Rail Baltic High-speed Trains to Run 4 Times Day After Launch, 6 Times A Day Within 10 Yrs

TALLINN, March 12 (LETA--BNS) In accordance with the operational plan of the Rail Baltic railway details of which were published on Tuesday, high-speed trains from Tallinn to Warsaw and from Tallinn to Vilnius are estimated to run four times per day once the line is launched and up to six times per day within 10 years of operations.

Additionally, up to ten trains per day will run on Vilnius-Kaunas-Warsaw route. As a result, Rail Baltic will provide a fast rail connection between the Baltic capitals every two hours, the Rail Baltic joint venture RB Rail AS said.

The plan also includes two night trains on the route Tallinn-Riga-Kaunas-Warsaw-Berlin and Vilnius-Kaunas-Warsaw-Berlin, enabling passengers to travel further to other destinations in Europe.

Furthermore, travelers will be able to reach Riga International Airport from the Riga Central Station in around 10 minutes, with minimum one train every 30 minutes.

The frequency of the high-speed trains is based on the anticipated passenger demand, which was assessed in the Rail Baltic Operational Plan for 20262056. Developed by the German company ETC Gauff Mobility GmbH, in consortium with the Danish company COWI A/S and Germany's Institut fur Bahntechnik GmbH, the plan reflects a modern, integrated approach, where market demand and development are set as the main criteria after which the timetable is defined.

"The main outcome of the operational plan is to indicate how the Rail Baltic infrastructure will meet the transport demand in medium and long term, guaranteeing capacity for all types of train services. This plan will be used to ensure that Rail Baltic track is used efficiently from the first day of its operations and allowing to scale up passenger and cargo services after the phase-in period," said Jean-Marc Bedmar, head of systems and operation department at RB Rail AS.

According to the plan, two to three cargo trains per hour with a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour will run on the Rail Baltic line. The estimated axle load of the trains is 25 tons and the length of trains 1,050 meters. To facilitate freight movement on the line, three large-scale multimodal terminals are being developed -- in Muuga in Estonia, in Salaspils in Latvia and in Palemonas in Lithuania.

It is expected that 80 percent of freight trains on Rail Baltica will be intermodal trains...

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