Latvia signs €264m deal for Riga Airport railway
Latvia has secured €264 million in funding, primarily from the EU, to construct a rail connection between Riga Airport and the city's Central Station. The project, part of the broader Rail Baltica initiative, aims to improve passenger transport and enhance regional defense infrastructure.
Why it matters
This infrastructure project is a significant step in integrating the Baltic states into the European rail network and improving military mobility in the region.
--> In Latvia, Latvijas dzelzceļš has signed an agreement with the Central Finance and Contracting Agency on implementing an EU-funded project for a new rail connection between Riga Airport and the capital’s Central Station. Total funding amounts to €264.18 million, LSM English reports .
The agreement was signed on August 27. Latvijas dzelzceļš plans to complete the work envisaged by the project together with Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas by December 31, 2029. EDzL is Latvia’s share of the RB Rail consortium, which includes all three Baltic states for the construction of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway.
The project provides for the construction of a new 1,520 mm gauge rail branch from the Rail Baltica station at Riga Airport to the nearby Imanta station. Modernization of the existing railway is also planned on the Imanta—Riga Central Station and Riga Central Station—Ogre sections.
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