Rail Baltica – the project of the century
Journal Title: Technika Transportu Szynowego - Year 2018, Vol 288, Issue 4
Abstract
Rail Baltica is a greenfield rail transport infrastructure project aiming to integrate the Baltic States in the European rail network. The project includes five European Union countries – Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and inddirectly also Finland. Rail Baltica is the largest railroad infrastructure project – to be constructed – in the Baltic countries in the last 100 years. It will form a new economic corridor, which will closely connect the North East of the Europe with the rest of the European Union.
Authors and Affiliations
Agata Pomykała
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