Abstract
The article deals with the objectives and possibilities of building the railway Rail Baltica through the Lithuanian territory, covers the alternatives of the choice of routes. In Lithuania's national transport policy the connection with Central and Western Europe by a direct, efficient and high‐quality railway link has high priority. A significant chain of building a new chain is a bypass of Kaunas, therefore the alternatives of a bypass around Kaunas are being analysed. The article also presents the choice of location and types of stations, an alternative version of the route. The location of the stations was studied together with all other aspects of the new line (alignment parameters, travelling time, environmental impact and investment cost). It is recommended to considerably analyse possibilities to build the Rail Baltica route through Vilnius with a possible branch‐line to Kaunas. Building of the route Rail Baltica is a technically complicated project, thus a focus is laid upon technical decisions.
Highlights
Railway transport in competition with road and air transport in the passenger transportation market has established a new type of railway fast trains, the speed of which is over 260 km/h [1].In 1989 the International Railway Union (UIC) offered the Transport Committee of the European Economic Community to establish a common European fast railway system
The system of about 9 000 km of fast railway lines is planned to be built in the European Economic Community countries till the year 2 010
In Lithuania two European fast railway lines have been provided under the European fast railway development plan EURAILSPEED 95 1995, adopted by the International Railway Communication Organization the Congress in France
Summary
Railway transport in competition with road and air transport in the passenger transportation market has established a new type of railway fast trains, the speed of which is over 260 km/h [1]. In Lithuania two European fast railway lines have been provided under the European fast railway development plan EURAILSPEED 95 1995, adopted by the International Railway Communication Organization the Congress in France. Priority is given to the first new fast railway line Warsaw Helsinki, called the Rail Baltica which would cross four states Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. This line is designated for the combined traffic transportation of passengers and cargo [3]. A new Rail Baltica route will be included into I corridor of the European fast railway development plan EURAILSPEED 95 I. The Rail Baltica is greatly significant for the Lithuanian economy and its building costs are huge, the project decisions should be well thought-out and comply with the national interests [4]
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