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- Dec 1, 203075% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Rail Baltica Main Line Complete
- Rail Baltica is a standard-gauge (1,435 mm) line from Tallinn via Pärnu, Riga and Kaunas towards Warsaw, about 870 km in the Baltic states, built by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania through RB Rail AS[1]
- Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1332 of 9 July 2025 says the core network should be completed by 31 December 2030 but that the project will not be completed before the end of 2030, so it is built in two phases[2][3]
- Phase 1 (to 31 December 2030) prioritises Tallinn-Pärnu-Salaspils-Misa-Panevėžys-Kaunas-Warsaw, allowing single track with a double-track embankment; Phase 2 covers remaining elements[2]
- Wikipedia says phase 1 single-track completion is scheduled for 2030, with double track dependent on funding[1]
- Cost estimates rose from €5.8bn (2017) to €23.8bn (2024), with an audit-found funding shortfall of €10.1bn for phase 1 and €18.9bn overall; a 2026 European Court of Auditors report questioned the estimate[1]
- The decision was unanimously supported by Member States; European Coordinator Catherine Trautmann called building Rail Baltica "a necessity"[3]
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- [1]75%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Balticaen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 11, 2026· Starts Dec 1, 2030 ✓· 72% of score
Given as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org: "…Riga) to the Lithuania-Poland border is scheduled for 2030, with completion of the double track rail…"
- [2]92%Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1332 - Rail Baltica milestoneseur-lex.europa.eu· Published Jul 9, 2025· 14% of score
This EU Commission Implementing Decision (2025/1332), published 9 July 2025, is the official legal instrument setting Rail Baltica completion milestones referenced by the pin's stored 2030 scheduled date, though the page itself could not be fetched to quote directly.[1]
- [3]90%Commission adopts milestones for the completion of Rail Balticatransport.ec.europa.eu· Published Jul 9, 2025· 14% of score
The European Commission's own news release, dated 9 July 2025, announces the adoption of Rail Baltica completion milestones consistent with the pin's stated 2030 scheduled date, though the page could not be fetched to confirm exact wording.[1]
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