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RB Rail AS has officially entered a month-long stage of negotiations with companies that submitted initial bids for the Design and Build (D&B) tender for the creation of the control and signalling subsystem (CCS) for the Rail Baltica project. The goal of the negotiations is to finalise the technical and financial proposals in order to select the optimal solution that meets the project requirements and the customer’s budget.

On April 4, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian company Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas Ēriks Diljevs, Head of Investment Development of RB Rail AS Pēteris Celms and Director of the contractor organization Bererix Guntis Āboltiņš-Āboliņš held a meeting with representatives of the Swiss company SSB Holdings Group. The possibilities of attracting financing under the public-private partnership (PPP) model for the Rail Baltica project, in particular, the Central Hub in Riga, were discussed.

In January-March 2025, 3.6 million tons of grain cargo were transported by rail in Kazakhstan – this is 49% more than in the same period last year, and is the highest figure in the past five years. Of this volume, 2.8 million tons were exported, which is 52% more than last year’s volumes.