In Riga, the capital of Latvia, an official ceremony was held on May 21, 2024, marking the start of construction of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail line. Construction in Latvia will be led by the ERB Rail consortium, which includes leading European companies: Eiffage Génie Civil SAS (France), Budimex (Poland) and Rizzani de Eccher (Italy), with work coordinated by Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas. It is planned to lay 230 km of railway track, build 175 engineering structures, 11 crossings for wild animals, 81 road and 32 railway bridges, as well as 42 overpasses.
Construction will be carried out in stages, starting with the first section in the Bauska region, where the infrastructure base will be located in the area of the city of Iecava. The project of such a base is part of the future Rail Baltica highway and was approved by the State Railway Inspectorate of Latvia in September 2023. In 2024, construction of the highway will begin on sections with a total length of 150 km.