1. Reaching beyond the borders Dins Merirands, Deputy State Secretary Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia Railway PRO Technology & Services Forum, 23/24 March, 2016 Poiana Brasov (Romania)

2. Railway benefits single infrastructure single rolling stock unified information exchange system single documentation There is no need: to spend time at bordercrossing to change wheels to change the documentation to make customs clearance on the border 1520 Benefits:

3. Cargo turnover in railways 2005-2015 (million t)

4. Cargo structure in railways (2015)

5. Containerised cargo volumes in railways in 2015 (TEU)

6. SPECIALIZED CONTAINER TRAINS

7. CONTAINER TRAIN - ZUBR Launched in 2009 Railway companies from 5 countries: Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Moldova operators: Latvia: LDz Cargo Loģistika SIA; Belarus: BELINTERTRANS (BTLC State Enterprise), Estonia: AS EVR Cargo, Ukraine: UGCTS „Liski”, Moldova: „ Union ekspedicya „)

8. CONTAINER TRAIN - ZUBR Main facts and advantages: Route: Tallinn – Riga – Minsk – Kiev – Odessa/Ilyichivsk (Estonia – Latvia – Belarus – Ukraine); Possible cargo deliveries from/to Scandinavian countries via Latvian ports and Tallinn port and from/to the Caucasian countries and Turkey via Ilyichivsk and Odessa ports; The train carries 20, 40 and 45 feet universal and special containers; Fixed and reliable transportation rates. Delivery time; Convenient service from door to door, necessary equipment and additional services like customs formalities, documentation handling, cargo tracking and tracing.

9. Tallinn Ilychevsk Odessa CONTAINER TRAIN - ZUBR ER TRAIN - ZUBR Main markets for Development:  Black sea region: Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and connections over Caspian sea to Kazahstan and Turkmenistan  On the north – Baltic and Scandinavian countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Germany Main markets for Development:  Black sea region: Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and connections over Caspian sea to Kazahstan and Turkmenistan  On the north – Baltic and Scandinavian countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland Sweden, Denmark, Poland and Germany 48 h 26.4 mln customers

10. RAIL BALTICA: Our project of the century The largest railway infrastructure project in the Baltic countries during last 100 years Trilateral cooperation in one joint venture (and 2 more partners expected) An estimated 5 billion EURO investment over 15 years in the Baltic countries Significant EU support: technical & financial

11. Route of Rail Baltica

12. Main Technical data Main Technical data of the Rail Baltica railway line  Estimate Capital Costs up to 5 billion €  Planned to transport ~ 13 million tons of freight and ~ 5 million passengers per year (2030)  Journey times between Tallinn and the Lithuanian /Polish Border: Passenger 4.13 hrs - Freight 10.38 hrs  Double track, electrified, conventional mixed traffic line (1435 mm)  Design speed of passenger trains up to 240 km/h and freight trains up to 120 km/h  Overall length 728 km  Minimum axle load 22.5 t

13. Implementation structure -Grant agreement signed by RB Rail as coordinating beneficiary and co-signed by LV, EE, LT as co-beneficiaries; -RB Rail AS act as a single contact point, leading/coordinating beneficiary; -State – beneficiary and final owner of infrastructure; -Implementing body/Shareholder – implementers of Rail Baltica first phase activities according to Financing agreement -RB Rail AS – interoperability and compliance assessment, project management, prepare a single report to INEA. Contracts signed, invoicing works and services Shareholder/ Implementing body INEA Estonia (Final beneficiary) Latvia (Final beneficiary) Lithuania (Final beneficiary) Service provider Reporting Financing Flow of finances from EU Reporting RB Rail AS Single contact point (financing, reporting, conformity control) RB Rail AS (Final beneficiary) National co-financing State co-financing Financing within SHA Shareholder/ Implementing body Service provider

14. Current activities in Latvia  Detailed technical study, including the preparation of the report on the environmental impact assessment, detailed technical surveys, and preparation of technical solutions, performing financial and economic calculations;  Study on logistics facilities (site location, cargo flow projections, business case definition, etc.);  Riga intermodal passenger terminal studies (international, intercity, inter-modal transport link);  Study on legal aspects of land acquisition;  Study on train traffic management and control operations plan for Rail Baltica line.

15. Global Global project time schedule (EE, LV, LT) 2016 National studies completed 2018-2022 Studies & technical design completed 2019-2020Land acquisition completed 2022Construction (phase 1) completed 2025Construction completed in Baltic

16. First phase activities in 2014 – 2020+2 Joint CEF application was approved and Financing agreement signed with INEA, total amount for Latvia - 291 milj. euro. Activities to be completed: ActivityStart dateEnd date Technical design of Riga Central Railway junction, related civil structures and buildings 01.01.201631.12.2018 Technical design of Riga International Airport passenger station civil structures, buildings and junction 01.01.201631.12.2018 Technical design of railway line Central section01.01.201631.12.2018 Construction of Riga Central Railway junction, related civil structures and buildings 01.10.201831.12.2020 Construction of Riga International Airport passenger station civil structures, buildings and junction 01.10.201831.12.2020 Construction of railway line Central section’s subsection: Riga Central Station to Riga International Airport, Phase I 01.10.201831.12.2020 Land acquisition Phase I01.10.201631.12.2019

17. Riga Central Railway junction, related civil structures and buildings

18. Riga Central Railway junction, related civil structures and buildings

19. Riga Central Railway junction, related civil structures and buildings

20. Vision to become reality Sustainability of national economy and diversified development will be ensured, improving the opportunities for freight and passenger transportation in the North – South direction Connectivity, intermodality

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