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The new route enables shippers and freight forwarders to reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 90 percent.

The first Rail Baltica Information Centre has opened at the Kaunas railway station in Lithuania. The centre will provide up-to-date information on the project, which is set to radically change rail transportation in the Baltic region. With the launch of the high-speed line, Kaunas railway station will be able to serve around 11,000 passengers daily, which will exceed the figures for the capital, Vilnius.

Rail Baltic Estonia has announced the largest tender for the construction of the Rail Baltica main line, valued at up to €932 million. This project is strategically important for the European railway network, improving connections between the Baltic States, Finland and Central Europe. Rail Baltica will be a key element of the north-south transport corridor, promoting economic integration and increasing mobility.

The construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is scheduled to begin in October 2024. This important project will be implemented through the joint efforts of the three countries, and a key step was the establishment of a joint venture on September 28, 2024, in Bishkek. The Chinese side received a controlling stake of 51%, while Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan divided the remaining 49%.

In 2024, Girteka aims to increase the volume of goods transported by rail, covering the main European markets, by offering an expanded service.

A meeting was held in Baku between the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways Rovshan Rustamov and the Deputy Director General of the state-owned National Company Kyrgyz Railways Dastan Usubakunov. The talks were held within the framework of a consultative meeting of the heads of railway administrations on the establishment of the International Association “Eurasian Transport Route”.

The construction of the main line of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway in Jonava, Lithuania, is progressing well. Recently, 13.7 km of access roads with a drainage system were completed. Last year, another 18.3 km were built, creating a single road junction on both sides of the railway track under construction.

China has successfully completed a test of an unmanned heavy-haul train on the railway connecting Hebei and Shandong provinces, marking a major milestone in the development of unmanned rail transportation technology. The nearly 1,300-meter-long, 10,800-ton train traveled from Huanghua City in Hebei to Dongying City in Shandong in 2.5 hours. The route is mainly used to transport coal.

In Kazakhstan, 590 freight cars were produced in the first eight months of 2024, which is 4.6 times more than in the same period last year, the Ministry of Industry and Construction reports. The increase in production is due to orders from Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC for freight and passenger cars, as well as the locomotive fleet renewal program of KTZ – Freight Transportation LLP.

Rail&Sea Traction GmbH, a subsidiary of the Rail&Sea Group, has obtained safety certification for Austria and Germany as of September 20, 2024. This certification allows the company to expand its rail transport operations beyond its initial focus in Southeast Europe, where it has been active in Croatia, Romania, and Slovenia.