn Ring Road runs straight through it. The Juri interchange is a unique interchange in Estonia, where traffic passes through a large roundabout with a diameter of 390 meters. The Tallinn ring road is interrupted…
A consortium led by the US company Hill International has been awarded a 1.6-billion zloty (EUR 373 million) deal to act as the general contract engineer for the construction of a major new airport near Warsaw in central Poland The deal was announced on April 17 by CPK, the state-owned firm overseeing the wider 132…
Lithuania plans to complete the multibillion-euro Rail Baltica project, including connecting Vilnius to the international line, until the end of 2033, according to a government-planning document. The target date is outlined in a special infrastructure development plan prepared by the Transport Ministry for the Kaunas-Vilnius section, estimated to cost about 2.5 billion euros. The plan…
The metro stations on General Vladimir Vazov Boulevard – Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Vitinya, and Gen. Vladimir Vazov – on Line 3 of the Sofia Metro are 98% complete and are expected to open in July. Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev announced this on Facebook. Comprehensive testing of the trains is expected to be completed in May.…
Baltic prime ministers agreed at a meeting to complete the Rail Baltica route until 2030, while Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina acknowledged Latvia’s ongoing funding shortages and pressure to reduce costs. “We agreed to stay the course for completing the route until 2030. Work is progressing nicely in Estonia. In addition to European funds, we…
At a meeting of the Saeima’s Budget and Finance (Tax) Committee on April 16, deputies supported the draft decision on approving a state short-term loan to the national airline airBaltic, after reconsidering the issue. During the meeting, Transport Minister Atis Svinka once again emphasized the importance of the company and the need to support it.…