Construction begins on 9.8m Rail Baltica link in Tallinn: First shovel hits ground for lemiste-Lasname spur

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Construction begins on €9.8 million Rail Baltica link in Tallinn as Baltic rail and real-estate sectors accelerate

Construction crews broke ground today on a €9.8 million Rail Baltica spur linking Ülemiste and Lasnamäe in central Tallinn, marking the first physical work on a project that will connect the Estonian capital’s airport to the new high-speed corridor by 2028. Rail Baltic Estonia, the City of Tallinn and contractor LEONHARD WEISS OÜ signed the contract on Friday, with site preparation already underway at the Ülemiste logistics hub .

The 3.5-kilometre double-track line will allow 200 km/h passenger services to call at Ülemiste station, cutting journey times to Riga by 45 minutes and to Warsaw by three hours once the full Rail Baltica spine is operational. “This is the first shovel in the ground for the Baltic spine,” said Rail Baltic Estonia CEO Märt Lõuk. “It proves we can deliver on time and on budget.” The link is co-financed by the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility and the Estonian state, with 85 % of the €9.8 million coming from Brussels.

The same day, Rail Baltica and Riga Technical University opened the BIM for Rail Bootcamp 2026 in Riga, bringing together 120 rail engineers to standardise digital design tools across the corridor. “We need one language for tunnels, bridges and turnouts from Warsaw to Tallinn,” said RTU professor Andris Treimanis. Meanwhile, voestalpine Railway Systems ceremonially launched turnout production at its Lithuanian plant, the first major rolling-stock component to be manufactured inside the corridor .

Latvian Transport Minister Rihards Kozlovskis reiterated that the entire €5.8 billion Rail Baltica project remains contingent on continued EU grants. “Without the next CEF envelope, we cannot proceed beyond 2027,” he told reporters in Riga. The minister’s warning came as the project hosted a technical workshop with Port Polska to align Baltic gauge track with Poland’s Szybka Kolej Miejska standards.

On the real-estate front, Pro Kapital today began piling for the €23 million Blue Marine Residence in Riga’s Klīversala district, having sealed the site with a time capsule on 17 June . The 110-apartment waterfront complex is the largest premium development in the Baltics this year and will be completed in late 2027.

Elsewhere, Bentley Systems announced a Vilnius office expansion to support Rail Baltica’s digital twin programme, while Signet Bank provided financing for Latvian private-equity firm Global Champs to acquire a Lithuanian mushroom farm, illustrating the corridor’s broader economic ripple effects.

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