A train line launched between the capitals of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in January has exceeded expectations and sales of bus tickets on the same route have dropped by more than 25%. The almost 10-hour route links Talllinn, Tartu, Riga and Vilnius and was introduced to increase connections between the Baltic States. Rail Baltic, which…
The implementation company of the “Rail Baltica” railway project in Latvia, SIA Eiropas Dzelzcela linijas (EDzL), and the mainline constructor ERB Rail have signed an agreement to start construction work. Construction of the Rail Baltica mainline in Latvia will begin on the southern section from Misa to the Lithuanian border, which is divided into several…
The multibillion-euro Rail Baltica project, which aims to connect Poland and the Baltic States with a European standard-gauge railway, is scheduled for completion until 2030 – but meeting that target will be a major challenge, according to the project’s top official in Lithuania. “It’s a very, very big challenge,” Arenijus Jackus, chair of the supervisory…
Ukrzaliznytsia will receive grant assistance totaling 54 million euros. Such a joint project with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was announced and signed at the transport roundtable as part of the URC2025 Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome. In particular, 41 million euros of this amount will be allocated to the development and provision…
Travellers from Slovakia will soon have a new route to Romania, as low-cost airline Wizz Air launches a direct service from Bratislava to Bucharest. The new link is set to begin on October 28 and will operate three times a week – on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays – during the winter schedule. This marks the…
Due to low water levels in the Danube River, the ferry to Oryahovo stopped traffic. The river level is currently -14, while the ferry can operate at a level of at least -10. The situation is not unprecedented – it happens every summer, but this year the water level dropped earlier than usual, the Oryahovo-Beket…
New regional bus services have begun running between towns in the south of Estonia and the north of Latvia. To establish the bus lines between Valga and Valka and Parnu and Salaca, public transport centers have had to grapple with the different bureaucratic systems in the two countries for a number of years. A new…