The Lithuanian Railway Company (LTG) recently announced that the electrification project of the Baltic Railway has been officially launched. The project covers the installation of approximately 2400 kilometers of overhead contact lines, 50000 power poles, and 10 substations, making it one of the largest infrastructure projects in the railway sector of the Baltic States. The first phase of the electrification project is expected to be completed by 2030.

The CEO of LTG, Egidius Lazauskas, stated that "modern railways cannot do without electrified trains. After the construction project is completed, we will build a supporting power network to achieve efficient train operation and significantly reduce pollution." The electrification project will be promoted after the completion of the railway main construction, and some sections are expected to be electrified first by 2030.

The Baltic Railway is the largest railway infrastructure project in the history of the three Baltic countries, with an estimated total cost of 15.5 billion euros for the entire line. The investment in Lithuania is 6.6 billion euros, Latvia is 5.5 billion euros, and Estonia is 3.2 billion euros. The railway will connect Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, and extend to the Polish capital Warsaw, building a fast railway corridor between the Baltic region and Western Europe.

According to the plan, the railway from Lithuania to Poland will be completed first in 2028, and the overall Baltic Railway project is expected to be fully completed by 2030. Editor/Xu Shengpeng