First stage of Rail Baltica completed

The consortium of Kauno Tiltai and Mitnija thus completed one third of all the work planned for the Rail Baltica project. The work cost EUR 109.3 million and was carried out in just over two years, instead of the three-year term that was planned in the development stage of the project. The construction companies are now handing over their work to the client, Lithuanian Railways.

Rail Baltica is the largest railroad transportation project in the Baltic States region. The value of the work carried out by the Kaunas Tiltai-Mitnija consortium is the largest among the five main contractors engaged in this international project. The two companies constructed one third of the Rail Baltica tracks: a new 34.5 km-long and 1,435 mm-broad European standard gauge section and a remodelled 36 km-long and 1,520 mm-broad Russian gauge line.

“We feel proud of having had the opportunity to implement this project, since we realize that we are involved in a particularly significant activity aimed at a closer interlinking of Europe. A well-developed, modern and convenient transportation infrastructure is of special significance to the development of all countries. It stimulates the economy since it offers unrestricted trade, and it encourages closer social integration since it provides more convenient opportunities for people to travel. We are pleased that our skilled and ambitious specialists have successfully completed this project, which is of strategic significance to the entire Baltic States region,” Aldas Rusevičius, CEO of Kauno Tiltai, and Julius Gendvilis, CEO of Mitnija, said in a joint statement.

In this first stage of the Rail Baltica project, Kauno Tiltai and Mitnija also upgraded the electricity and gas systems and the rainwater and sewage drainage networks; they installed a new railroad signalling system and automated electric heating for the railroad switches.